A&S Merchants, a U.S. exporter of California wine, won eight awards at the China Sommeliers Wine Challenge 2010.  The challenge winners were displayed at FHC 2010 in the Wine & Spirits China VIP tasting room.  Wine buyers, importers and supermarket, hotel and restaurant managers were invited to exclusive tastings of the winning wines during the exhibition.  Wines represented by A&S Wine Merchants, were awarded 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.  Additionally, one wine received the Best Value World Wine award while another took home the Best New World Wine award.  Only exhibitors at FHC 2010 were eligible to enter their wines in the challenge. Wines from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Moldova, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and South Africa were also represented in the competition.