The judging of this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) was enjoyed by over 60 sommeliers and wine buyers from across the UK throughout February, March and April 2011.
Over 1.500 wines were entered for this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards competition, making it the biggest yet! Of these, just 600 made it through to the second round to pick up a medal, which gives you some idea of just how tough our tasters were, and how high the standard was of all the winning wines.
Of the 600 medal-winners, 246 were awarded a Bronze Medal.
Of the 354 wines through to the next round 233 of these wines won Silver Awards.
This year 121 wines have been awarded places on the Gold List. These wines have been selected for their versatility, character, food-friendliness and, of course, value for money.