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YET ANOTHER SILVER
MEDAL TO VILLA SANDAHL
The Badacsony wine region has during June tasted wines from the
whole Badacsony region. Villa Sandahl was awarded yet another silver
medal for the 2008 Rhine Riesling Golden Line, see "Borok
rangsora - 2009.06.26" protocol. This time competition was harder and
Villa Sandahl got 81.6 points. |
 NEWSLETTER
No 3
Villa Sandahl has released the new 2008 Riesling wines, as well as a 2007 Pinot Gris, see
Nyhetsblad 3 (in Swedish).
Remarkably, the quality of the 2008 wines has increased to yet another level. In Sweden,
the wines are available at the
Cezar Web shop. |
 SILVER
MEDAL TO VILLA SANDAHL
The "Badacsony Hill Committee" has during May 2009 tasted 118 wines
from growers of the hill of Badacsony (not the larger Bada-csony
region). Villa Sandahl was awarded a silver medal for the 2008 Rhine
Riesling Golden Line, see "Borok
Rangsora - Badcasony 2009.05.04" protocol. We got 86.2 points and are of course proud of
this, but it is a bit annoying that the gold medal limit was 87 points. |
JUDGEMENT FROM FABIEN STIRN
Our
2008 Rieslings are fermented and enthusiastically judged by our French
oenolog Fabien Stirn. He writes "The Rieslings are really a class
higher as what you ever produced, I think you get the right way of
process and probably also a good vintage! The Golden Line is upper class
by the finesse and the citrus side that is really promising a great and
long aging Riesling. The Silver Line is more in body and in power but
lesser finesse, the aging will probably be shorter." |
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 VISIT
THE WEB SHOP
It
is a real pleasure for us to offer our Villa Sandahl wines to the total
Swedish market by being represented at the
Cezar Vinery
web shop. Do order and pay the
wines and you will get them directly to your home address by the
Swedish Posten. Enjoy your shopping expedition. |
 NEWSLETTER
NR 2
To
introduce the 2006
Riesling wines for the 2008 Christmas sale, Villa Sandahl has now
prepared a
2nd
newsletter. It is now 3 years ago since the 1st
newsletter was announcing the 2004 vintage. The striking news is the web
shop and the dramatically increased quality. |
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 2008
HARVEST
Eight
tons Pinot Gris was harvested the 23rd of September and twelve tons
Riesling was brought in the 10th of October. This was quite early but
the grapes was splendidly ripe. The pressing was equally successful and
15000 litre are fermenting |
 VILLA DECORATION
During
summer 2008 the Villa Sandahl were completed by furniture and
decoration. The mantra was Swedish design of unique quality and high
originality (same as for the SANDAHL wines :-)
To the right you see the grey room. For booking the house, see
booking pages. |
 ENTRANCE ROAD
In
spring 2008 the road and surroundings to the house is finished. Used
basalt stones is found to be the solid base for the 20 % ascend. Vines
are replanted close to all our basalt work, to bring an interesting
antagonism between these elements. |
 HONOURABLE
JUDGEMENT
Villa
Sandahls new 2006 Golden Line Riesling were in May 2008 judged by the
"wine school"
Grain Nobles in Paris.
The judgement were very positive by the group that liked the
residual amount of sugar of 7 grams per litre. They compare our wine
with "les grands Riesling de Moselle ou du sud de l’Alsace (Grand
Cru Eichberg)". |
 PROWEIN
EXIBITION
Villa
Sandahl were represented in the Prowein exhibition in Düsseldorf
the 16 - 18th of March. The new and much improved 2006 Riesling vintage
were proudly presented. |
 NEW
FRESH LOGOTYPE
A
new logotype and graphical design is introduced in March. The change is
driven by the significant quality improvement evident in the 2006 wines. The new
logotype is designed to still keep and attract the old consumers, but also
to invite a
new group of more experienced consumers. To separate two qualities, the new premium
quality is labelled "golden line", and the old basic quality is the
"silver line" |
SANDAHL INTERNATIONAL AB
Villa Sandahl Kft has so far been privately owned by Thord and Christer Sandahl. To ensure a finically strong owner and
to establish a supporting international market organization, a company
called Sandahl International AB is formed, and is now the owner of Villa
Sandahl. Sandahl International AB is also owned
solely by Thord and Christer Sandahl, implying no change in strategic
direction and operation for Villa Sandahl. |
Gunnel Sandahl celebrate her 50 year birthday event the
day after the Villa Sandahl
inauguration.
