{"id":16182,"date":"2026-06-18T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/?p=16182"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:35:35","slug":"colinas-cuvee-rose-de-pinots-bairrada-reserva-rose-2017-wins-grand-prize-at-escolha-do-mercado-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/colinas-cuvee-rose-de-pinots-bairrada-reserva-rose-2017-wins-grand-prize-at-escolha-do-mercado-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Colinas Cuv\u00e9e Ros\u00e9 de Pinots Bairrada Reserva Ros\u00e9 2017 wins Grand Prize at Escolha do Mercado 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The results of the Escolha do Mercado 2026 competition, promoted by the magazine Grandes Escolhas, have now been announced, and Fladgate Family Wines stood out with three important distinctions across different categories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The main highlight goes to <strong>Colinas Cuv\u00e9e Ros\u00e9 de Pinots Bairrada Reserva Ros\u00e9 2017<\/strong>, which won the <strong>Grand Prize in the Sparkling Wines +\u20ac20 category<\/strong>, reinforcing the excellence of a sparkling wine that represents the very best of Bairrada and the winemaking tradition of the Colinas house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This recognition underlines the quality, consistency, and identity of a wine that has established itself as a benchmark in the national premium sparkling wine scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to this top distinction, Fladgate Family Wines also saw two other wines awarded in their respective categories:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong>Bella Elegance Sauvignon Blanc 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Award in the <strong>White Wines \u20ac7 to \u20ac20 category<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calc\u00e1rio 3 do Principal Chardonnay 2023<\/strong> \u2013 Award in the <strong>White Wines +\u20ac20 category<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These distinctions reflect Fladgate Family Wines ongoing commitment to excellence, the authenticity of its origins, and the valorisation of Portugal\u2019s great terroirs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cReceiving these distinctions is a source of great pride for the entire team. This recognition reflects not only the excellence of our wines, but also the work, dedication, and passion we put into every stage of the process daily. These awards reinforce our ambition to continue producing authentic, high-quality wines that genuinely express the identity and richness of the terroirs where they originate,\u201d says Adrian Bridge, the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since 2020, Grandes Escolhas has organised what is considered the world\u2019s largest competition for Portuguese white wines. This year, the competition expanded its scope, including ros\u00e9 and sparkling wines, which strengthened its relevance in the national wine sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the Escolha do Mercado 2026 competition, promoted by the magazine Grandes Escolhas, have now been announced, and Fladgate Family Wines stood out with three important distinctions across different categories. The main highlight goes to Colinas Cuv\u00e9e Ros\u00e9 de Pinots Bairrada Reserva Ros\u00e9 2017, which won the Grand Prize in the Sparkling Wines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16183,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16182\/revisions\/16183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}