Wine Awards

April 23, 2008

Ready for a special wine celebration?

Alright, Terry and I have returned from our vacation, and we're still so darn excited at our current showing at the New World International Wine Competition.  If you haven't heard the results from this huge wine competition, just read last week's post.  The highlight for us was our Angel Blush receiving the "Best in Class" award for blended wines.  So exciting!

To celebrate, Terry and I want to offer a special deal to anyone who has been thinking about joining our wine club.  For all new wine club members, we're offering a free - yes FREE!- bottle of this award winning Angel Blush wine with your free membership into Mountain Spirit Winery's Angel club when you make your first order of at least two or more bottles of wine. 

What I recommend you do is join the club (that's free, too!), order two bottles of the Angel Blush, and get your third bottle for free!  This wine is so fantastic, especially with the warm months coming our way.  I love sipping this wine while sitting on our porch enjoy a lovely summer evening.

We haven't forgotten about our existing Angel Wine Club members, either.  But you'll have to wait until my next post to find out about that.  Don't worry.  There's plenty of our Angel Blush to go around...for now!

To join Colorado's leading wine club, Mountain Spirit Winery's Angel Club, simply contact us directly at the winery or the gallery by calling 888-MSWINES so we can get all your information correctly copied down.  Then you'll be on your way to enjoying some of our award winning wines from Mountain Spirit Winery.

Be good everyone.

Mike

April 05, 2008

Our Wine Awards!

Nwiwclogo I teased you last post with a bit of late breaking news from the New World International Wine Competition.  I want to get you the exciting details before Terry and I get out of town for a bit of relaxation and celebration.

The New World International Wine Competition is the fourth largest wine competition in the world.  It includes wines from almost all of Western Europe, Australia, South Africa, all of the United States (including the great winers of California), Chile, and many others (except France and Italy for some reason).  The competition is fierce and the wines are always outstanding.

Our BlackBerry/Cabernet Franc won a Silver Medal.  Our Cherry/Apple won a Bronze Medal as did our Raspberry wine.  These results would be exciting enough if it weren't for one more wine receiving some outstanding honors at this prestigious competition.

Not only did Mountain Spirit Winery's Angel Blush win a Gold Medal, it also was named Best of Varietal and, most importantly, Best of Class!  In case you didn't know, when a wine wins Best of Class in a competition of this size competing against world class wineries, that wine can safely be considered one of the best wines...in the world!

We're all so excited about this.  Terry and I have always felt that our Angel Blush was a superb wine.  So many of our loyal customers repeatedly confirm this with their kind words and repeat orders.  It's just so nice to get this sort of confirmation from a wine competition of this caliber.

We've got a special deal coming your way to celebrate these amazing results.  I'll give you more details when we get back from our little celebratory vacation.

Until then, we'd love to hear from you!  Leave us a comment and we'll be sure to get back to you soon.

And keep enjoying those wines!

Mike B.

 

 

April 02, 2008

Mountain Spirit Winery's Amazing Showing at the New World International Wine Competition

That title's really just a tease since I won't be revealing exactly how well our wines did. 

Not just yet...  Terry and I are working on an exclusive wine special to celebrate our current slate of awards we just received at this competition, one of the biggest wine competitions in the world. 

How does free wine sound to you?

I can't think of a better way to celebrate one of our wines receiving a gold medal as well as being named "Best in Class" - which is really just a smooth way of saying we've got one of the best wines in the world!

Anyone want to guess which wine I'm talking about?

I'll be posting more information on Mountain Spirit Winery's results in this international wine competition as well as more details about our celebratory wine special.  You're going to want to keep on top of this one because once we release this special, it won't last long!

Be good everyone!

Mike B.

November 18, 2007

Award Winning Wines at Mountain Spirit Winery

Colossal Medal Year for Mountain Spirit Winery

We are so fortunate and grateful to have garnered eight medals in major national and international wine competitions in 2007. Our Raspberry Dessert Wine and Riesling/Chardonnay took home Silver medals in the fourth largest wine competition in the world.  Bronze medals were awarded our 2006 Merlot/Raspberry, ’05 Cabernet Sauvignon, ’05 Duet, ’05 Riesling/Chardonnay, and ’04 Chardonnay. 

We owe much of this success to our great winemaking team, Manager Karl Hinther, and Cellar Assistants Tom Zienkiewicz and Jane Hudon.  When you take a personal tour of the winery one or more of these great production specialists will be guiding your tour. 

 

And every time you open a bottle of Mountain Spirit Wine, you are experiencing thousands of hours of diligent and careful work by this crew.  Without them, our wine wouldn't be where it is today!

Enjoy.

Mike and Terry

May 17, 2007

Five New Medals for Mountain Spirit Winery!

Since our last update we are pleased to report that five of Mountain Spirit Winery’s wines have achieved recognition from some very prestigious wine competitions.  Our Raspberry Dessert Wine won a Silver Medal, and the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon captured a Bronze at the New World International Wine Competition, the fourth largest wine competition in the world!

As if that weren’t enough, Mountain Spirit Winery's 2005 Riesling/Chardonnay, 2005 Duet, and 2004 Chardonnay (still unreleased) won a Bronze at the invitation-only Jefferson Cup Competition, felt by many to be the Olympics of American wine competitions.  In both of these contests we were competing against the best wineries in the world, including all the famous California wineries. 

Kudos and thanks to our great MSW winemaking team (Manager Karl Hinther, Tom Zienkiewicz, and Jane Hudon).

And just in case we've gotten your attention, you can purchase many of these wines from our website http://www.mountainspiritwinery.com.

Take care everyone!

Mike B.

Winery Photos

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    Most of these photos were shot on a beautiful Colorado evening with the sun setting behind us. If you've never been to the winery, these shots really give you a good idea of what it looks like on the grounds and behind the scenes of Mountain Spirit Winery.

Photos from the Gallery and Tasting Room!

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    If you've never been to our gallery and tasting room off Highway 50 in Salida, Colorado, here's your chance! Browse through our photo album to see a selection of art, jewelry, wine accessories and wine gift baskets that is constantly being displayed and updated in our gallery. While you might not be able to find the exact items in our store any more since our inventory changes daily, you will certainly be able to find beautiful items that suit your fancy.

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