In the May 15, 1998 issue of prestigious Spectator Buying Guide*, Cap*Rock Cabernet Sauvignon, 1995 and Cap*Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Texas High Plains Reserve 1995, received two of the Magazine's highest ratings for Texas Wines.   Buy Texas Magazine reported that the 1993 Cap*Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Wines won gold at the 1995 Expovina International Competition in Zurich, a major wine competition held each summer.  According to De Pierce, Cap*Rock president, "As a result of the Swiss gold medal, we have started our 4th year of doing business in Switzerland with Werner Butz, owner of VIANSA SA, Wines of America, with our largest sale ever.
    "Werner chose Cap*Rock as his Texas wine offering along with wines from California, Washington, Oregon and New Mexico for sale in Switzerland and other European countries. Werner contacted John Bratcher, Cap*Rock vice president of sales and marketing, four years ago and said that he was interested in Cap*Rock because he wanted a high quality Texas wine that was also affordable.
    "Our wines have been well accepted in Switzerland where sales have been steadily growing," Pierce said. Cap*Rock Wines are distributed for retail sales by COOP SCHWEIZ, one of the country's largest wine distributors.
    "In April, 1998, we shipped over 16,600 gallons, about 7,000 cases, of 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon in bulk to Switzerland to be bottled under the Cap*Rock label. Werner is also selling Cap*Rock Garnet Royale to restaurants and has presented Cap*Rock in the Czech Republic, Germany and Holland for possible future sales," Pierce said.