Background

The WAWWJ counts with more than 13.000 writers, columnists, web page writers and wine specialists from 80 different countries. They are all part of 2.000 different papers, radio stations and TV Channels, 900 magazines and more than 10.000 wine & spirit web pages.

Members must confirm that they work in any field related to wine writing, full time, part time or freelance.

Members may belong to different National or International Associations and still participate in activities related to the WAWWJ.

In 1996 four men came up with the idea to create this space for wine writers: Bruce Galphin and others from USA, Raul Castellani from Argentina , and other the different countries. All four belong to different areas of the wine world and provide different services to promote it. The first wine journalists not belonging to the American Continent, invited to participate in the WAWWJ, represented their countries independently.

The World Ranking Wines (WRW ®) groups the results of the contest, analyzes them and corrects any mistakes that may appear for a better search.

The Commission of International Evaluation is run by the WAWWJ Chairman. The Chairman holds the position for four years.

The Annual closure of the WRW occurs on January 31st each year and after verifying all data, it is published in the WAWWJ web page. (www.waww.com)

The World Ranking Wines & Spirit (WRWS) of the WAWWJ only International Wine & Spirit Contests on January 31st. In 2012 there were 490 World Wine & Spirit Competition (International and national), the WRW classified 75, only international wine contest, with more than 5 countries participating with wine or spirit. In the same year 630.000 wines were evaluated in different contests.

People involved in the 2013 classification:

They are all active members of the WAWWJ. From February 1st 2012 to January 31st 2016 the person in charge of the WRW 2013 is the actual International President of the WAWWJ, Mr. Raul Castellani (Chemical Engineer, wine writerand expert insensory analysis). Castellani is in this moment, an international juror and has created several wine world events.

Why is this classification important?

This annual list is to reward the efforts of World Viticulture Societies for improving the quality of their wines, competing and therefore being able to show the public the caliber of their products. It is created to provide wine importers with a list of excellent products for them to buy.

In the last 15 years, this competition has permitted a progress of 300% in wine advertising and awarding. It has also helped improve the quality of different wines around the globe.