After 5 days of competition, bringing together professionals from 30 countries, The 30th edition of Vinalies Internationales, The international wine competition organized by the Oenologists of France, took place in Cannes, France, between March 1st and 5th with 2,927 wines entered, 636 registered producers, and 38 countries in competition. There were 148 grand gold medals, 550 gold medals, and 181 silver medals awarded, judged by a panel of jurors from around the world.

Vinalies secures exceptional partnership signed with Figaro Vin.

Highlighting the Vinalies competitions, raising awareness among buyers and the general public promotion of the entire prize list to consumers thanks to Figaro and Figaro vin (relay via the website, networks, print magazine) unprecedented exposure of Vinalies wines to your customers and future customers The Vinalies medal is also associated with the Figaro Vin brand. Buy the stickers or reproduction rights to increase your reputation and visibility with your buyers!

The full list of winners will soon be available on the Wine-Searcher platform.

Find the complete 2024 awards list at: vinalies-internationales.com

The thrilling 28th edition of the Catad'Or World Wine Awards and the 3rd Catad'Or World Spirits Awards has concluded successfully.

• The 28th edition of the Catad'Or World Wine Awards and the 3rd Catad'Or World Spirits Awards have concluded, bringing together over 1,200 samples from 19 countries in an international competition held in Chile.

• This event, which has solidified itself as the oldest and most influential competition in Latin America in the world of wines and spirits, once again stood out in the wine and spirits scene of the southern cone.

The award ceremony of the Catad'Or World Wine Awards was a true milestone, gathering over 400 enthusiasts and experts at the Monticello Events Center. Among the attendees were renowned winemakers, company managers, specialized press, and members of the diplomatic world accredited in Chile. It was a unique opportunity to discover the most outstanding wines of this edition, sharing experiences and knowledge in an exceptional atmosphere.

CATAD’OR 2023 MEDAL TALLY AND TROPHIES

The 28th edition of the Catad’Or World Wine Awards concludes with the presentation of:
349 medals
50 Grand Gold medals
299 Gold medals

All winners: catador.cl

Winners on Wine-Searcher: wine-searcher.com

With a record number of samples and attendance, the 27th edition of the Catad'Or World Wine Awards and Catad'Or World Spirits Awards comes to an end, with 1,300 samples of wines and spirits from 20 countries around the world.

In front of a massive audience, Catad'Or rewards the best in Chile and the world and holds a parallel wine and spirits fair open to the public.

This November 5, at the Monticello Convention Center and with the presence of more than 350 attendees from the wine and spirits industry, authorities, ambassadors and representatives of foreign countries, correspondents and national press, the award ceremony for the 27th edition of the contest, together with a large wine and spirits fair open to the public, Catad'Or Hall of Medals.

The ceremony was also attended by the international jury, which brought together 70 experts from 15 countries, chaired by Alistair Cooper MW, Master of Wine from the United Kingdom, and Aina Mee Myhre MW, Master of Wine from Norway. , Fernando Gurucharri, president of Vinofed and the Union of Tasters of Spain, and Toshio Ueno Master Sake of Japan, as well as oenologists, sommeliers and educators.

The 27th edition of the Catad'Or World Wine Awards, the contest with the greatest influence and reputation in South America, awarded a total of 329 medals, 27 Grand Gold medals, 275 Gold medals, 27 Silver medals, as well as 13 special trophies by category and the Vinofed trophies. Meanwhile, Catad'Or World Spirits Awards awarded 91 medals, 9 Grand Gold medals, 71 Gold medals, 11 Silver medals and 8 special trophies.

Chile 264 medals with 73% participation
Brazil 30 medals
Croatia 13
Argentina 6 medals
Australia 6 medals
Portugal 3 medals
Italy 2 medals
Peru 2 medals
Austria 1 medal
Chinese 1 medal
Lebanon 1 medal

See all results: Here.

The 2022 Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada competition has just ended. The jury made its decision and crowned the big winners of this 29th edition.

It is with great pleasure that we reveal to you, in exclusivity, the wines that have earned the top honors of being included in the Top 50 best scores at the Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada 2022 competition.

This first list unveiled today highlights the wines that received the highest scores in the competition, all categories, and all countries combined.

