Recognition

Awards

A medal is only worth the competition that gave it. Here is every competition we have parsed results for — with its weight class, the reason for that weight, and the wines it awarded.

Competitions on the site: 22
Awards in the catalogue: 2,307

The competitions

Every competition we parse, by weight.

Ordered by weight class, then by how many of its awards sit in our catalogue. The class travels with the medal wherever it appears on this site — on a wine page, in a list, in a collection.

Decanter World Wine Awards
Major competition
The largest international wine competition: blind tasting, published methodology
United Kingdom·261 wines·2007–2026
In the catalogue
625 awards
International Wine & Spirit Competition
Major competition
Founded 1969. Double-blind tasting — glasses are poured before judges arrive; panels of 3–4 judges assess no more than 65 wines a day; over 250 judges including Masters of Wine. Gold goes to about 3% of entries (silver 28%, bronze 54%), so a gold medal is far more selective than a medal as such.
United Kingdom·455 wines·2008–2026
In the catalogue
621 awards
International Wine Challenge
Major competition
Major London blind-tasting competition; results published openly for distribution
United Kingdom·198 wines·2002–2026
In the catalogue
553 awards
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
Major competition
100% blind tasting, medals capped at about 30% of entries, member of VINOFED
Different countries·30 wines·2007–2026
In the catalogue
38 awards
Vinalies Internationales
Major competition
Run by Œnologues de France since the mid-1990s (31st edition in 2025), under OIV patronage and a member of VINOFED. Blind tasting by international juries of five, chaired by an oenologist, with an OIV inspector checking the 30% cap on medals: 806 awards for 2,684 entries in 2025 and 879 for 2,927 in 2024 — exactly 30%.
France·1 wine·2007–2008
In the catalogue
2 awards
Georgia International Wine Award (WinExpo Georgia)
Moderate weight
Run by the ExpoGeorgia exhibition centre in Tbilisi alongside the WinExpo Georgia fair; the 2026 edition was the 16th. Blind tasting, stated by the organiser and confirmed by an independent report on the 2023 edition; the named international jury is headed by Tim Atkin MW and includes two more Masters of Wine and the co-chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards (11 judges from 7 countries in 2023). Weight is moderate rather than major because a medal as such filters little: in 2023 more than 250 samples from 80 companies produced 159 awards — about 64% of entries were decorated. Gold is far stricter: 9 golds in 2023, about 3.6%. The competition publishes no rulebook, no scoring scale and no entry numbers by year, and samples are submitted for a fee, so the judging pool is self-selected.
Georgia·309 wines·2024–2026
In the catalogue
352 awards
MUNDUS VINI
Moderate weight
Run by the German publisher Meininger since 2001, in two main sessions a year (spring and summer) with more than 12,000 entries in total. Blind tasting on the OIV 100-point scale in panels of five to seven judges. Weight is moderate rather than major: medals are capped at 40% of entries in each category, looser than the OIV limit of 30%, entry is paid (€185 per wine in 2026), and the competition does not publish entry numbers per session. Medals from both sessions are shown here under one name.
Germany·19 wines·2007–2026
In the catalogue
39 awards
ENOEXPO
Moderate weight
Competition of the ENOEXPO wine fair in Kraków, run by the fair organiser since the late 2000s (18th edition in 2026) for wines sold in or aimed at Poland. The current rules are published: blind tasting in panels of five, judges unconnected to entrants, and medals for the top 30% of entries only (gold 5%, silver 10%, bronze 15%). Weight is moderate: the jury is Polish, entry numbers are not published, entry is paid (about €65–75), and the rules of earlier years are not on record.
Poland·16 wines·2009–2022
In the catalogue
20 awards
Black Sea Region Wines and Spirits Contest
Moderate weight
Regional competition for wines of the Black Sea countries: first held in Batumi in November 2016 under OIV patronage (118 wines from 26 companies), then in Chișinău, Moldova (432 wines in 2017, 444 in 2018). The OIV cap held: 135 medals for 444 entries in 2018, about 30%. Weight is moderate: the field is small and regional, and the organiser and entry fee are not published in the sources we found.
Different countries·6 wines·2016–2017
In the catalogue
7 awards
Cathay Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition
Moderate weight
Founded 2008 by Debra Meiburg MW; blind tasting on a 100-point scale, judges include Masters of Wine and a Master Sommelier. Weight is moderate rather than major for two reasons: the competition does not publish its total number of entries, so the share of samples receiving a medal cannot be checked (758 medals and 54 trophies in 2024), and the title of the competition is sold to a sponsor.
Hong Kong·4 wines·2012–2022
In the catalogue
5 awards
Asia Wine Trophy
Moderate weight
Held yearly in Daejeon, South Korea, since 2012 by Deutsche Wein Marketing, the organiser of the Berliner Wine Trophy, together with the city. Under OIV patronage: blind tasting and the OIV cap of 30% of entries. Weight is moderate rather than major: entry is paid (€145 per wine in 2026) and the field is very large — about 3,400 wines in 2025.
South Korea·1 wine·2015
In the catalogue
1 award
Emozioni dal Mondo
Moderate weight
International competition for Merlot and Cabernet wines, held near Bergamo every year since 2005 by a cooperative of local winegrowers, under OIV patronage. Samples are coded twice, the second time by a public official, and medals respect the OIV cap of 30% per category. Weight is moderate: the field is small (304 wines from 25 countries in 2024) and entry is paid (€100 per wine).
Italy·1 wine·2013
In the catalogue
1 award
Cradle of Wine - National Competition of Georgian Wines
National competition
National competition of Georgian wines held every two years from 2006 to at least 2012, organised by the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the National Museum, later by the Wine History Foundation. Blind tasting by a jury of six, mostly from abroad (chaired in 2006 by the British wine writer Tom Cannavan, with Rosemary George MW). About a quarter of entries won a medal: 29 for 135 wines in 2006, 41 for about 156 in 2012. Only Georgian producers took part.
Georgia·14 wines·2006–2012
In the catalogue
17 awards
SAKURA - Japan Women's Wine Award
Pay-to-play
Held in Tokyo since 2014; judged blind on a 100-point scale by women of the Japanese wine trade (430 judges in 2025), who are told the grape and the vintage. The medal filters little: 42% of entries were awarded in 2016, 44% in 2017 and 58% in 2025, and gold or higher went to a quarter to a third of all entries. Entry is paid (about ¥23,000–27,500 per wine at current prices) and scores are not disclosed.
Japan·6 wines·2015–2017
In the catalogue
7 awards

