Competition
International Wine Challenge
553 awards on 198 wines in our catalogue, 2002–2026.
- Weight class
- Major competition
- Awards in the catalogue
- 553
Why this weight
How the class was assigned.
The class is a judgement about the competition, not about the wines. It rests on four public grounds, and what we relied on is printed here in plain text.
Major London blind-tasting competition; results published openly for distribution
What decides a class
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?
Where we cannot establish these, the class stays unassigned — a guessed grade is worse than an honest gap.
Weight class
A major international competition: blind tasting, published methodology, limited share of medals. Such a medal carries weight.
- Held in
- United Kingdom
- Awards in the catalogue
- 553
- Wines
- 198
- Award years
- 2002–2026
of them claimed by a producer or shop: 40
Medalists
Every award from this competition in our catalogue.
Grouped by the year the award was given, newest first. A medal belongs to a batch rather than to a wine in general, so the vintage of the awarded batch is printed on the row.
2014
18 awards- GoldMarani MukuzaniTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2012
- BronzeKondoli Vineyards Mtsvane-KisiTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2013claimed
- BronzeMarani Alexandrouli Medium SweetTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2013claimed
- BronzeMarani Kindzmarauli BIOTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2012claimed
- BronzeMukuzaniSchuchmann Wines · vintage 2011
- BronzeMukuzani Special ReserveTbilvino · vintage 2012
- BronzeSaperaviTbilvino · vintage 2013
- BronzeSaperaviShumi Winery · vintage 2012
- BronzeSatrapezo SaperaviTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2008
- CommendedKondoli Vineyards RkatsiteliTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2012
- CommendedKondoli Vineyards SAMITelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2009
- CommendedMarani TsinandaliTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2012
- CommendedMtsvaneSchuchmann Wines · vintage 2013
- CommendedMukuzaniTeliani Valley · vintage 2010
- CommendedSaperaviSchuchmann Wines · vintage 2010
- CommendedSatrapezo SaperaviTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2006
- CommendedTsinandaliTeliani Valley · vintage 2012
- CommendedTsinandaliShumi Winery · vintage 2012
A row marked claimed is known from the producer or a shop rather than from the competition's own results. 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. How we weigh awards.
Sources and other competitions
Where these results come from.
The competition's own results
513 awardsMedals taken from the results the competition publishes: the competition, the year and the wine as the list names it.
Producer's website
40 awardsMedals the producer lists for its own wines, with the year and the vintage as stated. Marked claimed on the row.
A medal recorded wrongly, or a class you think is unfair? Producers and readers can send a correction, and a person reads every message.