Listen "All About Wine Awards!"
Episode Synopsis
Marc & Mitch go down the rabbit hole of Wine Award competitions. Why hasn't a certain wine won any awards? Which awards should I pay attention to? What's the process even LIKE?! All will be answered! Links below to any wines or notable competitions or wine reviewers we mentioned!What we were drinking: Blue Mountain 2014 Brut Reserve $49.90Award Competitions To Watch: Decanter World Wine Awards (Decanter)National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC, through Wine Align)International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC)Ontario Wine AwardsAll Canadian Wine Championships (ACWC)Articles & Reviewers Mentioned:Decanter 'Canada Calling' ArticleDavid Lawrason 'Canadian Wine Insider' ArticleChris Waters Wine ReviewerRick VanSickle Wine ReviewerWines Mentioned:Hidden Bench Felseck Chardonnay (We mentioned 2018 won best wine in the world, this is a link to current selling vintage 2020)Closson Chase South Clos 2021 ChardonnayHidden Bench 2021 Pinot NoirThirty Bench 2019 Benchmark Red (Meritage)Thirty Bench Small Lot Cabernet Franc (2020 won the award from Decanter, they are selling 2018 vintage right now)Marynissen Sparkling Vidal Icewine (2020 won the award, 2022 is current vintage for sale) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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