International Wine Challenge 2024 announces award winning winesfrom 38 countries

The International Wine Challenge, the world's most influential, impartial and rigorously
judged global wine competition, has announced the results of its 2024 competition,
marking its 40th year. Medals were awarded to 38 winemaking countries following ablind tasting by an international panel of experts last month. While France, Australia
and Spain remained top of the medal table, niche wine producing countries England,
Georgia, Japan, Canada, Romania, Ukraine and India all saw an increase in the numberof medals awarded.
The full list of medal and trophy winners in the 2024 International Wine Challenge canbe viewed here.

France on winning streak with most highly awarded winemakerFrance continued its winning streak, winning the highest number of medals in eachcategory with 72 Gold, 394 Silver and 455 Bronze; an increase of 84 more medals thanlast year.
Highlights:• The International Pinot Noir Trophy was awarded to a Burgundy producer forthe 9th time in a row, with this year’s accolade going to Edouard Delaunay’s
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, 2021. With seven other trophies to his name,including French Red Trophy, Burgundy Red Trophy, Chambolle Musigny
Trophy, Charmes Chambertin Trophy, Corton Trophy and the Nuits St
Georges Trophy, Edouard Delaunay is the most highly awarded winemaker inthe competition.
• The International Sauvignon Blanc Trophy was awarded to Loire Valley for the
first time since 2017, with Château de Tracy winning back the trophy with its Les
101 Rangs 2019.
• This year saw the IWC introduce several new regional trophies, including theProvence Rosé Trophy which was won by Château Paquette Angélico, 2023 inits debut year.
• The Chablis Grand Cru Trophy, Chablis Premier Cru Trophy and Chablis
Trophy were all won by La Chablisienne which also won five Gold medals as well
as a further 13 Silver and Bronze medals.

Spain, Portugal, Italy & Austria – European countries secured four outof the top five highest medal rankings in the competition
With France in 1st place, Spain, Portugal and Italy took 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the highest
medal rankings at this year’s competition.
Spain remained in 3rd place in the medal rankings with 34 Gold medals, 207 Silver and215 Bronze, with Jerez winning 22 out of the 34 Gold medals. Rioja was the winning
region, with a total of 138 medals awarded, the most of all the regions. Spain has also
seen a rise in medal wins for sparkling wines, gaining 46 medals this year, compared to39 last year.
Portugal too increased its medal count, winning 33 Gold, 175 Silver and 195 Bronze,ranking in 4th place on the medal table. Portugal won 11 trophies for its fortified wine aswell as one for still wine.
Italy won 337 medals in total and came in 5th place, winning medals for orange winesfor the first time in the competition’s history.
Austria gained an extra 11 medals on last year, taking its total for 2024 to 101 with 10
more Gold medals than 2023.
Highlights:••••••The Spanish Red Trophy was won by Bodegas Valdemar, Balcón de Pilatos
Maturana, 2020, resulting in Rioja claiming the prestigious title for the 2nd year ina row.
The Spanish White Trophy was won by a Galician winery for the 6th year in a row
with Bodegas Pazo de Villarei, Albariño, 2023 taking the top prize.
Quinta da Terrincha, Tinto, 2021 from the historical Douro vineyards won thePortuguese Red Trophy.
The Italian White Trophy was awarded to Borgo Savaian di Stefano Bastiani for
its Aransat, 2022 orange wine, having also won the new Italian Skin ContactTrophy.
The Italian Red Trophy was awarded to a wine made from the Lagrein grape
variety native to the South Tyrol with CAVIT taking home the prize with its Bottega
Vinai Lagrein Trentino, 2021.
Austria was awarded the International Riesling Trophy for Petra Unger’s Ried
Gaisberg 1ÖTW Kremstal Reserve Riesling, 2022.

Global recognition for New World Wines with International Trophies forAustralia, New Zealand, Argentina
Australia continued its streak as the top new world country in terms of medals with 54Gold, 250 Silver and 154 Bronze ranking it in 2nd place behind France. Australia alsocame 2nd to France in terms of overall trophies, winning a total of 19, 10 of which werefrom South Australia.
New Zealand also proved its dominance on the international winemaking scene,claiming two out of seven of the International Varietal Trophies for Syrah andChardonnay.
Despite a growing number of Malbec entries from countries all over the world, Argentina
continued its winning streak as the only country in IWC history to have won theInternational Malbec Trophy.
Highlights:• Shaw + Smith was awarded the Australian Red Trophy for its Balhannah
Vineyard Shiraz, 2021.
• Having won the International Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy for the first time inover a decade last year, Australia reasserted its dominance in Cabernet
Sauvignon production with Robert Oatley claiming the title for The Pennant
Cabernet Sauvignon, 2018.
• The International Syrah Trophy was won by Kennedy Point Vineyard with its
2021 Syrah, reinstating New Zealand’s increasing expertise with this grapevariety, having also claimed the title from France last year.

