Hungarian Pálinkas were succesful on World Spirit Awards 2012
Hungarian distillers won 18 gold medal and a couple of titles on the top-quality award ceremony in Klagenfurt from 11 to 14 March 2012. The ninth World Spirit Awards and Festival was successful and larger than ever before.
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Winners of WSA 2012. © www.world-spirits.com |
Five Hungarian distilleries were stand for the country on WSA, two of them, the Pap és Pap Ltd. (producer of Etyeki Czimeres Pálinkas) and the Kisrét Pálinka Manufaktúra (producer of Árpád and Vadász Pálinkas) were titled as Master Class Distilleries. This title was given to only 5 other distilleries too. Kisrét also won a double gold with their Lepotica Plum Pálinka. The Zwack Kecskeméti Pálinka Manufaktúra (producer of Kecskeméti Pálinkas) won a First Class Distillery title.
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Pap és Pap Ltd. won 7 gold medals. © www.world-spirits.com |
Hungarian Pálinkas won 18 gold medals all together. The most successful Distillery was the Pap és Pap Ltd. 7 of their products won gold award. And here’s the list of all the Hungarian winners:
Nobilis (www.nobilispalinka.hu)
2 Gold (Quince, Irsai Olivér Grape)
4 Silver (Raspberry, Black Currant, Yellow William’s Pear)
1 Bronze (Sour Cherry)
Zwack Kecskeméti Pálinka Manufaktúra (www. zwackunicum.hu)
6 Gold (Apple, Spicy pear, Gipsy Sour Cherry, Blackberry, Double Barrel Peutige Plum and Kalinka Vodka)
3 Silver (Double Barrel Rose Apricot, Apricot, Sour Cherry)
Kisrét Pálinka Manufaktúra (www.vadaszpalinka.hu)
1 Double Gold (Lepotica Plum)
1 Gold (Plum Wood Aged)
2 Silver (Wild Pear)
2 Bronze (Apricot, Cornel)
Tarpa Manufaktúra (www.tarpa.hu)
1 Gold (Quince)
2 Silver (Jonathan Apple, Plum)
Pap és Pap Ltd. (www.czimeres.hu)
7 Gold (Plum, 2 Apricot, Irsai Olivér Grape, Blackberry, 2 Apple Mutzu)
11 Silver (2 Black Elderberry, Strawberry, 2 Grape Szürkebarát, 2 Plum, 3 Yellow William’s Pear, Apple Jona Gold)
3 Bronze (Raspberry, Sour Cherry, Apple Jona Gold)
Source: www.world-spirits.com