Tasted non-blind

An extraordinary set of results featuring 17 Outstanding wines reveals just how impressed our judges were

As frequently, this column is inspired by Britain’s Queen of Classics, Mary Beard. This time, her ‘History of food tasters from Nero to now,’ appearing (25 May 2025) in the TLS weekly Newsletter. Does

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

Fruit quality and clarity was a central theme of this tasting, which underscored Grenache’s journey into the limelight

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