Riga, 2015-09-15 08:55 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Latvijas balzams (LB) beverages Riga Black Balsam Element and the coffee liqueur Moka have received double gold medals at one of the most prestigious beverage industry competitions, the China Wine & Spirits Awards 2015 (CWSA 2015).
Gold medals were also awarded to the beverages Riga Black Balsam Currant and Moskovskaya vodka, while the sparkling beverage Cosmopolitan Diva and its flavor versions received three silver medals.
“Each such international award is a high appreciation of the quality and uniqueness of the brands produced by Latvijas balzams. The Asian region is one of our strategic export directions where we are already working and the awards at the largest industry competition CWSA 2015, with more than five thousand brands participating, certainly help us to open new doors and to grow in the Asian markets, where great value is placed on traditions of quality, natural products as well as innovation,” said Valters Kaže, Strategic marketing director for Latvijas balzams and Amber Beverage Group.
5 375 beverage brands from 35 countries participated in CWSA 2015 and were evaluated in blind tastings by 100 well-known, independent industry professionals selected from a group of 500 candidates.
Dana Hasana
Head of communications for JSC Latvijas balzams and un Amber Beverage Group”
Tel.: +371 67011711
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E-mail dana.hasana@lb.lv
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