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A wine that receives a Platinum medal in the DWWA has triumphed in multiple stages of judging by different panels, and reassessment by our Co-Chairs. In 2025, this status was achieved by 137 wines of impeccable quality, introduced in the pages that follow

After two intense weeks of blind tasting by top wine professionals from around the world, all 137 Platinum medal winners were re-examined by the five DWWA Co-Chairs. This resulted in the following 50 wines being promoted to the prized status of DWWA Best in Show for 2025

Chardonnay 2023 1 Cullen, Kevin John 2023 97 ...

Each month our editorial team tastes a lot of wine, but not all of it makes it onto the page. So here’s our in-house pick of other great wines we’ve tried

2023 was a stellar vintage for Chardonnay, while consistency is the keyword for the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignons. Our second vintage report for Western Australia’s fine wine region highlights 40 unmissable wines