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Focus on quality assurance and innovation: the results of the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL 2024

In the context of declining wine sales figures, the topics of quality documentation and wine optimisation are becoming increasingly important in many countries. It is in this environment that WINE SYSTEM has established its position - with differentiated quality tests that make precisely this possible. The first award of the year, the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL, was held last weekend and the PAR®-certified jury identified two clear currents: Wines that are fruity, clear and brilliant, characterised by reductive stylistics and modern winemaking, and the still growing trend of orange, natural and unsulphured wines.

WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL publishes Winter Ranking 2023

For the 3rd time since the launch of the thematically open award, the WINE SYSTEM jury tasted the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL at the beginning of March. It is the first in the annual program and it is highly rated by the PAR® Certified Master Jury. The reason: the oenological diversity. Traditional craftsmanship, modern winemaking and experimental wines, rare grape varieties, diverse origins - everything is there and thanks to PAR® the team is methodically well equipped. A look at the 13 Grand Gold wines gives an idea of the range. They come from 7 countries in the most diverse climatic zones and show that quality is anything but uniform: from natural red wines from Sweden to traditional Vin Santo from Italy to modern 99-point white wines from Portugal aged reductively in steel tanks. In additional, 111 wines were awarded gold, 125 silver and 34 bronze.

Italy's winemakers achieve 4 times Grand Gold, 34 times Gold, 36 times Silver and 10 Bronze

Part 1 of the cross-country and cross-style quality test with 283 wines from 19 countries - the results from Italy - free debriefing

Frasdorf, March 2023 - For the 3rd time since the inception of the open-topic WINE SYSTEM Awards, the PAR® jury tasted the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL in early March. It is the first in the annual programme and it is highly rated by the PAR® Certified Master Jury. The reason: the oenological diversity. Traditional craftsmanship, modern winemaking and experimentation, rare grape varieties, diverse origins - everything is there and thanks to PAR® the team is methodically well equipped. Just a glance at the 13 Grand Gold wines gives an idea of the range. They come from 7 countries in diverse climatic zones and show that quality is anything but uniform - from natural red wines from Sweden to traditional Vin Santo from Italy to modern 99-point white wines from Portugal, which are reductively vinified in steel tanks. In total, another 111 wines were awarded gold, 125 silver and 34 bronze.

Germany's winegrowers achieve 4 times Grand Gold, 20 times Gold, 29 times Silver and 4 Bronze

Part 1 of the cross-country and cross-style quality test with 283 wines from 19 countries - the results from Germany - free debriefing

Frasdorf, March 2023 - For the 3rd time since the foundation of the open-topic WINE SYSTEM Awards, the PAR® jury tasted the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL at the beginning of March. It is the first in the annual programme and it is highly rated by the PAR® Certified Master Jury. The reason: the oenological diversity. Traditional craftsmanship, modern winemaking and experimentation, rare grape varieties, diverse origins - everything is there and thanks to PAR® the team is methodically well equipped. Just a glance at the 13 Grand Gold wines gives an idea of the range. They come from 7 countries in the most diverse climate zones and show that quality is anything but uniform - from natural red wines from Sweden to traditional Vin Santo from Italy to modern 99-point white wines from Portugal that have been aged reductively in steel tanks. Germany is also represented at the top, among others with skilful experimentation from Rheinhessen. A total of 111 wines were awarded gold, 125 silver and 34 bronze.

Austria's winemakers achieve 1 Grand Gold, 9 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze

Frasdorf, March 2023 - For the 3rd time since the inception of the open-topic WINE SYSTEM Awards, the PAR® jury tasted the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL in early March. It is the first in the annual programme and it is highly rated by the PAR® Certified Master Jury. The reason: the oenological diversity. Traditional craftsmanship, modern winemaking and experimentation, rare grape varieties, diverse origins - everything is there and thanks to PAR® the team is methodically well equipped. Just a glance at the 13 Grand Gold wines gives an idea of the range. They come from 7 countries in diverse climatic zones and show that quality is anything but uniform - from natural red wines from Sweden to traditional Vin Santo from Italy to modern 99-point white wines from Portugal, which are reductively vinified in steel tanks. In total, another 111 wines were awarded gold, 125 silver and 34 bronze.

WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL Launches The Second Part Of This Year's Contest

Frasdorf, July 2022 – Der WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL is a contest with one-for-all qualities. All styles, origins and cultivation methods are very much appreciated because exactly this tense field between modern winemaking and traditional craftsmanship, as well as techniques and attitudes, makes the world of wine so colourful and the PAR® Jury‘s job so thrilling. Unlike other major tasting events, craftsmanship is always the underlying concept for the quality classification for the objective approach of this gamut. The combined line-up of primarily handcrafted wines is the overall winner of the summer tasting: the 2016 Pinotage The Sensory Collection Grande Réserve made at Stellar Winery, Western Cape – South Africa and the 2020 Gewürztraminer Orange from an organic vineyard Grossmann in the Nahe region in Germany. Eleven products received Grand Gold, 36 received Gold, and 34 were awarded Silver.

Greece's winemakers achieve 2 times Grand Gold,19 times Gold, 15 times Silver and 5 recommendations

Frasdorf, March 2022 - The WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL is one for all. All styles, all origins, all types of cultivation - it's all about diversity. And that is exactly what the now sixth, current ranking depicts: Ten of the 18 participating wine nations are already represented among the 21 top scores. And the spectrum of styles also ranges from international modernity to traditional Qvevri. The absolute leader with 99 points comes from Voskevaz Wine Cellar in Armenia; the top scores from Greece come from Estate Theodorakakos on the Peloponnese and the Family Winery Vorizanaki on Crete. In total, 21 times Grand Gold, 111 times Gold, 72 times Silver and 17 recommendations were awarded. Non-alcoholic wines and wines made from apples were also on the tasting tables for the first time. The closing date for entries for the Summer Edition of the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL is 10 June. The complete ranking including the tasting sheets is available at winesystem.de/wine-award-int/results.

Germany's winemakers achieve 4 times Grand Gold, 34 times Gold, 24 times Silver and 2 recommendations

Frasdorf, March 2022 - The WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL is one for all. All styles, all origins, all types of cultivation - it's all about diversity. And that is exactly what the now sixth, current ranking depicts: Ten of the 18 participating wine nations are already represented among the 21 top scores. And the spectrum of styles also ranges from international modernity to traditional Qvevri. The absolute front-runner with 99 points comes from Voskevaz Wine Cellar from Armenia; the top scores from Germany are achieved by the Karl Schäfer Winery in the Palatinate as well as the Württemberg Winery "Im Hagenbüchle" and the Gebert Winery in Rheinhessen. In total, 21 times Grand Gold, 111 times Gold, 72 times Silver and 17 recommendations were awarded. For the first time, non-alcoholic wines and wines made from apples were also on the tasting tables. The closing date for entries for the summer edition of the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL is 10 June 2022. The complete ranking including the tasting sheets is available at winesystem.de/wine-award-int/results.