IWC Award Goedhuis: Best Bordeaux Specialist 2022, Best Burgundy Specialist 2022 and Best En Primeur Specialist 2022, Shortlisted for Best Italy Specialist category
July 25th – London – Goedhuis & Co, specialist fine wine merchants founded in 1981 by chairman Johnny Goedhuis, received three of the most prestigious prizes in the wine trade at the recent IWC (International Wine Challenge) Awards: Best Bordeaux Specialist 2022, Best Burgundy Specialist 2022 and Best En Primeur Specialist 2022. Additionally, Goedhuis was shortlisted for Best Italy Specialist category. A testament to the iconic range of Burgundy producers included in their portfolio, the IWC has named Goedhuis & Co Burgundy Specialist of the Year for four consecutive years.
Based in Central London. Goedhuis & Co opened its first international office in Hong Kong in 2008, to service the growing interest in fine wine from the Asian market. Their list of clients is principally comprised of private individuals and also organizations as diverse as livery companies, private member’s clubs and restaurants and other members of the fine wine trade. Committed to discovering and promoting unheralded producers from all around the world as well as working with the most famous established estates’ First Growth Clarets and Grand Cru Burgundies, Goedhuis & Co also offers New World producers Sine Qua Non, Eden Rift, Araujo, Opus One, Scarecrow, Penfolds, Torbreck and Zuccardi, among others. This approach ensures continual sourcing of the very best wines from the very best vintages, and constant development of a range of everyday wines which offer both delicious drinking and value. “We are genuinely thrilled to have retained our Burgundy and En Primeur awards this year and to have added Bordeaux for a hat trick. I am immensely proud; it is a brilliant recognition of the whole Goedhuis team. We never rest on our laurels but are committed to striving for excellence and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for our suppliers, clients, and team,” says Philippa Wright, Marketing Director at Goedhuis & Co.
Christian Pillsbury, proprietor of Eden Rift and one of Goedhuis & Co few California Pinot Noir producers, says, “We are immensely proud to be in the Goedhuis & Co portfolio. I am not surprised they have once again, for the fourth year in a row, received these accolades from the IWC. They’re the best of the best. They believe in us, and we believe in them.”
For their specialist Burgundy and Bordeaux lists, they represent all major appellations across a range of quality levels at different price points. In Burgundy, the team works with over 50 different producers, from small, upcoming estates under the helm of the new generation such as Vincent Charton in Mercurey, Justin Girardin in Santenay and Cyril Audoin in Marsannay through to the great established names such as Domaines Ponsot, Comte Armand, Sylvain Cathiard and Jean-Philippe Fichet, from whom they purchase directly as a selected distributor in the UK. In Bordeaux Goedhuis & Co has close relationships with many major chateaux and negociants to ensure everything from Bordeaux AC to First Growths are well-represented.
To learn more about Goedhuis & Co, please visit www.goedhuis.com
