Red Hot Hunter Success
- 22/08/2003


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McGuigan Wines has dominated the Red Wine categories in the 2003 Hunter Valley Wine Show, taking home four trophies last night (August 21), including Best Red of the show.

Two wines starred – the 2002 McGuigan Genus IV Shiraz and the 1998 McGuigan Personal Reserve Shiraz – with two trophies a piece.

The 1998 McGuigan Personal Reserve was named the Best Dry Red of the Show, and Best Dry Red currently available.

The 2002 McGuigan Genus IV was awarded the James Busby Memorial Trophy for Premium Vintage Dry Red, and the Alexander Munro Trophy for 2002 Vintage Dry Red.

The 2002 Genus IV has just been released, priced at around $25 per bottle; and the 1998 Personal Reserve Shiraz is $50 at McGuigan cellar door.

Brian McGuigan accepted the trophies tonight with winemaker Peter Hall. McGuigan said the trophies reinforced the Hunter heart of McGuigan Wines.

“Our business has been growing enormously over the past few years, with new vineyards and wineries across the country,” McGuigan said. “But our heart lies in the Hunter. It is where my family has been making wines for nearly 80 years, and the wines that are most important on a personal level come here.”

Both the Genus IV and Personal Reserve are named for their significance to the McGuigan family. Genus IV marks the four McGuigan generations who have made wine in the Hunter; and Personal Reserve is a wine Brian McGuigan has made since he started the company 12 years ago, selecting small parcels of the best fruit of the Hunter vintage.

The trophies spearheaded a big night for McGuigan, with four gold medals (3 top gold), four silver medals and six bronze.

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