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 Prestige Wines and Spirits and Berkmann Wine Cellars shared the honour in the imported wine category with 17 medals each. Aspri missed the third spot in Top Three with the dark horse Gusto managing to win 16 medals, surprising many.
In the domestic segment Sula topped with 11 medals but that included 2 from the imports by Sula Selection. Purely in the domestic segment, there was a tie, surprisingly with Good Drop Wine Cellars, a relatively new producer of sparkling wines, who added the range of the erstwhile Good Earth range which entered the market in 2009 with a big bang but due to the
relatively high prices according to the market, could not survive in the market. The label and the rights to produce were bought by Ashwin Rodrigues, the young chartered accountant trained in Australia a
couple of years ago in 2015.
Fratelli followed the leader board with 8 award winning labels whereas Grover Zampa Vineyards trailed closely with 7 medals.
 The competition promised the Best of the Best. Here is the list of the Best wines in each class:
SIDUS PREMIUM WHITE 2016, FRATELLI VINEYARDS
BEST INDIAN WINE - BUDGET
GOLD WINNER
NINE HILLS CHENIN BLANC 2016, PERNOD-RICARD INDIA
BEST INDIAN WINE - SUPERIOR
DIAMOND WINNER
SDU RESERVA SYRAH 2013, SDU WINERY
BEST INDIAN WINE - PREMIUM
DIAMOND WINNER
GROVER ZAMPACHENÊ GRAND RESERVE 2014
BEST INDIAN WINE - SUPER-PREMIUM
DIAMOND WINNER
SENSI COLLEZIONE MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO 2015,
ITALY
BEST INTERNATIONAL WINE - BUDGET
GOLD WINNER
TORRES GRAN CORONAS 2012, SPAIN
BEST INTERNATIONAL WINE - SUPERIOR
DIAMOND WINNER
ROBERT MONDAVI PRIVATE COLLECTION CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2014, USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL WINE - PREMIUM
DIAMOND WINNER
CESARI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2011, ITALY
BEST INTERNATIONAL WINE – SUPER-PREMIUM
DIAMOND WINNER
RENIERI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011, ITALY
BEST INTERNATIONAL WINE – SUPER-PREMIUM
DIAMOND WINNER
KRSMA ESTATES CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2012
BEST RED WINE - INDIAN
DIAMOND WINNER
BRUT TROPICALE NV, SULA VINEYARDS
BEST SPARKLING WINE - INDIAN
GOLD WINNER
VIJAY AMRITRAJ RESERVE COLLECTION 2015, GROVER ZAMPA VINEYARDS
BEST WHITE WINE - INDIAN
DIAMOND WINNER
DESSERT ROSÉ 2016, SOMA VINEYARDS
BEST ROSE WINE - INDIAN
GOLD WINNER
DRAPPIER CARTE D’OR BRUT CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
BEST SPARKLING WINE - INTERNATIONAL
GOLD WINNER
ROBERT MONDAVI WOODBRIDGE WHITE ZINFANDEL 2
015, USA
BEST ROSÉ WINE - INTERNATIONAL
GOLD WINNER
DOMAINE ALBERT BICHOT CHABLIS CHÂTEAU LONG-DEPAQUIT 2015, FRANCE
BEST WHITE WINE - INTERNATIONAL
GOLD WINNER
SILENI ESTATES CELLAR SELECTION PINOT NOIR 2015, NEW ZEALAND
BEST RED WINE - INTERNATIONAL
DIAMOND WINNER
TROPHY WINNERS OF WINE & FOOD PAIRING COMPETITION
CASABLANCA VINO SPUMANTE NV, GOOD DROP WINE CELLARS, INDIA
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH VEG BIRYANI
DIAMOND WINNER
GOOD EARTH BASSO NV CABERNET SAUVIGNON, GOOD DROP WINE WINE CELLARS, INDIA
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH MUTTON SEEKH KEBAB
DIAMOND WINNER
GROVER ZAMPACHENÊ GRAND RESERVE 2014, INDIA
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH BAINGAN BHARTA
GOLD WINNER
SILENI ESTATES CELLAR SELECTION SAUVIGNON BLANC 2016, NEW ZEALAND
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH PATRANI FISH
GOLD WINNER
GMH BY GEOFF HARDY 2015 PINOT NOIR, AUSTRALIA
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH VEG KERALA STEW
GOLD WINNER
JACOB’S CREEK SPARKLING BRUT NV, AUSTRALIA
BEST WINE PAIRED WITH BUTTER CHICKEN
DIAMOND WINNER
There were 16 Silver, 18 Gold and 8 Diamond medal winners in Indian wines while for international wines the number was higher at 40, 26 and 06 resp. In the food and wine pairing competition, 90 wines were sent and there were 26 wines winning Silver, 11 Golds and 3 Diamonds. For the detailed winners in each category, please press the following buttons.
For details of Jury etc, please visit the previous Article:
IWA Winner’s Night at Sofitel promises to be Exciting
For further details, await another Article later.
Subhash Arora
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