Topics: Oenological adaptability – quality management & sensory analysis –top ratings from Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands
Frasdorf, October 2023 – The PIWI WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL in autumn 2023 surprised the WINE SYSTEM jury with a significant increase of the average and a lot of quality from the northern newcomer countries of European viticulture. The jury sees one reason for the general upward trend in the combination of oenological courage and expertise: Old standards have been adopted in many cases. They are making way for new styles in the service of quality – and for PIWIs, where expertise is growing year by year. A prime example of this progressive approach is, for example, the Grand Gold winner 2020 Skærsøgaard DONS Blanc de Noir Brut from Skærsøgaard Vin in Jutland, Denmark and more Gold Medals from Vesterhave Vingaard and Guldbækgård. The detailed ranking with all sensory profiles is available at winesystem.de/en/piwi-wine-award.
Quality leaps and how they show in the rankings
The autumn ranking shows that international viticulture is adaptable. In more and more cellars and minds, it is accepted that changing conditions may lead to new wine styles when the quality factor takes precedence over the human need for custom. Unlike other rankings, WINE SYSTEM reflects such developments 1:1. This explains why, in the spring edition of the PIWI WINE AWARD, a total of just under 30 percent of the wines were awarded Grand Gold and Gold; this fall, a full 61 percent.
Martin Darting, head of tasting, comments: „We neither limit nor increase the number of top scores artificially. We believe that „good“ must remain good. In other words, just because many participants deliver high quality does not mean that the quality of the individual is worth less. This is what we happily stand for: Reliability, appreciation and transparency.“
The value of a Grand Gold medal
To achieve a WINE SYSTEM Grand Gold rating, a wine must maintain its quality for 24 hours after opening the bottle. Thus, if a candidate is classified as a Grand Gold contender at the initial tasting, it is put to the test again the following day. For this purpose, the Quality Assurance Committee comes together – a designated body within the jury of experienced PAR® Certified Master Tasters.
Top ratings from Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
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WINE SYSTEM – Trust your Senses stands for professionally sound quality assessments and Wine Awards since 1999, as well as for training in the field of wine and sensorics and consulting for wineries. In striving for quality, appreciation for people and craftsmanship is the company’s guiding star in all three business areas. The PAR® sensory testing system, with its analytical and strictly documentary approach, is both the working basis and the expression of this philosophy. It enables the PAR® Certified Master Jury in the WINE SYSTEM tastings to make valid, detailed and comprehensible assessments and provides the necessary expertise in training to understand, trace and predict sensory processes in their entirety. Thus, more and more winemakers use the informative tasting data from the awards for the qualitative development of their wines. WINE SYSTEM – Trust your Senses has been under the management of board members Brigitte Wüstinger and Martin Darting since 2019. The current awards are the ORGANIC WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL, the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL and the PIWI WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL. www.winesystem.de/en
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