The Sommeliers Choice Awards, known for recognizing outstanding wines that resonate with sommeliers and wine professionals worldwide, has officially unveiled the highly anticipated wine pages listings of the winning wines that will be used as sourcing tool for wine directors and sommeliers.
The wines listed on the platform represent excellence for on-premise channels, and overall appeal, as determined by a panel of esteemed judges and sommeliers during the rigorous tasting evaluations at the Sommeliers Choice Awards.
With an extensive range of categories and medal-winning wines, the listings offer wine enthusiasts, industry professionals, distributors, and retailers a valuable resource to discover and explore exceptional wines that have received accolades for their exceptional attributes.
“We are thrilled to present the winning wines listings pages in new format, showcasing the remarkable achievements of these outstanding brands,” said Sid Patel, CEO and Founder at Sommeliers Choice Awards. “This platform is designed to spotlight the excellence and diversity found within the global wine landscape and offers a valuable guide for those seeking top-quality wines favored by sommeliers.”
Sommeliers and Wine Directors around the world are invited to check the wines and contact the wine suppliers, importers and their distributors as they open up opportunities for new wines to be added in the menu.
What judges had to say…
What is great about sommeliers choice awards is that we are picking wines that are in distribution, that work for restaurant budgets, that work for restaurant situations, not necessarily for the collectors of the world, or for people who are trying to flip these wines over. This is purely about that restaurant experience something consumers look for, you go out for a tuesday night or to celebrate an anniversary – these wines are geared towards those situations and that dining experience and i think that’s really powerful – Michael Meagher MS
The thing that I like the most about Sommeliers Choice Awards is the intention behind it. There are so many different types of competitions and judging these days to certify and sometimes that can become confusing for end consumers. So what I like about this is you get a very core group of judges in a room that a winery can go to the trade and say ‘hey your peers are the ones who rated this wine’ as opposed to some other people your buyers may not know. If I were a trade buyer and I was told the wines were judged by master sommeliers and these sommeliers, I would trust that score in the buying process more. – Jon McDaniel – Award winning sommelier and Head of Wine Education at Scout & Cellar.
This judging is very different, what I like about it is that you can see all the wines after the blind scoring part is done. It’s a really good round picture of the judging. This also allows us to make sure that packaging is not deceiving and the wines show the character displayed on their package. Sharyn Kervyn, CSW, Wine Director, Capital Grille.
To explore the complete winning wines listings, please visit sommeliers choice award wine pages.
More About Sommeliers Choice Awards:
Sommeliers Choice Awards is an international wine competition that celebrates and recognizes exceptional wines that appeal to sommeliers, on-trade wine buyers, and wine directors globally. Judged by top sommeliers, on-premise buyers, and wine directors, the competition focuses on wines that are well-suited to the restaurant and hospitality sectors.
“The 2024 line up of Sommeliers Choice Awards judges is the most powerful line up of Sommeliers you will find in USA. This unique opportunity to present your wines to America’s top Sommeliers and benchmark wines for on-premise channels of USA, says Sid Patel, CEO and Founder of Beverage Trade Network”.
To explore the possibilities and showcase your wines to America’s top sommeliers, here’s all the information you need to enter your wines before the January 31, 2024 early bird deadline.
