McGuigan Wins IWSC International Winemaker of the Year 2011 .

Multi-award winning wine producer McGuigan Wines has been hailed as the ‘world’s best winemaker’ for the second time in three years by the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition in London. Having already received the award in 2009, McGuigan Wines was named International Winemaker of the Year as well as Australian Producer of the Year at the awards ceremony on 16^th November.

On being named the world’s best winemaker, McGuigan Wines Chief Winemaker Neil Mc Guigan (pictured below) commented: “What an achievement. To have won International Winemaker of the Year once is phenomenal, but to win it twice in just three years is mind blowing. It’s a truly once in a lifetime event’.

The McGuigan stamp is again evident with the launch of latest release, the Semillon Blanc but it is a fresh, new and innovative  approach to Semillon that is really turning the variety on its head. The Semillon Blanc (pictured below) was created to provide an aromatic, textured and   refreshingly crisp alternative to New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Launched in the UK in 2010 the wine has already sold 64,000 cases and single-handedly doubled the Semillon category in that market.

With Northern Ireland being the biggest market per capita for the McGuigan brand globally and one of the first established export markets, we as the agents continue to contribute to the high profile and success of the brand.