Wine Awards and Competitions

Wine-Searcher's Wine Awards and Competitions showcasing medal-winning wines from around the world

Featured Awards

International Wine Challenge

The International Wine Challenge is a London-based wine competition launched in 1984 by British wine writer Robert Joseph. Several hundred IWC judges, led by half a dozen Co-Chairs, blind-taste roughly 13,000 entries

International Wine & Spirit Competition

Founded in 1969 by wine chemist Anton Massel, the International Wine & Spirit Competition has risen to become one of the world's benchmark wine competitions. Wines are tasted blind and poured behind closed doors to keep bottle shapes and closures unknown.

Concours Mondial Bruxelles

The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is an international wine competition which assesses more than 7000 wines from around the globe each year. Despite the event's name, the very first Concours Mondial was actually held in the city of Bruges rather than Brussels.

Le Guide Hachette des Vins

Produced by France's top publishing group Hachette, this French wine guide was first printed in 1985 and remains one of Europe's most respected wine books. For objectivity, Hachette’s wine assessors are told only the appellation and vintage of the wines they taste.

World Whiskies Awards

The World Whiskies Awards is an annual international competition that selects, rewards, and promotes the best whiskies from around the world by taste and design. It was first launched in 2007 and is based in the UK, although accepts entries from around the world.

The Global Masters

The Global Masters is a series of worldwide, blind tasting competitions hosted by the Drinks Business Magazine. Entrants for the Global Masters of each grape variety are assessed on style and price rather than the location

The TEXSOM International Wine Awards

The TEXSOM International Wine Awards started out in March 1985 as the Dallas Wine Competition with 15 judges and 570 wines. It has now blossomed into a significant international wine competition.

The Fine Sake Awards

The Fine Sake Japan Awards were introduced in 2011 by a committee of several sake industry bodies. The tastings use wine glasses, rather than traditional sake cups to achieve more expressive aromas.

Mundus Vini

Mundus Vini is a German-based weinakademie (wine academy) founded in 2001. Since then, it has organized the Internationale Weinpreis, one of the largest wine competitions in Europe.

London Wine Competition

The London Wine Competiton rates international wine by quality, value for many and packaging. It is arranged by the Beverage Trade Network media and events company