Wine-lovers rejoice, the world’s most awarded wines and wineries have been revealed in the much-anticipated release of the 2017 World Rankings of Wines & Spirits Report, with Clare Classic supporting partner Taylors Wines receiving the top accolade!
Released annually by the WAWWJ, the report is a definitive ranking of the world’s most awarded wines, wineries, and wine regions. The ranking is the only one of its kind to benchmark wines on a global scale.
The report details the top 100 wineries in 2017, the top 10 countries of 2017 and the top 100 wines of 2017. Out of 700,930 wines evaluated in the competition, 150 wines received the prestigious accolade for ‘Wine of the Year’.
The top five wineries of 2017 include the Clare Valley’s Taylors Wines and the top five wines of 2017 were Taylors Jaraman Shiraz 2014, Taylors St. Andrews Shiraz 2013, Noe Pedro Ximenez Vors (Spain), Taylors St. Andrews Shiraz 2014 and Casa Perini Moscatel (Brazil).
Taylors Wines – from the Clare Valley to the world stage.
After the announcement Mitchell Taylor, third- generation winemaker and Managing Director of Taylors Wines, said the company was incredibly proud to be recognized as the world’s most awarded winery as well as the world’s most awarded wine.
“Since the beginning, we’ve sought out to make wines that can take on some of the best,” he said.
“International wine competitions and rankings like the WRW&S are proof of just how exciting Australian wine is becoming internationally.”
The WAWWJ compiles the rankings in the report by totaling the trophy and medal results from a selection of 80 international wine shows around the world. These shows make up the top wine competitions from the more than 495 competitions around the world, with competing wines from more than 5 countries. The results are then tabulated and scored independently by the WAWWJ and posted to the organization’s website each year.
