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A $5.99 Aldi wine wins Gold medal at International Wine Competition

Good news for your wallet! - by Rebecca Lowrey Boyd
  • 20 Sep 2019
A $5.99 Aldi wine wins Gold medal at International Wine Competition
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If the gold medal winners at Melbourne International Wine Competition 2019 are anything to go by, you don’t need to spend a fortune on a good drop of wine.

This year’s judging panel included buyers from top retail stores, sommeliers, distributors, and importers from Australia and the greater Asia Pacific Region.

Aldi scooped a total of eight awards, including a gold medal for the $5.99 Coraggioso Nero D’Avola 2018 Sicilia DOC.

Coraggioso

The supermarket giant was able to take home: 

Individual Awards 

Pinot Grigio of the Year - The Pond Pinot Grigio 2019 - $6.99

Margaret River Chardonnay of the Year - A.C. Byrne Chardonnay 2018 - $9.99

Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Winery of the Year - Blackstone Paddock - $17.99

Pinot Grigio

Double Gold Medal 

A.C. Byrne Margaret River Chardonnay  2018 - $9.99

The Pond Pinot Grigio 2018 - $6.99

Freya and Jules Watervale Riesling 2019 - $7.99

Margaret River chardonnay

Gold Medal

Blackstone Paddock Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 

Coraggioso Nero D’Avola 2018 Sicilia DOC - $5.99

In previous years, An Aldi chardonnay that cost a grand total of $14.99 won White Wine of the 2018 Western Australia Wine Show thanks to their Blackstone Paddock Limited Release Margaret River Chardonnay, 2017. It also took out two awards at the 2018 Wine Show of Western Australia- Portavin International Wine Services, White Wine of Show and The Seguin Moreau for Best Chardonnay of Show.

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Rebecca Lowrey Boyd
Rebecca Lowrey Boyd
Rebecca Lowrey Boyd is a former magazine editor and the founder of Wee Birdy, one of The Sunday Times’ Top 50 Blogs in the World. A design nerd and bird enthusiast, she can usually be found poring over Pinterest, knee-deep in Bunnings or sticky-beaking at modernist homes in Sydney’s bushburbia.

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