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THE UK ENJOYS RECORD YEAR AT DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS WITH A FIRST PLATINUM WIN FOR WINE FROM ESSEX
Now in its 19th year, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world's largest and most influential wine competition, with unrivaled global reach. Judged by top wine experts from around the globe, DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging process.
As part of this process almost 250 expert judges, including 41 Masters of Wine and 13 Master Sommeliers, evaluated 18,244 wines from 54 countries at DWWA 2022, making it a record year for wines tasted.
Medal winners came via 21 counties this year representing the record breaking year. Traditional method sparkling wine and still Chardonnay wines topped the results with Best in Show, Platinum and Gold medal wines. There were Silver medal wins for wines made from Bacchus, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Ortega and Pinot Noir Précoce.
Only 50 wines were awarded Best in Show including the Judges commented: "There's no rule that English sparkling wines must feature in our Best in Show selection; quality is all.
Essex was awarded a Platinum medal for the first time for the which notched up an impressive 97 points.
There were seven Gold medals awarded to UK wines, Hampshire's , which is available in Waitrose and via Ocado, from West Sussex , and all from Kent and from Surrey .
For UK supermarket buys, drinkers can also enjoy a top-scoring Argentinian Malbec from the value category (up to the value of £14.99) for
from Mendoza which was awarded the competition's top accolade of Value Best in Show and available at
from Rueda, Spain was awarded a Value Platinum medal.
offer three Value Gold medal winners (up to £14.99) including its own label , and New Zealand's
Value Gold medals can also be found at for, and at for its from the Loire, France .
Decanter World Wine Awards Co Chair, Sarah Jane Evans MW, said: "Whether you are in a restaurant or a high street supermarket, that Decanter World Wine Awards medal is really something you can trust.
"Price to me is very important. We're all very price conscious at the moment so we are looking for value. If you see a Value Platinum, for heaven's sake pick it up - it's great value."
had their best showing to date with 82% of wines entered winning medals (14 in total). Gold was awarded to who took special measures having their bottles hand-delivered via Hungary , knowing that winning this prestigious award would be the key to higher export success and crucial income.
Visit awards.decanter.com for a full list of winners.
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