Awards & Press

Awards

• The Gran Feudo Edición Tempranillo 2008 was recognized at the Sommelier Wine Awards 2010 with a GOLD list, the Gran Feudo Edición Rosado sobre lías 2008 was awarded at the Sommelier Wine Awards 2010 with a SILVER list and the Gran Feudo Edición Selección Especial 2007 earned at International Wine Challenge 2010 with BRONZE medal. 

• Gran Feudo Edición Chardonnay Sobre Lías 2008 and Gran Feudo Edición Rosado Sobre Lías 2008 get each a Golden Bacchus at the IX edition of the International Wine Contest Bacchus 2010.

• Silver Medal for Gran Feudo Rosado sobre lías 2008 at the CINVE Wine Challenge. Sevilla, 2009.
• Gran Feudo Viñas VIejas received Gold medal with 91.3 points at the Spanish Wine Contest in Russia organised by Wines from Spain and Simple Magazine. June 2009. 
• Pers Wijn (Netherlands): Gran Feudo Crianza, best value red wine in the Netherlands. October 2008.
• International Wine and Spirits Competion (UK) 2008: Silver medal and best in class to Gran Feudo Viñas Viejas and Gran Feudo Moscatel
• International Wine Challenge 2008 (UK): Bronze Medal to the Gran Feudo Reserva
• Bacchus 2008 (Spain): Gold Medal to Gran Feudo Chardonnay

Press

• Expansión, the number one financial paper in Spain, has chosen among other our wines Gran Feudo Rosado and Gran Feudo Edición Rosado sobre lías for the summer, perfect match with typical summer meal. August 2010.
• Gran Feudo Rosado sobre lías 2008 received 8.8 points, one of the best ratings, by the well-know nationwide Spanish paper El País in its section El Viajero. July 2010.
• Stars from the world of tennis and entertainment enjoyed our wine Gran Feudo Edición Tempranillo at the annual WTA Pre Wimbledon Party, hosted by Sir Richard Branson at Kensington Roof Gardens, London. June 2010.
• Gran Feudo Edición sobre lías Chardonnay 2006:Spanish planetAVino magazine: Fernando Chivite innovates with a new style of Chardonnay wine, a now typical Navarra grape variety. February 2010.
• Gran Feudo Edición Chardonnay 2006: "It has just landed on the market but it is already a neutron bomb...". This is the first sentence of the critic made about our new Gran Feudo Edición sobre lías Chardonnay 2006 by Guía para Salir (of Spanish newspaper El Correo Digital). The text outstands the exceptional ageing capacity of this innovative white wine, attained by letting it rest on its fine lees for some months. A special label on the bottle informs the consumer that this wine will keep well until 2012. January 2010.
• Estudioveinticinco: 'Design and good taste have always gone hand in hand', The Day, Santacruz de Tenerife. Gran Feudo Rosado was the wine used to make the toasts at the Tenerife Design Festival.
• For the renowned Spanish gourmet magazine Sibaritas (October 2009 issue) not every wine has already been invented. There are wines that are oblivious to trends. Wines result of the personal taste their winemaker, such as Gran Feudo Edición Rosado On Its Lees, Fernando Chivite’s personal bet.
• Qué! Barcelona informs in its October 14th, 2009 issue that Bodegas Chivite is among those cellars that approach the world of fashion with Lomba’s design for the family’s Gran Feudo Viñas Viejas.
• Brad Pitt wisely followed Quentin Tarantino’s advice to taste our Gran Feudo Rosado 2008 at a dinner both enjoyed at 3* Michelin restaurant Arzak during their visit at the Festival de Cine de San Sebastián.
• Ireland also loves our wines and consequently, Gran Feudo Crianza 2005 was chosen among the best five wines under 15€ at the ‘Christmas Stars Competition – The 2009 Wines from Spain: The Rising Stars”, within the Spanish Wine Fair organised by the Spanish Embassy in Dublin.
• HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden toasted with our wines at the Gala Dinner ‘A Celebration of the Arts’ held last June 18th on occasion of the 85^th birthday of Marianne Bernadotte, window to Prince Sigvard Bernadotte of Sweden.
• Wine Spectator: Gran Feudo Rosado -one of the best values of 2008.
• The New York Times (USA): Praises the Gran Feudo Rosé. July 2008.
• The Washington Post (USA): Gran Feudo Rosé, the wine for the summer. June 2008.
• Gran Feudo Edición Rosado sobre lías in Mágnum bottles. Chivite takes the lead again with the launch of the first Rosado in Magnum bottles which can be enjoyed at the most optimal conditions at tables of four or more diners.