The last Slotovino Awards post (the 2023 Awards) was published on February 1st, 2024 with apologies for lateness. Now two years have passed without the red carpet having been rolled out so it is with great pleasure that we have arranged a ceremony combining the calendar years 2024 and 2025 together in a much more rigorous format in order to let attendees get an early night.
2024
Wine personality of the year: Cati Ribot
Best Single Grape Promoter: Antigua Casa de la Guardia, Malaga (Moscatel).
Best National Representative body: Wines of Ukraine
Best Wine Show: the Vineyard and Winery Show, Maidstone, Kent
Best Champagne: Penfolds/Thienot Champagne
Best White Wine discovery: Jointly awarded to Shabo Telti Kuruk Reserve 2022, Celler Tomas Al Tal BlancTortosi and Reine Mataossu.
Best Red Wine discovery: Cati Ribot Escursac
2025
Wine personality of the year: Nayan Gowda
Surprise of the year Bolivian Wine
Unexpected Wine Destination: Ryedale Vineyard, Yorkshire
Unexpected Vine Destination Columbi Park, Freiburg-im-Breisgau
Unexpected Award for Slotovino Bexley Homebrew Festival Best Red (Primitivo) and Best in Show.
Most interesting Grape Discovery: Orleans Gelb
Best Sparkling Wine Harrow and Hope Blanc de Noir 100% Pinot Meunier.
Best White Wine Tetramythos Sideritis
Best Red Wine Mesquida Mora Gorgollassa
Special Award Bosue Brandy
All the above have been documented in our blog apart from this British (Cornish) Brandy so for further information, please consult the relevant posts.
British Apple Brandy is quite well known - deservedly so, but we haven't come across indiginous grape brandy before and this one from the Bosue Vineyard is really outstanding. If the French can now make good whiskey then why can't UK brandy also be good?
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