This year, the Top 50 is made up of 52 products as the last four products obtained the same score. They are therefore all included in this list.

Top 50 best scores: Here.

The Top 50 best scores aims to highlight the products that have performed the best in the Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada competition and to facilitate their eventual entry into the Quebec, Canadian and American markets.

Wines that have proudly made it on this list will be able to display the Top 50 visual, which will be offered to them free of charge. They will be able to showcase it alongside the medals for sale on our website.

To get your Top 50 visual, write to info@smvcanada.ca

From 26 to 28.08.2022 was held the 25th edition of the Mondial des Pinots. The tastings of the 921 competing wines presented by 300 producers from 21 countries took place in Sierre under the auspices of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), Vinofed and the Swiss Union of Oenologists. Some 45 jurors from 13 different countries awarded 3 grand gold medals (+ 93/100), 153 gold medals (from 89 to 92.9) and 103 silver medals (from 87.8 to 88.9/100). The 4 Vinofed prizes were awarded to 4 Swiss wines, namely :

Prix Vinofed Rouge
Pinot Noir Eichenfass 2020,
AOC Zürich,
Josef Glenz & Töchter, Salgesch VS, Suisse

Prix Vinofed Rosé
Höngger Rosé vom Frankental 2021,
AOC Valais,
Wein + Obsthaus Wegmann, Zürich ZH

Prix Vinofed Blanc
Pinot gris Stadtschryber 2021,
AOC Thurgau,
Haag Weine, Hüttwilen TG, Suisse

Prix Vinofed Effervescent
Bulles Roses de Pinot noir Extra-Brut 2018,
Vin de Pays Suisse
Domaine le Grand Clos, Satigny GE, Suisse

Link to the award brochure: Here.

Link to the press release (French only): Here.

The edition of Le Mondial des Vins Blancs Strasbourg, the only international competition entirely dedicated to all the diversity of white wines organized under the OIV patronage and member of VINOFED, was held from 11 to 12 June 2022 in Alsace.

70 expert tasters, French and foreign, oenologists and wine professionals coming from the 5 continents tasted 622 wines in 12 categories. The award-winning list of the 2 days tasting competition was published on 20th of June.

180 medals were awarded among with 3 GRAND OR, 85 GOLD - 1 for a wine with maceration (orange) - and 92 SILVER.  Knowing that the "GRAND OR", supreme distinction is awarded to the wines that obtain more than 93 points, 3 GRAND OR were granted. The "Grand Prix du Jury" is the prize for the best scoring wine in the whole contest.

Full results of the competition can be found on the website.

See 2022 award winners list.

In 2022, the 11th edition of the Mondial du Chasselas saw 686 wines in competition (the record having been reached in 2019 with 867 samples, before the pandemic), including 120 foreigners, mainly from Germany and France.

The main category was won by Les Moines 2021, an AOC Chablais Villeneuve Grand cru from Serge Diserens, but the absolute best score was obtained by the winner of the Old Vintages category (7 years and more) with 95.9 points/100 ! This is Roche Ronde AOC Lavaux St-Saphorin 1990, therefore 32 years old, which illustrates the incredible capacity of Chasselas to age.

The Roche Ronde 1990 received the first Vinofed prize awarded as part of the Mondial du Chasselas during the award ceremony on June 24 at the Château d'Aigle.

More information on mondialduchasselas.com

Photographies by Studio Edouard Curchod

Prize in three categories for Slovak wines. The 9 edition of the competition, focused on quality wines in the Danube region and from all over the world, took place in romantic Château Belá, Slovakia, from 1 to 4 June 2022. The international jury of 50 experts from 15 nationalities evaluated 570 wines from 18 countries and awarded a total of 141 medals - 12 double gold, 140 gold and 19 silver and several special prizes. As a result of a final master tasting of highest scored wines, all 3 VINOFED Prizes in the respective categories were awarded to Slovak wines, which also became Champions of the competition. As one of the very few in the world, DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE also has an orange wine category to draw attention to this ancient yet increasingly popular style. Find the Press release here. See the Full Results here.

For more information go to danubewine.sk

For its 15th edition, the Mondial du Merlot et assemblages returned to the land that saw its birth, the Ticino or the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The canton south of the Alps hosted the tastings from April 29 to May 1.

