DWWA 2015

Vin Room Mission: DWWA 2015 promotion in November 2015

Amazon.co.uk: DWWA promotion July - September 2015

Taste DWWA 2015 winning wines from Chile at Mercado Chileno

The New Zealand Cellar: DWWA 2015 promotion in August 2015

Vino Fino: DWWA 2015 promotion in July and August 2015

Wine Odyssey: DWWA 2015 promotion in August 2015

International Trophy Dry Fortified over £15 - González Byass, Sherry, Spain

González Byass is perhaps the ultimate expression of the en rama craze which has gripped Sherry fans in recent years – the bottling of ‘raw’ Sherries straight from the barrel, without clarifying or filtration.

International Trophy Sweet Fortified over £15 - Blandy's, Madeira, Portugal 1973

This archetypal example from Blandys was a hugely popular choice among the panel, with one judge describing it enthusiastically as ‘the grandest wine on the table'.

International Trophy Sweet Fortified under £15 - Williams & Humbert, Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Pedro Ximénez Aged 12 Years, Sherry, Spain

Since 2011, Sherry bodega Williams & Humbert has been making this Trophy winner for the premium Taste the Difference range stocked by UK retailer Sainsbury’s.

International Trophy Sweet over £15 - Ptujska Klet, Pullus, Laški Rizling, Podravje, Slovenia 2012

But if you belong to that generation, hold the thought and take a look at the list of wines that Ptujska Klet beat to win this year’s International Trophy.

International Trophy Sweet under £15 - Longview, Epitome Late Harvest Riesling, Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2013

Brothers Mark and Peter Saturno, founders and owners of Longview, planted Riesling vines in 1997 on the estate’s ‘most unforgiving’ soils, composed mostly of ironstone over a compacted clay layer.

International Trophy Red Blend over £15 - McWilliam’s, 1877, Australia 2008

McWilliam’s 1877 is both a ‘new’ Australian wine and a traditional blend which wowed the judges in a three-way taste-off with Portugal’s Douro Valley and the Apalta sub-region in Chile’s Colchagua region.

International Trophy Red Blend under £15 - Château Bouissel, Fronton, Southwest France 2011

Château Bouissel believes those grapes are one of its major assets – particularly the Negrette, a variety native to Fronton, with its rich, aromatic character and silky tannins.

International Trophy Red Single-Varietal over £15 - Fabre Montmayou, HJ Fabre Barrel Selection Malbec, Patagonia, Argentina 2014

An impressive double triumph for Argentina’s Bodegas Fabre, owner of Viñalba, Fabre Montmayou and Phebus, and a regular Trophy winner at the DWWA.

International Trophy Red Single-Varietal under £15 - Viñalba , Parilla Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina 2013

Hervé Joyaux Fabre is both winemaker and proprietor of Bodegas Fabre, which owns three wineries in Argentina: Fabre Montmayou, Viñalba and Phebus.

International Trophy Red Italian Varietals over £15 - Rivetto, Leon, Barolo Riserva, Piedmont, Italy 2009

Enrico Rivetto, a fourth-generation Langhe winemaker whose great-grandfather set up shop in the centre of Alba in 1902, has strong views on modern technology.

International Trophy Red Italian Varietals under £15 - Fattoria Dianella, Il Matto delle Giuncaie, Tuscany, Italy 2013

Fattoria Dianella has an initial hit of plush, vanilla oak, but the violet-tinged, black cherry, cranberry, raspberry and red berry fruit comes forward and proves more than a match.

International Trophy Red Spanish Varietals over £15 - Lan, Culmen, Rioja Reserva, Spain 2010

An ALL-SPANISH FINAL pitted two classic Riojas against contenders from Ribera del Duero and Bierzo, but this Rioja Reserva from Lan won the judges’ hearts in the end, praised for showing ‘modern Spain at its absolute best’.

International Trophy Red Spanish Varietals under £15 - Olarra, Laztana, Rioja Reserva, Spain 2010

Family-owned since its foundation in 1973, Olarra has expanded over the years, establishing a second Rioja winery, Bodegas Ondarre, and an operation in Castilla called Casa del Valle.

International Trophy Red Rhône Varietals over £15 - Sidewood, Mappinga Shiraz, Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2013

Key to Sidewood’s success is diversity in its vineyards, which have three soil types, differing orientations and five clones of Shiraz.

International Trophy Red Rhône Varietals under £15 - Lomond, Cat’s Tail Syrah, Cape Agulhas, South Africa 2012

Lomond is part of the Cape Legends portfolio, the fine wine division of South Africa’s largest wine and spirits company,