CONTEST

Many international competitions, participating in the World Ranking Wines

Contests that make up the World Ranking of Wines and Spirits 2015 (competitions 2014/2015), according to the calendar year can be maximum 75 and minimum 70 and are classified with the following scores: 9.00 points the most important and 4.50 with the lower global incidence.

The competitions are categorized by areas of the world.

North and Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

Basic Conditions.

Control of the OIV, institutes or official wine organizations; WAWWJ, the International Association of Winemakers, or similar. They should have legal control, clearly justifying its results. Only includes: international wine competitions with participation of more than 5 countries.

Points for competition

Are awarded according to a questionnaire specific questions that guarantee a specified score.

Competition with the highest scores is Vinalies Internationales de Paris with 9.00 points

Points for Awards.

The awards of the same name have the same score. For example, a Double Gold has the same score in any I.W.C.: (6.50 points). Gold Medal (5.00 points), Silver (2.50 points), Bronze (1.60 points) and Honor, Recommended or seal of approval (1.20 points).

The score of a wine.

Is the multiplication of the score of the competition with the score of the award. A gold medal in a competition of 9.00 points is worth 45.00 points (Top Competition), and in competitions (contests only one varietal) 6.00 points: total 30 points.


LIST OF CONTEST

Latín América

Competition NameCountryPtsCategory
VinandinoArgentina8,75Wine and Spirits
VINUS IWSCArgentina8,25Wine and Spirits
Caribe Vinos & Centro America IWSCCaribe6,50Wine and Spirits

North America

Competition NameCountryPtsCategory
SMV&Spirit CanadaCanada8,50All Spirits
Los Angeles IWSCUSA7,00Wine and Spirits
Mazer Cup InternationalUSA6,00Mead

Europe

Competition NameCountryPtsCategory
DestilataAustria7,50Spirit
International Wine and Spirits CompetitionEngland7,50Wine and Spirits
Mundus International SpiritGermany7,00Spirit
Brussels Spirits AwardsFrance7,00All Spirits
Mundus Vini BiofachGermany6,00Wine and Spirits
Chisinau Wines & Spirits ContestMoldova5,00Wine and Spirits

Asia

Competition NameCountryPtsCategory
Terravino - Mediterranean IWSCIsrael8,50Wine and Spirits
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong IWSCChina6,50Wine and Spirits
Decanter China World Wine AwardsChina6,50Wine and Spirits
Shanghai IWSCChina6,50Wine and Spirits
Wine Style Asia AwardsChina6,50Wine and Spirits