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Wine writer David Pike reports on Howard Park's win at the "Riesling du Monde" competition in Strasbourg, France, March 2003...

"Another WA wine company making news overseas last week was Howard Park, winning a silver medal at the Riesling de Monde. 'Riesling of the World' 2003 was held in Strasbourg, with more than 429 wines from 13 countries, including France, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, South Africa and Australia.

A panel of 175 professional international judges were assembled for the tasting that awarded Howard Park's 2001 Riesling the gong. It was the only Australian wine to have achieved medal status in a field that contained many of the top riesling names from Germany and Alsace in France.

Of the 122 medals awarded only 10 were awarded to wines outside France or Germany.

It is a tremendous achievement for winemaker Michael Kerrigan and his team at Howard Park.

The wine, I can now say, is one of my favourite rieslings that they have released.

Michael Kerrigan made this wine in a style to age gracefully.

On release it had so much searing acidity that it made biting into a lemon a joy.

Having only just recovered from the last glass I had, I must once again pull out a bottle and see just how gracefully it is progressing." Western Australian Business News, March 20-26 2003