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Wine moves: ASC to distribute Stag’s Leap in mainland China, Macau

Posted on | August 18, 2009 | No Comments

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By Jim Boyce

China-based wine importer and distributor ASC announced today that it will add Napa Valley winery Stag’s Leap to its portfolio in mainland China and Macau as of September 1. ASC already has the winery in its Hong Kong portfolio.

The press release stressed the legacy of Stag’s Leap:

In the first few years, the small family run winery was little known outside the Napa Valley.  That changed in 1976 when Steven Spurrier, now consultant editor of Decanter magazine and a renowned wine taster, staged a blind tasting among French wine experts – known famously today as the 1976 “Judgement of Paris” tasting.

To everyone’s astonishment, the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon took top honors, triumphing over first-growth Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, Chateau Haut-Brion and other renowned wines of Bordeaux.

ASC states that it will carry the following wines: Cask 23 Estate, S.L.V. Estate, Fay Estate, Artemis, and Hawk Crest Cabernet Sauvignon, Karia Chardonnay, Hawk Crest Merlot, and Hawk Crest Chardonnay.

Summergate has been importing and distributing Stag’s Leap.

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