Yesterday saw the announcement of the medal winners for the International Wine Challenge.
This year 9,358 wines were judged from 35 different countries, by 400 judges. The judges came from 19 different countries and included 33 Masters of Wine. 260 Gold medals were awarded, 1,129 wines won Silver medals and 1,839 wines won Bronze medals.
The top 3 medal winning nations remain the same as last year – France, Australia and Italy. France scooped the most medals with a total tally of 635. English wines continue to show improved form with 21 medals in 2007 up from 16 last year.
Of the UK Supermarkets Tesco stocks most medal winning wines whilst Sainsbury’s can claim the most Golds. Waitrose own-label wines won 3 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.
Here at Bottletalk HQ we’ll be sure to be trying a few of these award winners and letting you know what we think on the site.