V. Sattui Winery granted “Finest Of Wine Tourist” for 2023 by Excellent Wine Capitals– Worldwide Network|A World of Quality.
November 16th– The world of red wine satisfied in Mendoza, Argentina for one week at the end of November 2022 for the Great Wine Capitals International Conference. This annual conference unites representatives from 11 different wine capitals from worldwide to further enhance the world of wine, share ideas, and exchange understanding.
Tom Davies, President of V. Sattui Winery and Board Chair of Visit Napa Valley, belonged to a four-person delegation representing the Napa Valley and its 500+ wineries, hotels, inns, restaurants, and transport business. “It was a remarkable honor to be selected as one of the delegates to represent the Napa Valley, the only wine area in The United States and Canada recognized by the Fantastic White Wine Capitals,” states Tom Davies. Other white wine regions included Bordeaux, France, Adelaide, South Australia, Rioja, Spain, Cape Town, South Africa, Lausanne, Switzerland, Rheinhessen, Germany, Porto, Portugal, Casablanca, Chile, Verona, Italy, and Mendoza, Argentina.
As part of the worldwide program, the conference honors and celebrates the Best Of Red Wine Tourist, with each area choosing a winery that finest represents development and quality in wine tourism experiences. For 2023, V. Sattui Winery was picked as the local winner for Innovative Wine Tourist Experiences, along with 10 top wineries all over the world that consisted of Chateau La Tour Blanche in Bordeaux, Monte Del Fra, Italy, and Bodegas Javier San Pedro Ortega. “I am so pleased with our winery group being picked as the best of white wine tourism experiences for all of the Napa Valley, together with being included with the very best of the major wine regions from around the world!” exclaims, Tom Davies.
The host white wine capital, Mendoza, rolled out the red carpet for the participants, with check outs to popular and ingenious wine estates, banquets featuring the best of Argentinean beef, gaucho dancing, and a gala supper to announce the best of the area awards. These occasions were only gone beyond by the hospitality and graciousness of individuals of Mendoza
Davies even more adds, “I learned a lot throughout this conference. We are facing much of the very same obstacles, consisting of environment modification and dry spell, and to be able to share what works, and wasn’t doesn’t work is an invaluable tool as we grow our market in a sustainable method while promoting an analytical orientation and inclusive awareness.”
The 2023 Great Wine Capitals Conference will be kept in Laussane, Switzerland.
About V. Sattui Winery:
V. Sattui Winery is a family-owned winery situated in the heart of Napa Valley, that was established in 1885 and makes more than 60 various wines with lots of 90+ point rated wines amongst its present vintages. V. Sattui white wines are only sold direct to consumer and the winery features 3 gorgeous tasting spaces where consumers can find and purchase their favorites. It is a sensational, must-see Napa Valley destination for a genuine wine nation experience offerings tastings, white wine and food pairings, picnics, weddings and events, and a remarkably robust Cheese Store with more than 200 choices and house-made craftsmen foods ready daily. V. Sattui also makes house-cured meats from its own Salumeria, and gelato and sorbetto from its own Gelateria. The vast estate includes two-dozen picnic tables nestled below ancient Valley Oak trees and tri-level terraces that overlook lush manicured gardens and estate vineyards.
V. Sattui Director of Wine Making, Brooks Painter, has actually been acknowledged as “Wine maker of the Year” in 2015 by the American Fine White Wine Competitors. He was previously granted “Wine maker of the Year” at the San Francisco International White Wine Competitors in June of 2013. The winery was named “Winery of the Year” at the 2019 Sommelier Challenge and now two times in 2020 at the Monterey White Wine Competition and San Diego International Red Wine & & Spirits Obstacle.
V. Sattui white wines are sustainably farmed and sourced mostly from their own vineyard estates, yielding a large range of terroir and varietals that produce a long portfolio of acclaimed red wines. V. Sattui wines are sold solely from the winery, direct to consumer. V. Sattui Winery is found on a 38-acre vineyard in the center of the Napa Valley, along Highway 29 (at White Lane) in St. Helena. The winery normally invites visitors daily for red wine tastings, as well as barbeque on weekends in the warmer months of the year. Existing hours of operation and information for V. Sattui Winery is readily available on the website www.vsattui.com or 707-963-7774.