Gracianna Takes Gold at 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

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Feb 15, 2010, 08:28 ET

HEALDSBURG, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracianna Winery was awarded three top medals at the 2010 San Francisco Wine Competition, the largest in the United States. More than 60 professional wine experts from across the United States traveled to Sonoma County, California to evaluate 4,913 entries.

Unprecedented for a first vintage, Gracianna was awarded a medal for every wine submitted by the world's best wine judges.

2007 Gracianna Bacigalupi Zinfandel GOLD!
2007 Gracianna Bacigalupi Pinot SILVER!
2008 Gracianna Bacigalupi Pinot SILVER! (releasing soon, spring 2010)

Ashley Amador, partner for Gracianna Winery, said, "We all wept when we heard the news - even though the 2007 is our first vintage, we have been dreaming about this for almost 6 years. We are honored to receive three medals from this prominent panel. Gracianna Wines are created for those who have something to be grateful for. With today's news, we are the ones who are grateful. We are overwhelmed with joy and pass along our gratitude to the Bacigalupis for growing such brilliant fruit."

Gracianna's award winners are online at SF Chronicle's Wine Competition website:

http://www.winejudging.com/medal_winners_2010/415.htm

http://www.winejudging.com/medal_winners_2010/405.htm

The public tasting for the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is at Fort Mason in San Francisco on Saturday, February 20, 2010, where Gracianna will be pouring its gold medal winning 2007 Gracianna Russian River Bacigalupi Zinfandel at the master table.

For more on the story of gratitude, visit the Gracianna website at http://www.gracianna.net or go direct to "Buy Wine."

Gracianna's home is in Healdsburg, CA on the part of Westside Road that local experts call "The Miracle Mile." The first small production release is now available, with the second vintage available this spring 2010. Along with their pinot noir and zinfandel, Gracianna will release their first chardonnay, which is "gorgeous with bright pears, complex and beautiful," according to winemaker Trini Amador. Following this success, the Amadors expect an estate vineyard designated "Mercedes' Vineyard" planted to pinot noir scheduled to release in 2013.