Best of Wine Tourism Awards 2011 - 2012
Mendoza Holidays Wine Tours has once again received an International ¨Best of Wine Tourism Award¨ (2009/2010/2011/2012) thanks to the exceptional and memorable wine tourism experience offered to clients. Great Wine Capitals Global Network. www.greatwinecapitals.com
The Great Wine Capitals Awards serve as an industry benchmark for excellence in the field of wine tourism, and other award winners come from all around the world, including Rioja in Spain, Bordeaux in France, Cape Town in South Africa, Germany, Italy, the USA and Portugal.
In Mendoza, more than 400 guests at the Independence Theater met the winners of the International Best Of Wine Tourism 2012 Contest. Around 45 wineries, restaurants and tour operators from Mendoza competed for this important prize and aspire to win the major prize against the other 7 cities of the Great Wine Capitals Network.
Graced with the presence of important authorities and business people of Mendoza, for the fifth consecutive year and a record participation of the local wine sector, took place the Great Wine Capitals' Best Of Wine Tourism awards ceremony.
The jury, formed by 24 people that are a reference in the assessed fields, had a hard task choosing Mendoza's winners, who competed in up to 2 of the 7 categories proposed this year: architecture, parks and gardens; art and culture; accommodation; innovative wine tourism experiences; sustainable wine tourism practices; wine tourism restaurants and wine tourism services.
The evaluation highlighted the most original and innovative elements, while the general basis was: services quality, originality in the tourism offer, customer service and commitment in the development of wine tourism.
CHEERS from Mendoza Wine Country !!
MENDOZA HOLIDAYS is registered as the travel agency "CELLAR TASTINGS" with Argentina's Ministry of Tourism. Just enter CELLAR TASTINGS in the search box and hit return (VER) in the following Government´s site:
http://www.turismo.gov.ar/esp/drst/consag/desig/Consdesig.asp.
