The presentation of the tenth annual competition took place at The Royal Academy of Arts on London’s Piccadilly and was attended by wine writers, journalists, members of the wine trade and publishers from around the world.
The competition’s tenth birthday was marked by a special service of Cristal 2006 in special Jamesse champagne flutes designed by the head sommelier at the renowned 3 Michelin starts restaurant Les Crayères in Reims.
The competition attracted some of the finest talent in the world of wine writing and journalism thanks in part to the consistently high quality of the judges.
The winners are:
CATEGORY 1 – THE ARTISTRY OF WINE AWARD 2014
– Adrian Lander
CATEGORY 2 –DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER EMERGING WINE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2014
– Emma Symington
CATEGORY 3 – RAMOS PINTO ONLINE COMMUNICATOR 2014
– Tim Atkin
CATEGORY 4 – DOMAINE FAIVELEY INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014
– The New California Wine – Jon Bonné
CATEGORY 5 – DOMAINES OTT INTERNATIONAL FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2014
– Richard Mayson
CATEGORY 6 – CASTIGLION DEL BOSCO INTERNATIONAL WINE COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014
– Nina Caplan
CATEGORY 7 – INTERNATIONAL SHORT COPY COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR 2014
– Susy Atkins
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