Bordeaux Wine Awards 2014

The list of award-winning wines at Bordeaux Wine Awards is available!

This morning (2014/05/24) took place the 58th edition of the Concours des Vins de Bordeaux et d’Aquitaine (Bordeaux Wine Awards). With 3598 wines  from 90 Wine Appelations and neraly 1000 professionals and winelovers tasters it’s an real success for this new edition. There have never been so many wines in competition for this wine contest !

“This is proof of the commitment of winemakers and wine buyers in our wine contest” (President of the Gironde Chamber of Agriculture).

This Chamber of Agriculture is in charge of the organisation of this wine contest but also of the collection of wines in wineries and to ensure that wine will be judged in blind taste. It’s also in charge of the fight against fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of the credibility of the Bordeaux Wine Awards. It has introduced various devices that prevent forgery medal such as:

1. Verification of wines in outlets (at any time, anti-fraud can check the award-winning wines)
2. Implementation of macaroons secured by a hologram
3. Candidate wines are note delivered to the organisation, but instead taken directly from the winery

Each Wine Tasting Table is chaired by a President. There are four tasters (2 professionals and 2 amateurs) who must taste a dozen wines in blind taste.

To recognize the award-winning wines at the Concours des Vins de Bordeaux et Aquitaine (Bordeaux Wine Awards) you nee to find the medal on the bottle ! The Awards list Year 2014 is available here.

Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche

Website of Bordeaux Wine Awards