Not yet weighed

There is not yet enough public information about how these competitions are run to assign a class. Their medals appear on the site muted and without a class.

China Wine and Spirits Awards
Hong Kong competition founded around 2009–2010, with two sessions a year, judged by about a hundred China-based buyers — importers, distributors, retailers and sommeliers; the organiser describes the tasting as blind. Entry is paid (£175–300 per wine). The number of entries and the share of medals are not published, so no weight is assigned.
Hong Kong·7 wines·2018–2019
In the catalogue
10 awards
Intervin
Canadian competition held in Ontario for wines available to Canadian consumers, with the last edition we could find in 2018. The organiser describes double-blind judging by certified judges, with every medal confirmed by a second panel. Entry numbers and the share of medals are not published, so no weight is assigned.
Canada·3 wines·2009
In the catalogue
3 awards
Galicja Vitis
Central European competition run since 2011 by the Polish Galicja Vitis foundation, usually at Łańcut Castle. Wines are scored anonymously from covered bottles on the OIV 100-point scale by judges from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, and medals go to every wine above a fixed score, with no cap on their share. In 2021, 298 wines were entered (mostly from Moldova and Poland) and 89, about 30%, received gold or grand gold.
Poland·1 wine·2021
In the catalogue
1 award
Grand Prix magazyn
Annual awards of the Polish wine magazine Magazyn Wino, judged blind in about ten categories, mostly from wines entered by importers for the Polish market. The rules, entry numbers and share of medals for the years in question are not published, so no weight is assigned.
Poland·1 wine·2006
In the catalogue
1 award
International Qvevri Wine Competition
Competition for qvevri wines run in Tbilisi by the Georgian Wine Association, a producers' body, with support from the National Wine Agency; first held in 2017. In 2018, 200 wines from 70 companies were judged by a panel of five that included Lisa Granik MW, and over 40% of entries won a medal. The rules — whether the tasting is blind, the scale, the entry fee — are not published, so no weight is assigned.
Georgia·1 wine·2018
In the catalogue
1 award
SDIWC
American competition founded in San Diego in the early 1980s for US wines only and opened to international entries in 2003; now run as the San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge. Wines are judged blind by panels of buyers, sommeliers, winemakers and writers, and entry is paid (about $85–100 per wine). Entry numbers and the share of medals are not published, so no weight is assigned.
United States·1 wine·2005
In the catalogue
1 award
Shanghai International Wine Challenge
Wine competition founded in Shanghai in 2006 by trade-promotion bodies of the Pudong district and the Waigaoqiao free-trade zone; the organiser describes a blind tasting by a jury of about fifteen that includes Masters of Wine. The share of medals, the entry numbers by year and the entry fee are not published, so no weight is assigned.
China·1 wine·2023
In the catalogue
1 award
Wine Style Asia
Known to us only from a producer's list of awards (Singapore, 2010). We could not find the organiser, the rules or the results, so no weight is assigned.
1 wine·2010
In the catalogue
1 award

Medals are weighted by how trustworthy the competition is — they are never summed as equals, and a wine without awards is not worse than one with a pay-to-play medal. A competition appears here once its awards are linked to wines in our catalogue.

The scale

What the competition weight means

Four classes, from a major international competition to pay-to-play. The count beside each class is how many competitions on this site sit in it.

Major competition
5 here
A major international competition: blind tasting, published methodology, limited share of medals. Such a medal carries weight.
Moderate weight
7 here
A visible competition with a partly published methodology. The medal counts, but is not equal to a major one.
National competition
1 here
A national competition: OIV rules, but only producers of one country enter and entry is paid. The medal counts, but less than an international one.
Pay-to-play
1 here
Paid entry and a high share of awards: such a medal says almost nothing about the wine.

A competition we know too little about gets no class and no badge, and its medals appear muted. Competitions like this right now: 8.

How a class is assigned

Four questions decide the class, and the answer is published in plain text on each competition's page. Where we cannot establish them, the class stays unassigned rather than being guessed.

Blind tasting
Is the tasting blind, and are the rules published?
Share of medals
What share of entries leaves with a medal?
The jury
How is the jury composed, and how independent is it of the entrants?
Cost of entry
What does entry cost, and is marketing sold alongside the medal?

How we weigh awards