••Church Road was on a winning streak and was awarded the New Zealand RedTrophy for its Church Road 1 Merlot, and it also won the InternationalChardonnay Trophy with its Grand Reserve Chardonnay, 2021.
The International Malbec Trophy was won by Argentina for its Bodega Dante
Robino, Gran Dante Malbec, 2021.

Emerging wine regions England, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Romania,
Ukraine and India increasing in recognition winning more medals thaneverThe improving quality of wine around the globe is evident in this year’s results, withmany countries gaining more medals than ever before.
England has seen a rise in medals with 13 Gold, 54 Silver and 58 Bronze, having climbed
up the medal table to 9th place this year from 10th last year.
Canada gained 14 more medals than last year, with 3 Gold, 27 Silver and 29 Bronze. The
Niagara Peninsula was the standout region winning 46 of the medals, compared to the28 medals it won last year.
Georgia also won more medals this year, in particular the Kakheti region which won 48
out of the 51 medals awarded to Georgia with most wines awarded being skin-contact
white or red.
Japan has won its most ever Gold medals for wine with two going to Chardonnays, bothwon by Takahata Winery, and one going to a Koshu wine.
Other countries with significant gains were Romania with 12 more medals than lastyear, including 5 Silver and 13 Bronze, giving them a total of 18 medals. Ukraine saw anincrease from just 1 medal last year to 8 this year, 7 Bronze and 1 Silver. India also
gained an extra 3 medals with 5 Bronze medals awarded.
Highlights:• The English Sparkling Trophy was awarded to Wiston Estate, Library Collection
Blanc de Blancs, 2010 and Gusbourne was awarded the English Red Trophy for
its Pinot Noir, 2022.
• The Niagara Peninsula was the only region to win a trophy from Canada, with theCanadian Ice Wine Trophy going to Lakeview Wine, Vidal Icewine, 2021
• Vazisubani Estate, Kisi Qvevri, 2021 won the Georgian White Trophy, thesecond White Trophy in the competition to be awarded to a white wine with skincontact.
• The Japanese White Trophy was won by Takahata Winery, La Clôture Electriqueen Kamiwada Chardonnay, 2022.
The full list of 2024 International Wine Challenge award winners released on 16th May
can be seen here. The IWC Champion Wines for 2024, which are selected following are-tasting by the IWC Co-Chairs of all the trophy-winning wines, will be revealed at theIWC 2024 Awards announcement on Tuesday 9th July.
ENDS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES TO EDITORS:The International Wine Challenge
In its 40th year, the International Wine Challenge is widely acknowledged as the world’s
most rigorous, impartial, influential and global wine competition. The International WineChallenge assesses every wine ‘blind’ and judges each for its faithfulness to style, region
and vintage. Awards include medals (Gold, Silver, Bronze) and Commended awards.
Trophies are awarded to the very best wines in each category. The International Wine
Challenge is committed to helping consumers discover great wine, and the medals
displayed on winning bottles offer a trusted guarantee of quality.
For more information on the IWC, please contact the IWC team at Phipps
iwc@thisisphipps.com : +44 (0) 20 8050 6073
International Wine Challenge Results 2024: Medal Summary Table, ranked by totalmedals

CountryFrance
Australia
SpainPortugalItaly
New ZealandSouth Africa
Argentina
EnglandChile
Austria
CanadaCroatia
GeorgiaJapan
TurkeyGreeceUSA
Germany

Total
Medals
921
458
456
403
337
254
222
160
125
104
101
59
56
51
51
32
31
31
27

Gold
72
54
34
33
15
23
15
1113
324
3
7
3
1
1
4

Silver
394
250
207
175
129
109
102
78
54
36
48
27
19
28
14
15
19
1016

Bronze
455
154
215
195
193
122
105
71
58
65
29
29
37
16
34
17
11
20
7

Commended
353
107
217
187
226
90
95
75
49
58
1021
42
1228
30
3136

Moldova
MexicoChina
BrazilRomania
North Macedonia
LebanonHungary
UruguayUkraine
India
Peru
Switzerland
SwedenBelgium
China - Taiwan
AndorraColombia
Egypt

27
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19
12
13
13
912
12
751122

43
31
21
32
15
104
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