Wine Enthusiast has announced its 2024 Wine Star Award nominees and Antigal Estates in the Uco Valley is the sole winery from Argentina nominated in the category New World Winery of the Year

This year marks the 24th anniversary of Wine Enthusiast's Wine Star Awards honoring the individuals and companies that make outstanding contributions to the wine and alcohol beverage world. The Wine Star Awards are a global beverage industry awards program.

Nominees represent 13 categories such as Wine Region of the Year, American Winery of the Year, European Winery of the Year, Importer of the Year, Winemaker of the Year and Sommelier/Beverage Director of the Year. Finalists are selected based on various factors such as their impact on consumers and trade; the wine, spirits or beer space; commercial successes; company /brand vision and trend setting.

In the New World Winery category, Antigal is in the running against Clos Henri, Marlborough, New Zealand; Hamilton Russell Vineyards, Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa; Matetic Vineyards, Rosario Valley, Chile and The Sadie Family Wines PTY LTD, Swartland, South Africa.

“The Cartoni family and Antigal team are greatly honored by this nomination, said Santiago Ribisich,  CEO of Antigal Estates. We are committed to raising the global profile of the Uco region while also creating new opportunities for Argentinean wines in the United States and other key, global markets. Our wines are now available in 70 countries, and we are proud to be one of the top ten Malbecs in the U.S. The nomination also pays tribute to our core family values, a commitment to sustainability and our talented winemaking and viticultural teams, sales, marketing and PR professionals who are passionate about what they do daily and sharing their love of the distinctive Argentinean terroir,” he said.

ABOUT ANTIGAL ESTATES

Antigal's wine are produced in an historic winery that was refurbished to provide world-class production facilities and packaged with eye-catching, silk-screened labels and the winery's signature 'One” and “Uno” brands that bear a “1” crafted from metal barrel hoops.

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