Aussie wine is best in the world

Source: www.mo4ch.com --- Thursday, September 28, 2017
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Australia, we’ve done it again. Forget Tuscany, forget Bordeaux, forget even the Marlborough Region in New Zealand because Australia is sweeping the wine awards again, and it’s not even going to cost you that much. The global ranking of the world’s best wines and wineries is published annually by the World Association of Wine Writers and Journalists (WAWWJ) and incorporates more than 50,000 producers and 700,930 wines across the top 80 international wine competitions from around the world. The list looks at how many awards the wine or winery has received throughout the year and then, because they haven’t already received enough, gives them one last award for getting the most awards. And turns out, the world’s most awarded wine is an Australian one — the 2014 Jaraman Shiraz from Taylors Wines — and all it costs is $30. media_camera The Jaraman Shiraz has been named the most awarded wine of 2017. The 2017 report, called the World Ranking of Wines and Spirits, also named Wolf Blass, Jacob’s Creek, McGuigan and Taylors Wines in the top 20 most awarded wineries globally. International President of the WAWWJ Leonardo Castellani noted the performance of Australian wineries in this year’s ranking. “The broader Australian presence is significant this year, with 21 Australian wines on the list of the top 100 wines in the world and a ranking of 5th on the list of most awarded countries,” he said. And ...

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