This is the 15th anniversary of these Awards. And the stats on this year’s judging, which took place at the Sheraton on the Falls in Niagara Falls, are record-breaking. A total of 1,408 wines were entered from 205 wineries. Sixty wineries entered for the first time, a testament to the growing number of wineries in the country, and faith in these awards as being a way to showcase and benchmark new wines. We handed out a record number of awards as well – 14 Platinum, 101 Gold, 263 Silver and 375 Bronze. Given that a bronze must have been scored 87 points by a panel of a minimum of three judges, we have hundreds of wines in Canada that our experts felt were ‘very good’or better. That should instill some confidence among consumers. In addition to the individual medal winners, we have also awarded Winery of the Year, Best Performing Small Winery, Top 25 Wineries in Canada, Top 10 BC Wineries, Top 10 Ontario Wineries, and Top 10 Small Wineries. Click on the medals below to review the list of Platinum medal winners – the top 1% – followed by the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winning wines.

You can also review the style and grape variety categories in which the wines were grouped and judged, presented in alphabetical order. We have provided links for every medal winning wine that will take you to the WineAlign reviews of that wine, where the numerical ratings and reviews are presented by individual WineAlign judges. Medal winners ordered by variety: Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnayFortified, Fruit, Cider & OtherGamayGewurztraminerIcewineLate HarvestMerlotPinot BlancPinot Gris/GrigioPinot NoirRed BlendsRed Single VarietalsRieslingRoséSauvignon BlancSparklingSyrah/ShirazViognierWhite Single VarietalsWhite Blends A Record Medal Haul, A Widening Range of Wines, by David Lawrason Medals of Honour, by Anthony Gismondi Mission Hill Captures its 4th Canadian Winery of the Year Award Thirty Bench Wine Makers wins inaugural Best Performing Small Winery Register for the World Wine Awards of Canada Behind the scenes video showing what really happens at the awards.

France led the leaderboard at the biggest wine competition in the world, taking eight International Trophies, followed by Australia, South Africa and Spain.On Sunday, winners of the Decanter World Wine Awards were announced at Vinexpo in Bordeaux, the world’s biggest wine trade fair — the first time two giants of the wine industry have joined forces.buy wine online washington stateIt’s no small task for the panel of 240 wine sommeliers, Masters of Wine, wine critics and authors: For one week, judges sipped, sampled and spat through 15,929 wines that were then whittled down to 35 International Trophy winners — the highest accolade at the competition.best red wine with health benefitsTo be considered for the International Trophy, gold medal winners are sampled in blind tasting sessions that were conducted by a select team of experts in London.Here are 35 of the best wines in the world, according to the Decanter World Wine Awards:- Anthony Joseph Vidal, 2012 Legacy Chardonnay, New Zealand, whitebest wine for white elephant

- Bay of Fires, 2014 Sauvignon Blanc, Australia, white - Blandy’s, 1973, Madeira, Portugal, white - Chateau Bouissel, 2011 Le Bouissel, France, red - Chateau Brown, 2013, France, whitetop wine brands worldwide - Chateau la Tour de l’Eveque, 2014 Petale de Rose, France, rosébest price wines and spirits - Chateau Salettes, 2014, France, roséwhat kind of wine goes best with pizza - DeMorgenzon, 2014 Maestro, South Africa, whitebest type of wine to drink on a diet - Domaine de la Vougeraie, 2013, France, redred wine make you drunk

- El Esteco, 2014 Amaru High Vineyards Torrontes, Argentina, white - Elgin Vintners, 2012 Pinot Noir, South Africa, red - Fabre Montmayou, 2014 HJ Fabre Barrel Selection Malbec, Argentina, redbuy wine in new zealand - Fattoria Dianella, 2013 Il Matto delle giuncaie, Italy, red - Gonzalez Byass, Cuatro Palmas Amontillado, Spain, sherry, white - Indomita, 2014 Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, red - Lan, 2010 Culmen, Spain, red - Leasingham, 2009 Classic Clare Riesling, Australia, white - Lomond, 2012 Cat’s Tail Syrah, South Africa, red - Longview, 2013 Epitome Late Harvest Riesling, Australia, white - Marks & Spencer, Macon-Villages, France, 2014, white - McWilliam’s, 2008 1877, Australia, red - Miguel Torres, 2010 Reserva Real, Spain, red - Olarra, 2010 Laztana, Spain, red - Paul Cluver, 2014 Marks & Spencer, Ferricrete Riesling, South Africa, white

- Paul Ginglinger, 2013 Gewurztraminer, France, white -Perdeberg, 2013 The Dry Land Collection, Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc, South Africa, white - Piper-Heidsieck, 2006 Brut Champagne, white - Ptujska Klet, 2012 Pullus, Laski Rizling, Slovenia, white - Rivetto, 2009 Leon, Italy, red - Sidewood, 2013 Mappinga Shiraz, Australia, red - Small and Small, 2014 Sylvia Reserve Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand, white - Tiefenbrunner, 2013 Feldmarschall von Fenner zu Fennberg, Italy, white - Vina Leyda, 2013 Single Vineyard Neblina Riesling, Chile, white - Vinalba, 2013 Parrilla Malbec, Argentina, red2015 World Wine Awards of Canada2015 National Wine Awards of Canada2014 World Wine Awards of Canada 2014 National Wine Awards of Canada2013 World Wine Awards of Canada2013 National Wine Awards of Canada The National Wine Awards of Canada are only open to wines grown and produced in Canada. The goal of “The Nationals” is to expose Canadian wine drinkers to the best in Canadian wines.

There is no restriction on price, leaving each winery the opportunity to compete with and against the best wines in the country. More importantly, as barriers to ship wines across the country come down, the combination of winning recognition at The Nationals and WineAlign’s ability to display the results alongside your key retail outlets, from the winery direct to across the country, makes it the only competition with enduring post competition sales opportunities. The 2017 judging will take place from June 15 to 19 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Past Reasons to enter the National Wine Awards of Canada: Reason #1 – Sustained PublicityReason #2 – Winners Sell More WineReason #3 – Your Wines Deserve RespectReason #4 – International Judges En français: Vignobles et cidreries du Québec, c’est votre tour! Judges & Staff of the 2016 National Wine Awards of Canada Penticton, British Columbia, June 2016 Judges & Staff of the 2015 National Wine Awards of Canada