At the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards, more than 280 of the world’s top wine experts blind tasted close to 17,000 wines. Of this, just 2.9% of wines were awarded a Gold medal, 0.9% a Platinum and only 0.3% secured the top accolade of Best in Show.
From 2-3 November, guests at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter had the opportunity to sample an impressive 42 of these top awarded Gold, Platinum and Best in Show wines at the DWWA winner’s table – the largest display of DWWA award-winning wines at the annual Decanter Fine Wine Encounter to date.
The DWWA winners’ table was busy all weekend long with visitors interested to try top awarded wines from the 2019 competition
See which top performing wines were showcased as well as photo highlights from the weekend below.
Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2019 highlights
Photo highlights: DWWA 2019 winner’s table
The DWWA winners’ table included 6 Best in Show, 16 Platinum and 20 Gold medal wines from the 2019 competition
Across three tables, the DWWA 2019 showcase of award-winning wines was the largest yet at the annual Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, attracting hundred of visitors
Thirteen white wines were showcased on the winners’ table with top award-winning wines represented from France, Spain, Greece, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Australia and the US
Visitors lined up all weekend to sample top awarded wines at the DWWA winners’ table
Sweet and fortified wines at the winners’ table were event favourites with award-winning wines from Austria, Hungary, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal
DWWA 2019 winner’s table line-up
Best in Show
- Wiston Estate, Blanc de Blancs Brut, West Sussex, United Kingdom, 2011
- Ktima Biblia Chora, Ovilos, Pangeon, Macedonia, Greece, 2018
- El Coto, Coto de Imaz, Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain, 2012
- Familia Torres, Grans Muralles, Conca de Barberà, Spain, 2014
- Domìni Veneti, Vigneti di Jago, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Veneto, Italy, 2013
- La Luz Del Vino, Iluminado Vinos de la Luz Single Vineyard Malbec, Altamira, San Carlos, Mendoza, Argentina, 2015
Platinum
- Fox & Fox, Tradition Blanc de Noirs Brut, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2014
- Ktima Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece, 2018
- Adega A Coroa, Godello, Valdeorras, Spain, 2018
- André Chemin, Tradition Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru Brut, Champagne, Champagne, France, NV
- Brancott Estate, Letter Series O Chardonnay, Omaka, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2017
- Vasse Felix, Heytesbury Chardonnay, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia, 2017
- Grgich Hills Estate, Chardonnay, Napa Valley, California, USA, 2016
- La Rioja Alta, Viña Arana, Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain, 2012
- Domaine Laurent Habrard, Kévin, Crozes-Hermitage, Rhône, France, 2017
- Domaine De Baronarques, Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2016
- Tenuta San Jacopo, Caprilius, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, 2015
- Villa Pinciana, Terraria, Maremma Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, 2013
- Massimo Rattalino, Quarantadue42, Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy, 2015
- Vignalta, Alpianae Passito, Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei, Veneto, Italy, 2015
- Hijos de Alberto Gutiérrez, De Alberto Dorado Verdejo, Rueda, Spain, NV
- Holdvölgy, Culture 6 Puttonyos, Tokaj, Hungary, 2012
Gold
- Henri Champliau, Rosé Brut, Crémant de Bourgogne, Burgundy, France, NV
- Hans Wirsching, Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner, Grosses Gewächs, Franken, Germany, 2016
- Torre Mora, Scalunera, Etna, Sicily, Italy, 2018
- Domaine Saint Ferréol, Viognier, IGP Pays d’Oc, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2017
- Château les Ormes, Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France, 2012
- Domaine Gérard Brisson, Les Charmes La Louve Terra Vitis, Morgon, Beaujolais, France, 2018
- Château Rouquette sur Mer, L’Esprit Terroir, Languedoc La Clape, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2017
- Château Saint Jean d’Aumières, L’Alchimiste, Languedoc Terrasses du Larzac, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2017
- Château Saint-Roch, Chimères, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2017
- Gabriel Meffre, Saint Théodoric, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, France, 2017
- Minkov Brothers, Cabernet Sauvignon, Thracian Valley, Southern Region – Thracian Lowland, Bulgaria, 2017
- Bodegas y Viñedos Verum, Ulterior Parcela No. 17 Graciano, Castilla, Spain, 2016
- Vignamaggio, Merlot di Santa Maria, Rosso Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, 2015
- Castello Monterinaldi, Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, Italy, 2016
- Francone, Gallina, Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy, 2016
- Trinity Hill, Homage, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, 2016
- Luna Vineyards, Petit Verdot, Napa Valley, California, USA, 2016
- Zantho, Beerenauslese Scheurebe, Burgenland, Austria, 2017
- Château Haut-Bergeron, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France, 2016
- Kopke, Colheita, Port, Portugal, 1999
