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2022 Wine Judging: deliberations from our first day of judging in South Africa
This week, members of the IWSC’s expert judging panels are in South Africa, tasting hundreds of wines from across the country. Together with Elizabeth Kelly MW, Victoria Mason, Matteo Montone MS and David Kermode, our judging committee member and Master of Wine, Ali Cooper is at Paarl’s Diamant Estate with local judges tasting through 2022 entrants from all across South Africa.
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Plenty of sparkling potential for emerging regions, but gold medals this year for wines from England, France and Italy
2022 was the first year the IWSC curated specially selected panels of sparkling wine experts which were led by Master of Wine and champagne and sparkling wine expert, Essi Avellan. Over two days of judging in London as well as most recently, our judging in Prosecco Superiore Docg, our judges tasted just shy of 900 sparkling wine entrants.
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2022 Wine Awards: Incredible consistency rewarded with unprecedented medal result
Announcing its 2022 medal results, the IWSC is delighted to share the results following a dedicated tasting of wines from Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore.
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Celebrating England’s home-grown talent
With the UK looking forward to an extra day’s holiday in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II what better excuse to highlight home grown medal winners from our 2022 wine awards.
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2022 Wine Judging: Tasting the sparkling wines of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore
Over the past few days, several IWSC judges have been in the Northeast of Italy in Conegliano Valdobbiadene, tasting entrants from the very heart of the Prosecco Superiore DOCG.
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2022 Wine Results: Gold medals for wines from Essex and Mexico as the emerging wine regions put in an impressive performance
Following two weeks where 99 of the industry’s most renowned and respected wine experts tasted wines from over 40 countries, the IWSC has published its latest findings.
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2022 Wine Results: Could Peloponnese Rosé be the new Provence Rosé?
Announcing the winners of its 2022 wine awards, the IWSC is delighted to share the results of its first dedicated rosé judging.
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2022 Wine Results: A growing confidence in winemaking illustrated in China’s solid performance at this year’s IWSC awards
Announcing its 2022 medal results, the IWSC, the world’s most established wine awards, is delighted to see further advancement of China’s comparatively youthful wine production industry.
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2022 Wine Results: IWSC praises consistent quality of wines from supermarkets
Highlighting the consistent quality of supermarket wines, this year 80% of the wines selected for entry into the IWSC received a medal. While only five gold medals were awarded to supermarket wines, the multiple retailers received an impressive number of silver and bronze accolades.
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The IWSC announces new Green Wine Initiative accolade
Ahead of the launch of Green Wine Future’s 2022 conference, the IWSC, together with Green Wine Future, is proud to share news of a new international sustainability accolade.
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