19.5.17 International Wine Challenge 2017 Gold Medals for Sherry

In the 34^th edition of the prestigious IWC competition, Spain scored even better than last year with a total of 647 medals and 433 recommendations. Of the 72 gold medals, an amazing 35 were awarded to Sherries. In all, Sherry won 109 medals when gold, silver and bronze are included, meaning that nearly one third of the medals won by Sherry were gold. The trophy winners and best wines of the competition will be published soon; meanwhile the gold medal winners are as follows:

Tradición CZ 

Amontillado VORS, Oloroso VORS, Palo Cortado VORS, PX VOS

Bodegas Diez Mérito

Bertola Palo Cortado 12, Oloroso Victoria Regina VORS, PX Vieja Solera VORS

González Byass

Cuatro Palmas, Tres Palmas, Una Palma, Amontillado del Duque, Noé PX VORS

Bodegas Fundador

Harveys Amontillado, Harverys Palo Cortado, Harveys Oloroso

Valdespino

Solera 1842 Oloroso Abocado

Hidalgo La Gitana

Manzanilla Pasada Pastrana, PX Triana

Bodegas Yuste

Amontillado Conde de Aldama, Argüeso Manzanilla San León

Bodegas Barbadillo

Manzanilla Solear

Bodegas Lustau

Fino Jarana, Amontillado VORS, Oloroso VORS, Palo Cortado VORS, PX VORS, Palo Cortado Almacenista Cayetano del Pino, PX San Emilio. Then the BOBs: Very Rare Dry Old Amontillado (for Marks & Spencer), Very Rare Oloroso (for Marks & Spencer), The Best Oloroso (for Morrisons), The Best Palo Cortado (for Morrisons), Waitrose Fino (for Waitrose), Waitrose Manzanilla (for Waitrose), Berry Bros. & Rudd Fino ( for Berry Bros. & Rudd)

To demonstrate how well Sherry did, Rioja only got 15 golds, Cava 2, and Ribera del Duero none. Sherry scored a further 36 Silver, 22 Bronze and 16 recommendations. Impressive!