The Win!Marlene® competition has come to a close, but that didn't stop Helen Bondin from winning a new Honda SH125i scooter. The final super prize, the innovative AUDI A3 Sportback e-tron was won by a lucky Marlene® customer from Madrid in Spain.

Marlene®  is one of Malta's favourite apple brands and Mrs. Bondin has discovered the Italian alpine apples are not only crunchy and tasty but also rewarding, as she has won the third of four Honda scooters in the latest Win!Marlene® competition. 

Mrs. Bondin was presented with the prize at local Marlene® representative PlanetFruit by Pauline Agius from Star Fruit who explained during the prize-giving that close to a million codes had been played in the international Win!Marlene® competition.

Marlene® has become an iconic brand from the South Tyrol, as well as being the number one Italian brand in the production and varieties of apples; crunchy and juicy, red, yellow or green, Marlene® offers the right apple for every taste. Marlene® products are checked one-by-one and grown according to exacting production standards; handled with great care and passion, and with the utmost respect for the environment. Furthermore, all of the varieties of Marlene® apples have the PGI seal which means Protected Geographic Indication, certifying their origin from the South Tyrol. 

Marlene® was established with the aim of promoting apples from the South Tyrol in the Italian Alps under a single brand name, using the strong points of the brand: the great purity of the apples, grown at high altitude in an unspoilt region, as is the case of the South Tyrol, and their constant freshness from the orchard to the shop. In short, guaranteed and superior quality compared with other apple varieties. 

There's more good news in store for Marlene® fans. The first Marlene®Gala are harvested now and will be on the Maltese shelves towards the end of August. The latest news from the skilled Marlene® growers is that this year's crop are particularly crunchy due to the excellent weather-conditions they have grown in. A new Marlene® competition is planned to launch in January 2017 after seeing so many happy Marlene® customers with their prizes.