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INAUGURATION OF THE PROMOTION HOUSE
Villa Sandahl almost finished at
the inauguration 2007-08-03
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 An
inauguration ceremony is held the 3rd of august for the Villa Sandahl promotion house (get the power
point presentation in English). Both Swedish and Hungarian friends
are invited and take a close look at the house. |
 Thanks
to the warm winter, the construction of the Villa Sandahl promotion
house is on schedule. In end of January the entry floor is covered
with a concrete vault, and construction of the loft floor will
begin. An opening ceremony is planned (cross the fingers) to be held on
Friday the 3rd of August 2007. The south facing wall can be seen on the
picture. |
 In
December 2006 the construction of Villa Sandahl in Zsuzsanna vineyard is
in full swing. On the picture, the wine cellar (indoors) entry can be seen. The
house is planned to be finished and finally inspected at end of July
2007. |
 The
2006 Rhine Riesling harvest is finished at the 19th and
20th of October. The weather has been great during September and
October. Grapes in perfect condition are picked and transported to the Cezar winery for pressing and fermentation. |
 The
2006 harvest is vinified at the Cezar vinery just south of
Nagyrada in the Kis-Balaton area, 52 km from Badacsony. The plant is
brand new with all necessary equipment for high quality wine production.
The wine maker is Luis Santelices from Chile. |
 At
the 11 of September the building company is selected to build the
promotion house. After a long selection, the choice fell on the company
SZ-L Bau Kft from Tapolca. |
 During
summer 2006 all permissions are complete for building the promotion
house in the Zsuzsanna vineyard. The vines are cut away for the
house and electricity cables, water and drain pipes are in place. |
 Villa
Sandahl Kft has selected Fabien Stirn from Sigolsheim in Alsace as
advisory wine consultant. Fabien cultivate several hectares of grand cru
vineyards an is known to produce wines of true quality. |
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 At
the Scandinavian Wine Fair, Villa Sandahl is recognised by the Swedish
most well-known business newspaper "Dagens
Industri", see article to the right. It tells about the search
for good grape material, which was found it in Badacsony in Hungary. |
 Villa
Sandahl is represented on the 3rd
Scandinavian Wine Fair held in Paris the 11th of February 2006. This
fair gathers wine connected people from all Scandinavia. Villa Sandahl creates a lot of attention on the exhibition, and has one of
the most visited stands. |
 At
the Scandinavian Wine Fair also arranged the
BKWine Scandinavian Wine and Spirit Competition. Villa Sandahl is
honoured by a silver medal for their dry Pinot Gris / Rhine
Riesling. The quality ambitions are recognised and Villa Sandahl will
surely continue to strive for still higher quality. |
 Villa
Sandahl is very glad to announce that our wines are available in
Denmark from December 2005 by Bergman Vin-Import. Bergman is
recognised for a careful selected portfolio with very competitive
prices. Visit their
web site for prices and selling conditions. Select "Ungarn" for
Villa Sandahl offerings. |
 The
first newsletter from Villa Sandahl (only in Swedish) is
prepared and distributed for the Christmas 2005 sale. Click here to
download it in one of two versions,
web
quality (52kB) or
print quality (94kB). |
 Villa
Sandahl is available at Systembolaget from October 2005.
In end of December 2008 the wines was moved to the
Cezar Vinery
web shop. |
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Sandahl Consulting AB have the 10th of August 2005
received a permit for importing and storing wine in Sweden.
During September the 2004 vintage Villa Sandal wines will be imported to
Sweden. |
 At
the 28th of July 2005, Villa Sandahl finally receive the eagerly
awaited building permit for a promotion house in the Zsuzsanna
Vineyard. The architect Robert Epres have made a terrific job.
The planning is going on and the building will be started as soon as
possible. |
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In June 2005 Villa Sandahl receive honour from the
Badacsonyi Borvidék Hegyközségi Tanácsa ("Badacsony Wine Region
Council of Hill Township"), one gold medal for the half sweet
2004 Pinot Gris Late Harvest Barrique wine and one bronze medal
for the dry 2004 Pinot Gris Rhine Riesling wine. |
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Villa Sandahl is represented at the Wine & Spirit
Fair at Excel in London in the Hungarian "Agricultural Marketing
Centre" at stand D70. We pour our first vintage wines
(see
Vintage 2004)
while telling our short but non the less enthralling story. |
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From start of March 2005 Villa Sandahl welcomes Mr
Toth Tibor as tractor driver and vineyard cultivator. |
 A
new Carraro TRX 9400 AC tractor is acquired at the 10th of
August 2004. It is a special type having a low centre of gravity and
wide balloon tyres suited for steep vineyards. To shelter from sun and
spray, it has an air conditioned cabin. |
Villa Sandahl Kft is registered as an
Hungarian company owned by Thord and Christer Sandahl at the 3rd of
August 2004.
- Company registration number 19-09-507746.
- Tax registration
13325121-2-19, EU code
HU13325121 |
 The
4th of June 2004 a joint venture is started with
Zsuzsanna Pettenkoffer. Included in this cooperation is to
cultivate the vineyard located at the
Badacsony Hill and from these grapes produce wines that will be
labelled Villa Sandahl. |
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Villa Sandahl Kft
8261 Badacsony
Római út 203/1
Hungary |
Sandahl International AB
Box 2045
331 02 Värnamo
Sweden |
