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One of the best parts of our job is taking Signature Wines to tastings and seeing your reaction for ourselves. We’ve been all over the UK during the last year, promoting our wonderful wines and opening people’s eyes to the possibility of wines from Macedonian.
Signature Wines have had a pretty stonking year. Not only have we had some great feedback from wine drinkers and suppliers, particularly small wine businesses, but we've also been delighted by the response to Stobi's wines which have won a few awards along the way.
A recent report in Harpers magazine highlights an interesting phenomenon: the drinks industry now experiences trend cycles on the same level as other luxury lifestyle industries.
Justin Howard-Sneyd entered the profession in 1991 when he worked as a 'helper' on the International Wine Challenge. In the following 6 years, he worked in a small wine shop, ran wine tasting courses, and briefly worked for Oddbins, before packing his bag and started working on 6 vintages in South Africa, France, Hungary and Romania. .
The vintage is now officially over, but it is still one of the busiest times of the year for the Stobi Winery. At this time the Enologists are calculating what can be made from the new vintage by assessing the quantities of grapes harvested.
We are delighted to announce that three wines from the Stobi collection of red wines have won Bronze awards in The Sommelier Wine Awards 2014 (SWA).The Stobi Syrah Barrique, 2011 vintage is a beautiful example of this classic grape with its inviting deep colour. Featuring aromas of blackberry and raspberry with a twist of spice this wine has real appeal. It is vibrant and beautifully balanced with refined tannins and a long finish.The Stobi Vranec, 2011 and Stobi Vranec Veritas Reserve, 2011, are both made with the Vranec grape which is indigenous to the Balkans region where Stobi’
Signature Wines, the exclusive UK importers for the Stobi Winery, has announced today that the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) has registered the Republic of Macedonia along with a broad range of grape varieties.
What is your responsibility at Signature Wines?I am the Commercial Director, this involves me in all aspects of the business but specifically strategy and driving the business to meet its objectives.
We are delighted to have one of our bespoke label wines featured in Monday’s on-line edition of The Independent in their Food and Drink Feature's page.Terry Kirby features the Aemilia brand Shiraz Vranec Petit Verdot as one of his wines of the week, a quality red wine which was specially blended by MW Jo Ahearne with the Stobi Winery for Waitrose.Terry says about the Aemilia Shiraz Vranec Petit Verdot 2013 “More big, bold flavours here from the emerging wine country of Macedonia – the local Vranec is blended with t
Signature Wines was delighted to welcome Nikola Derebanov, General Manager and Lidija Trajkovska, Commercial Director, from the Stobi Winery to meet the Signature Wines team today.