Corks have been popping all over the world this week as the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships has been presenting its awards through a series of online announcements and articles on The Buyer.
Today the CSWWC rolls out the carpet to the best performing Champagnes and sparkling wines in its 2021 competition with the unveiling of its World Champion Trophy Awards with the Best in Class winners announced earlier in the week batting it out win one of the coveted CSWWC trophies.
The top three prizes in the competition were
- Supreme World Champion Trophy: Dom Ruinart 2004 Rosé in Magnum.
- The Chairman’s Trophy: Carassia NV Rosé
- The Tony Jordan Rising Star Trophy: Abrau-Durso Russian Sparkling Wine House
Tom Stevenson says the bar for quality in the CSWWC gets higher every year
Founder and chair of judges Tom Stevenson said: “Last year was memorable for obvious reasons, but who could have imagined at the start of 2020 that we would still be battling a pandemic in 2021, even though we were even less sure of finding a single working vaccine. Yet we have attracted more than 1,000 entries of extraordinary quality into our niche competition for the second year running. The bar was set high from day one and the Trophy count certainly reflects this. However, it is not only our mission to promote world class wines, but also to discover and reward new and exciting wines from established and emerging regions across the world.
“The biggest surprises for me were Japan, Russia and Sicily. Although Japan received only one silver, it clearly showed the potential this country has for serious sparkling wine and we look forward to a wider range of Japanese entries in the future.”
Italy was one of the star performers with so many of its regions picking up Golds and trophies. Stevenson said he wanted to bring people’s attention to what he sees as the “incredible breath of medals that have been awarded to Italian sparkling wines this year”. He added: “This is a country that continues to push boundaries and produce top quality sparkling wines.From the north of Italy in Franciacorta and Trentodoc regions, to Prosecco and Lambrusco, all the way down to Sicily with one particular winery there, Azienda Agricola G Milazzo, being showered with medals this year.”
Sicily really is on the move when it comes to sparkling wines: “We were surprised last year when Sicily won two gold medals and four silvers, as it is not the first place that comes to mind when asked to name somewhere with sparkling wine potential, but they took those awards as encouragement and dumbfounded us with no less than five golds and 11 Silvers,” said Stevenson.
WORLD CHAMPION & SPECIAL TROPHIES Supreme World Champion 2021
Dom Ruinart 2004 Rosé in Magnum
Chairman’s Trophy 2021
Carassia NV Rosé Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year 2021
Ferrari Trentodoc
World Champion Tony Jordan Rising Star 2021
Abrau-Durso Russian Sparkling Wine House
World Champion Classic Blanc de Blancs 2021
Palmer & Co NV Blanc de Blancs in Magnum
World Champion Classic Blanc de Noirs 2021
Ferrari 2012 Perlé Nero in Magnum
World Champion Classic Non-Vintage Brut 2021
Louis Roederer NV Collection 242
World Champion Classic Rosé 2021
Henriot NV Rosé in Magnum
World Champion Classic Vintage Brut 2021
Louis Roederer 2013 Brut Vintage in Magnum
World Champion Library Vintage 2021
Dom Ruinart 1998 Blanc de Blancs La Réserve
World Champion Sparkling Red 2021
Cantina Settecani NV Vini del Re Grasparossa
REGIONAL TROPHIES
Best Alto Adige 2021
Kettmeir 2015 Pas Dosé
Best California Sparkling Wine 2021
Caraccioli Cellars 2015 Brut Rosé
Best Cava 2021
Freixenet NV Cordon Negro Brut in Magnum
Best Champagne 2021
Dom Ruinart 2004 Rosé in Magnum
Best Champagne Deluxe 2021
Dom Ruinart 2004 Rosé in Magnum
Best Champagne Non-Deluxe 2021
Palmer & Co NV Blanc de Blancs in Magnum
Best Corpinnat 2021
Gramona 2015 Imperial
Best Franciacorta 2021
Ca’ del Bosco 2011 Annamaria Clementi in Magnum
Best Lambrusco 2021
Cantina Settecani NV Vini del Re Grasparossa
Best Loire Valley Sparkling Wine 2021
Bouvet Ladubay NV Excellence Crémant de Loire Brut
Best Prosecco 2021
Andreola 2020 Vigna Ochera Rive di Rolle
Best Sicilian sparkling wine 2021
G. Milazzo 2011 Federico II in Magnum
Best Trentodoc 2021
Ferrari 2014 Perlé in Magnum
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Best Australian Sparkling Wine 2021
Bream Creek Vineyard 2015 Blanc de Blancs
Best Bulgarian Sparkling Wine 2021
Midalidare Estate NV Gold in Magnum
Best Canadian Sparkling Wine 2021
Two Sisters Vineyards NV Lush Sparkling Rosé
Best English Sparkling Wine 2021
Squerryes 2016 Squerryes Brut in Magnum
Best French Sparkling Wine 2021
Dom Ruinart 2004 Rosé in Magnum
Best Hungarian Sparkling Wine 2021
Sauska NV Brut
Best Italian Sparkling Wine 2021
Ca’ del Bosco 2011 Annamaria Clementi in Magnum
Best New Zealand Sparkling Wine 2021
No.1 Family Estate NV Cuvee No.1
Best Romanian Sparkling Wine 2021
Carassia NV Rosé
Best Russian Sparkling Wine 2021
Abrau-Durso 2018 Victor Dravigny Brut
Best Spanish Sparkling Wine 2021
Freixenet NV Cordon Negro Brut in Magnum
Best USA Sparkling Wine 2021
Caraccioli Cellars 2014 Brut Rosé
All the results can be found on the CSWWC website: www.champagnesparklingwwc.co.uk.