 

398 wines from 14 countries were registred, tasted by 20 judges  from 7 different countries. The Sassi Grossi 2016 from Gialdi of Mendrisio (Switzerland-Tessin) was a hit and won the prizes for best Swiss wine, best wine of the competition and best old vintage. The Vinofed awards go to the white Espe n°5 2021 from Tamborini and the red Sottotore 2018 from Reto dell'Ambrogio, both from Ticino. All results here.

The VinAgora wine competition once again received a high number of entries, with a record number of foreign samples. A total of 941 samples took part in the competition, representing 16 wine-producing countries with about a quarter of wines coming from outside of Hungary.

The competition was very exciting in terms of the high quality of participating wines, representing challenges to the experts. The high niveau is reflected in the fact that the tasters gave 76% of the wines a score equivalent to at least a silver medal, that is, 85 points or more. However, according to the international rules of the professional patrons of the competition (Vinofed and OIV), only the best 30% of wines in each main category can receive a medal. Based on the score limits modified accordingly, 9 grand gold, 160 gold, 116 silver medals, 7 main category winner Champion awards, and another 25 special awards were finally awarded.

Prix VINOFED

The Prix VINOFED prize is awarded in four categories – still, dry white, red and rosé wines and brut sparkling wines made with the traditional method – by the World Federation of Major International Wine and Spirits Competitions, according to uniform rules in all member competitions of the organization. The selection method is the same as that of the VinAgora Champion Awards, so the best wines in these categories automatically receive the VINOFED award as well.

Prix VINOFED – still, dry white wines:
Varga Pincészet - Aranymetszés Friss Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Prix VINOFED – still, dry red wines:
Pannonhalmi Foapatsag – Infusio 2019

Prix VINOFED – still, dry rosé wines:
Günzer Tamás Pincészete – Rosé 2021

Prix VINOFED – brut sparkling wines made with the traditional method:
Bodegas Jaume Serra – Cava Jaume Serra Bouquet Brut

A detailed list of results can be found on the website of the competition: here

The Oenologists of France present the list of the best rosés in the world. Les Vinalies, the reference brand for wine competitions, supported by the Union of Oenologists of France, presents the winners of the Vinalies, Mondial du Rosé. 951 rosé, still and sparkling wines, from 26 countries, were tasted by a tasting committee, made up exclusively of professionals on March 17, 18 and 19 in Marseille. At the end of these tastings, the best rosé wines in the world were rewarded.

284 wines were awarded, including 2 Palmes, The Palmes are awarded to the wines that have obtained the best score of the Grand Or medals, they reward the best wine in each category.

THE VINALIES MONDIAL DU ROSÉ AT A GLANCE
26 countries represented 951 wines tasted 284 award-winning wines
8 Grand Gold medals 88 Gold medals 188 Silver medals

THE PALMS VINALIES MONDIAL DU ROSÉ
Tranquil Revelation Spain, Castilla-la-mancha, Fantini Group Vini SRL Finca, DO La Mancha, Finca Fella Cala Rey Tempranillo rosado 2021. Effervescent Revelation FRANCE, Champagne Remue-Gaspard, AOP Champagne, Brut Rosé Pinot Noir.

The Oenologists of France are the only ones to write a tasting commentary for all the wines selected in the context of their competitions, THE VINALIES.

The independent jury, made up of oenologists and foreign expert professionals, tastes blind and judges the taste and sensory qualities of wines from all over the world.

As a guarantee of rigor, the rate of medal-winning wines does not exceed 30% of those registered in accordance with the international standard of the O.I.V.

Complete list with comments, available here.

Final clap for the 22nd edition of Citadelles du Vin which took place from 12 to 14 March in Bourg near Bordeaux.

 

The occasion for 40 tasters of 21 nationalities to meet up to evaluate 831 wines and brandies from 24 countries. 232 medals including 76 Gold and 15 Special Prizes were awarded.

 

Special mention for Northern Macedonia, the country put in the honour by the competition this year, with a fantastic result of 21 medals and 2 Special Prizes.

 

And so it is the surprising Colombian white wine Malbec Bianco Olaya 2020 from Viña Sicilia that was awarded the Vinofed Special Prize! See 2022 award winners list.