Buffalo Trace Distillery Earns Top Honors

    FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco World
 Spirits Competition (SFWSC) announced the 2008 winners. Buffalo Trace
 Distillery was named "Distillery of the Year." This is the first time in
 the competition's history an American distillery has taken home this honor.
 The SFWSC is the largest spirits competition in the United States with more
 than 800 products from 63 different countries participating in this year's
 event.
 
     The whiskies of Buffalo Trace Distillery also earned a plethora of
 medals. "Best Bourbon" was presented to Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year-Old
 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Eagle Rare Single Barrel Bourbon
 earned a Double Gold Medal for the fifth time. Double Gold is the
 competition's highest ranking medal and the "Best" designation is the
 highest award given in each category.
 
     "This is an amazing honor," said Mark Brown, President of Buffalo Trace
 Distillery. "The SFWSC is such a highly competitive competition and to have
 our whiskies receive such high honors is astounding. And to be named
 'Distillery of the Year' is indeed icing on the cake."
 
 

     The winning whiskies from Buffalo Trace Distillery include:
     -- Best Bourbon, Double Gold Medal, Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year-Old Kentucky
        Straight Bourbon Whiskey
     -- Double Gold Medal, Eagle Rare Single Barrel Bourbon
     -- Double Gold Medal, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey
     -- Double Gold Medal, George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
     -- Gold Medal, Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 Year-Old Kentucky Straight
        Bourbon Whiskey
     -- Gold Medal, Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon
     -- Gold Medal, William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
     -- Gold Medal, Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey
     -- Silver Medal, Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon
     -- Bronze Medal, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
 
     "I'm very proud of all our whiskies here at Buffalo Trace," said Master
 Distiller Harlen Wheatley. "To consistently have such a strong showing at
 this competition speaks volumes of our people, the distillery and the
 craftsmanship that goes into each and every bottle we produce."
 
     To learn more about Buffalo Trace Distillery visit www.buffalotrace.com
 and for a complete list of SFWSC winners go to www.sfspiritscomp.com.
 
     About Buffalo Trace
 
     Buffalo Trace Distillery is a family-owned company based in Franklin
 County, Kentucky. The distillery's rich distilling tradition dates back to
 1787 and has included such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg,
 Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee. Buffalo Trace is a
 fully operational distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and
 is listed on the National Historic Register. Buffalo Trace has won seven
 distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky
 Magazine, Malt Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Buffalo
 Trace has also garnered more than 170 awards for its wide range of premium
 whiskies. The distillery is part of the Sazerac family of companies, which
 has operations in New Orleans, Louisiana; Franklin County, Kentucky and
 Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 
 
 

SOURCE Buffalo Trace Distillery