Cornerstone Communications Garners Award For Excellence

First Non-Spanish Agency to Be Honored at Annual AlbariAo Festival

NEW YORK, Sep 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cornerstone Communications traveled to the RAas Baixas region in Spain recently to collect the AlbriAense de Honra awarded by the official AlbariAo Wine Fraternity during the 56th annual Fiesta de AlbariAo. The first agency outside of Spain to be honored, the award recognizes Cornerstone Communications' outstanding efforts in promoting RAas Baixas AlbariAo wines in the United States.

One of the most prestigious wine events in Spain, the AlbariAo Festival kicks off with a series of tastings judged by a panel of sommeliers, journalists, and other professionals from within the RAas Baixas Denomination of Origin (or DO) to select the best RAas Baixas AlbariAo wines from the latest vintage. During the festival, an official ceremony--the CapAtulo SerenAsimo do AlbariAo--recognizes the finest wines and also honors those who strive to improve winemaking and viticulture and promote the region within Spain and around the world.

Cornerstone Communications was credited with creating a platform for RAas Baixas AlbariAo as the "must-have" white wine in the US, where AlbariAo imports have grown by over 150% since the agency launched the campaign three years ago after being selected for the campaign by Wines from Spain and the Consejo Regulador DO of RAas Baixas. Cornerstone's program for AlbariAo wines has showcased the wine's food-friendliness through targeted, creative tactics and has propelled RAas Baixas AlbariAo from being "a sommelier secret" into the fast lane of wine lovers' awareness.

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