Decanter Asia Wine Awards – the new wine Composizione di Rosso gets the Silver Medal

La Cantina Piera Martellozzo 1899 on the podium of "Decanter Asia Wine Awards" with its latest creation "Composizione di Rosso" harvest 2011, judged a label worthy of note by the most respected professionals in the wine in Asia.

The international competition held in September 2016 in Hong Kong, awarded "Composizione di Rosso" with the Silver Medal.

This red wine is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pignolo. After picking, the Merlot grapes dry on special cane tables, known as 'graticci' until December. The wines rest in the cellar for aging in barrels for twenty-four months and more than a year in the bottle. A limited and selected production of 7000 bottles.

Ruby red with garnet reflections. Intense and elegant nose of red berries and wild strawberries, accompanied by dried cherries, spices and notes of vanilla. The palate is delicate and soft with enticing ripe fruit characters. Cocoa, coffee and sweet tannins in the finish.

This unique wine shows its personality also by the packaging. Italian master artisans chiseled a brass cliché to mold each label through it, hand numbered by its creator, Piera Martellozzo, and applied to the bottle.

The Decanter Asia Wine Awards (DAWA) is the most prestigious wine competition in all of Asia and it is organized by the authoritative British magazine Decanter, with the aim of providing a reliable source of recommendation for all consumers.

The satisfaction of Piera Martellozzo, owner of the winery: "We have worked with passion and dedication to create an elite wine which has given us a major achievement within days of its spread. The greatest satisfaction remains the feedback we receive from consumers on a daily basis ".

Viennese waltz and Italian bubbles dancing together at Viennese Red Cross BAll

On November 17, 2017, the "Wiener Rotkreuz Ball", the charity ball organized by the Vienna Red Cross, took place in the famous and historic Rathaus Town Hall, the main seat of the Vienna City Hall.

It is one of the most important events in the Austrian capital that every year selects a partner-country, the twinning with our country was born under the title "Vienna meets Italy".

On this occasion, the Prosecco Doc Consortium has established a partnership with the Wiener Rotkreuz and Piera Martellozzo 1899 winery has offered its Prosecco doc of the 075 Carati line to welcome guests entering the hall, as sparkling wine during the Gala dinner, during the inside the Prosecco Doc Bar and on each VIP table in the Salone delle Feste.

For all guests, especially women, the invitation to wear a mask, in perfect Venice Carnival style. The performance of the debutants and their khights is not to be missed, with choreographies of a great scenographic impact.

Sergio Barbanti, the new Italian Ambassador in Vienna said: "It's a sumptuous dance. On one hand it reflects very much the Austrian traditions, on the other it represents the Red Cross, committed to the ever-present need to take into account the needs of others ".

Piera Martellozzo 1899 wines presented in the Japanese magazine Winart

The Prosecco DOC Brut of the 075 Carati line seduce the expert tasters of the Japanese magazine Winart, a reference magazine for the rising market, and gets 83 points.

This recognition was made possible thanks to the work done in collaboration with the Prosecco doc Consortium, which started a fruitful collaboration with the magazine Winart and led to the publication in the number 89 of December 2017, currently on sale '50 Prosecchi DOC' article where Piera Martellozzo 1899 is mentioned.

The evaluation was expressed was not only based on taste and quality, but also on the basis of the current request of the Japanese market, as well as the attractiveness for professionals and consumers in addition to the greater versatility of use. This article follows the one of last September, No. 88 of the Japanese wine lovers’ magazine, where the wines of the Piera Martellozzo 1899 cellar were present with photos of the bottles and Piera.

Art and Prosecco: ‘Message in a Bottle’ Project. The bottle designed by the artist Stefano Cattai for Piera Martellozzo 1899

Knowing and appreciating good wine is a pleasure and an act of culture, of awareness and gratitude to the earth, to its gifts and the people who cultivate it. Creating a wine is a work of art, it is the interpretation of a territory and the exaltation of its characteristics. On these bases, thirty-seven artists joined the 'Message in a Bottle' project that proposed them to design a Prosecco bottle coming from the local wineries.

