In just a few years Marlene® has turned into one of Malta's favourite apple brands and for 19 year-old Kimberly Mangion from Hal-Qormi the Italian alpine apples are not only sweet and tasty but also rewarding, as she has won the first of four Honda scooters in the latest Win!Marlene® competition. Ms.Mangion was presented with the prize at the Plaza Shopping Centre in Sliema by Jessica Zammit from PlanetFruit and Pauline Agius from Star Fruit.

Starting on 7 September 2015, the first 8 months of the Win! Marlene® competition will see the four scooters given away by draw, while on 30 June 2016 the competition will conclude with the grand draw for the coveted AUDI A3 Sportback e-tron, the final super prize draw which includes all competition entrants.

Ms.Mangion said, "I will be using the Honda scooter to go to University, where I hope to study medicine. This is a fantastic late Christmas present. I love Marlene® apples and am very glad my Mum gave me them, this is a great way to start the new year."

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; sweet 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 marking which means Protected Geographic Indication, certifying their origin from the South Tyrol. 

Marlene® was established with the aim of promoting products from the Italian Alps under a single brand name, using the strong points of the brand: the great purity of the apples, grown 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.