Chisinau, 25 May /MOLDPRES/ - The Acorex Wine Holding has been awarded two medals at an international wine contest, International Wine Challenge, recently conducted in London.
The company's public relations manager, Andrei Agarcov, has told MOLDPRES that the wines Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris have been appreciated with silver and bronze, respectively. The company received a diploma for the high quality of the wine Sauvignon Blanc.
Agarcov said Acorex Wine Holding has been exporting wines to Great Britain since 2001. The company provided the British markets with 75,000 wine bottles in January-April 2005.
On the same period, the company exported a total of 4,5 million of wine bottles, inclusively to Belgium, Canada, Germany, Japan and the Russian Federation.
The company's wines have been awarded 20 gold, silver and bronze medals at various national and international contests since early 2005.
Bordeaux, France 
Moldovan wine producers took three silver medals at the third annual international contest of wine tasting and judging of strong alcoholic beverages, the "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2008". This year the event was held in Bordeaux, France. Previously, the event was held in Portugal and in Maastricht in 2007 and will held in Spain next year.

Moldovan wine makers participated with 12 types of wine. The medals went to the wines produced by the stock company Acorex Wine Holding, Amaro de la Valea Perjei 2003, Pinot Grigio/ Aligote/ Sauvignon Blanc 2005 and Pinot Noir 2005, with the last two being from the Private reserve series. 

Last year's fourteenth edition of the contest, held in the Netherlands in 2007, Moldovan wines won three gold medals and three silver ones.