The artists have exalted the peculiarity of the territory, of the wine and the unconscious that this world can evoke. Stefano Cattai created for Piera Martellozzo a bottle covered with aluminum, black oxide and leather, that he tells with these words: "In her cellars, Piera jealously guarded a special bottle inherited from his grandfather but now it was stolen. The existence of this bottle has been told from ancient times, its mysterious content has extraordinary powers that few people know and who know how to govern, so the outer shell has so far been the casket that protects it. Unfortunately, the armor was violated and the contents took liberty. The one who opened this bottle abandoned it scared. Its custodian will enjoy its splendor and power."

International Wine Challenge – Prosecco Gold Medal for Piera’s wine

The International Wine Challenge (IWC) is a British-based wine challenge held every year since 1984. It was launched by British wine writer Robert Joseph, but is now meticulously managed by William Reed Business Media. The IWC is the world’s most respected blind-tasted wine competition, which judges each wine for its faithfulness to style, region and vintage.

The rigorous judging process means that each medal-winning wine is tasted on three separate occasions by at least 10 different judges. Commended, Bronze, Silver and Gold awards are announced after each Tranche. The International Wine Challenge employs expert judges from all over the world, many of whom are Masters of Wine. This ensures that only the most experienced and respected palates judge the wine at the IWC. The IWC operates a tiered system of judges, based on a tasting panel usually consisting of five people.

Each panel has a Panel Chair, who leads a team of 4 judges, consisting of one senior judge, two judges and one associate judge. The IWC’s resident Co-Chair oversee the judging panels, assist them with any tough decisions and ensure only deserving wines win a medal.

Italian winemakers had an exceptional year at the International Wine Challenge 2017, receiving its biggest medal haul since 2011 with a total of 646. Italy was awarded 39 Gold, 238 Silver and 369 Bronze medals, finishing third in the total medal count, after just France and Australia.

In a record year of success for its bubbly, Italy received six Gold medals for its sparkling wines, including two for prosecco entries. Fans of the Italian favourite will be clamouring to get their hands on Gold medal winning Prosecco doc Spumante Brut 075 Carati NV by Piera Martellozzo 1899. A hundred Proseccos were awarded: 2 gold medals, 18 silver medals, 25 bronze medals, and the rest are Commended wines.

The Piera Martellozzo 1899 winery has also won the silver medal of the Tabbor Rosso Friuli doc from Selezionedi line, a Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend refined for 12 months in barriques and another three months in the bottle. Another Silver Medal for the Terre Magre Sauvignon DOC Friuli Grave 2016, this wine has a highly personalized fragrance in which sage, pepper and tomato leaf tones accompanied by the luscious perfumes of apricot, grapefruit and exotic fruit. Rich, inviting and aromatic flavor. The high acidity of Sauvignon has the ability to make most foods shine.

Gold Medal at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

Since 1994 the international wine award Concours Mondial de Bruxelles ambition is to provide consumers with a guarantee: that it will single out wines of irreproachable quality offering a truly pleasurable drinking experience, wines from across the globe and the price points.

Reputable judges, internationally renowned for their ability to assess wine are rigorously chosen for the competition. They are international buyers and shippers, engineers and oenologists, journalists, specialist wine writers and critics, researchers and representatives from industry organizations.

The sum of all medals cannot exceed 30% of the total of samples presented at the competition. In the event of an overrun the samples having obtained the least points will be eliminated.

A total of 9,080 wines competed this year for the coveted Concours Mondial de Bruxelles medals in Valladolid, the capital of Castilla y León. The 320 international panel members awarded Silver, Gold and Grand Gold medals to top entries.

The total medals were 2642, of which 384 were awarded to Italy. In head Spain with 619 titles, followed by France 614 and Italy, third in the number of awards among all participating nations. Among the most prized Italian regions, the Veneto has 85 medals, followed by Puglia (78) and Sicily (63).

There are 5 Italian wines cataloged by the competition as revelation 2017, the labels that have obtained the highest scores in their respective category, including the Prosecco doc Brut 075 Carati. Only 5 Prosecco wines have been awarded gold, including Prosecco doc Brut of line 075 Carati has been honored to be named the winner of the 'Italian sparkling wine revelation of the year' category, placing it at the head of all prizes Prosecco.

The Piera Martellozzo 1899 winery has also won the silver medal of the Tabbor Rosso Friuli doc from Selezionedi line, a Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend refined for 12 months in barriques and another three months in the bottle.

Piera’s 075 Carati Rose Cuvee Spumante Dry wine won the gold medal at the 11th Feminalise World Wine Competition