the UK’s premier on-trade wine competition in association with the UK’s market leading on-trade magazine BY THE www.sommelierwineawards.com GLASS FOOD MATCH 2015 G 2015 2015 B R 2015 SIL T E SILV E R VER OLD L IOS N Z O 2015 G 2015 T FOOD2015 G 2015 PERFECT CRITICS’ T PUB 2015 R2015 D E B R 2015 E OL O L B RQUARTET SIL I SN Z E S I L VMEM ONZ CHOICE EN VER D L I S MATCH D LO D BY THE GLASS www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 2015 O 2015 2015 O 2015 D 2015 C 2015 PUB PERFECT C FOOD D 1 2015 T OL D LIS 2015 SIL VER B R 2015 E ONZ O C MERCHANT OF THE YEAR PERFECT PUB 2015 T BYGTHE OQUARTET L D LIS GLASS 2015 G 2015 SIL V E R O L D LIST 2015 T OL D LIS C 2015 ENTRY PACK G G 2015 T OL D LIS 2015 E MM END D G Judged by the on-trade, for the on-trade Gold List coordinator 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Christine Parkinson, Hakkasan Group Team leaders 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 7 Team Leaders 1 – 12 Sommeliers 13 – 119 2. Richard Bampfield MW, Wine educator & consultant 3. Neil Bruce, Studio Alto 4. Sarah Jane Evans MW, Journalist & writer 5. Tom Forrest, Vinopolis 6. Natasha Hughes, Journalist & consultant 7. Nigel Lister, Consultant, sommelier & wine buyer 8. Jenny Mackenzie, Consultant, whitehartroom.com 9. Peter McCombie MW, Consultant, petermccombie.com 10. Laura Rhys MS, La Trompette 11. Annette Scarfe MW, Consultant 12. Simon Woods, Presenter, consultant & writer, simonwoods.com Sommeliers 30 31 32 33 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 53 58 13. Maxwell Allwood, Alimentum 14. Xabier Alvarez, Trangallán 15. Victor Amaro, Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells 16. Hamish Anderson, The Tate Group 17. Katherine Balanovsky, Michael Caines at Abode Manchester 18. Dario Barbato, Bank Restaurant 19. Gergely Barsi Szabó, Bread Street Kitchen 20. Arnaud Baudary, Maze 21. Joris Beijn, Marcus 22. Filipe Bhering Reis, Barbecoa 23. Julian Bicknell, Hawksmoor Air Street 24. Frédéric Jean-Yves Billet, Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa 25. Romain Bourger, The Vineyard at Stockcross 26. Oliver Brandenburg, Mandarin Oriental 27. Andrea Briccarello, Galvin Restaurants 28. Richard Brooks, Caroline Catering 29. Luigi Buonanno, Etrusca Restaurants 30. Ignacio Campos, Hawksmoor Seven Dials 31. Angelo Casali, Hakkasan Mayfair 32. Simon Cassina, Winexponent 33. Xavier Chapelou, Isake International 34. Zack Charilaou, Gaucho 35. Ram Chhetri, Bread Street Kitchen 36. Nick Chiu, Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells 37. Vanessa Cinti, 45 Park Lane 38. Garry Clark, The Chester Grosvenor 39. Nicolas Clerc MS, Consultant sommelier, Duncan J Pitfield 40. Matthew Cocks, Cubitt House Group 41. Giancarlo Cuccuru, The Gilbert Scott 42. Virgile Degrez, Lutyens 43. Guillaume Dherouville, La Cave à Fromage 44. Julien Dumas, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen 45. Simone Fadda, Nobu Berkeley St 46. Franco Fortunati, L’Anima 47. Eniko Gazsi, Bread Street Kitchen 48. Riccardo Giacomelli, Bocca di Lupo 49. Clio Giudici, Ellenborough Park 50. Gus Gluck, Vinoteca 51. Nicolá Gomes De Jesus, Baku Resturant 52. Mark Graham, Oxo Tower Restaurant 53. Scott Green, 34 54. Zigmars Grinbergs, Hotel du Vin Brighton 55. Sarah Guignard, The French Table 56. Michael Harrison, Hotel du Vin Henley 57. Alan Holmes, The Vineyard at Stockcross 58. Richard Howard, Blakeney Hotel 59. Roger Jones, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn; Park House 59 “We were delighted with the results for Austria in the 2014 Sommelier Wine Awards – a clear vindication of high quality judges who are looking to reward characterful, restaurant-friendly wines.” Marie-Sophie Lodron, Wines of Austria www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 2 Sommeliers cont. 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 60. Jan Konetzki, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay 61. Martin Lam, Consultant, martinlam.co.uk 62. Xavier Lamande, L’Etranger 63. Gordon Lawrence, Fifteen Cornwall 64. Xavier Le-Bellego, Forburys Restaurant 65. Fabio Lega, Hereford Road Restaurant 66. Damon Little, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw 67. Giuseppe Longobardi, Restaurant 23 68. Matthieu Longuere MS, Le Cordon Bleu 69. Claire Love, Loves Restaurant 70. Sandro Lyhs, Oxo Tower Bar 71. Guillaume Mahaut, The Jugged Hare 72. Riccardo Marcon, Hakkasan Mayfair 73. Olivier Marie, Coq d’Argent 74. Stefano Marro, Caravaggio Restaurant 75. Robert Mason, Cheese at Leadenhall 76. Vugar Mehdiyev, Baku Restaurant 77. Nicola Merighi, Hakkasan Mayfair 78. Michael Moore, Enigma 88 79. Deborah-Lynn Morris, Axis at One Aldwych 80. Fergus Muirhead, Restaurant Story 81. Diego Muntoni, Oxo Tower Restaurant 82. Chris Neeves, Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa 83. Emily O’Hare, The River Café 84. Silvio Oneta, Oxo Tower Restaurant 85. Marcin Ozi˛ebły, The Albert Square Chophouse 86. Maurizio Palomba, Duck & Waffle, Sushisamba 87. Charles Pashby-Taylor, Dabbous 88. Adam Pawlowski, Northcote Manor 89. Lionel Periner, The Lucky Onion 90. Mark Perlaki, Hotel du Vin Harrogate 91. Bruno Piane, Babbo 92. Mauro Pirovano, Le Pont de la Tour 93. Paolo Pivato, Wernher Restaurant, Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa 94. Paul Quintela, The Cricketers 95. Joao Ribeiro, Galvin Restaurants 96. Christophe Richelet, Victualler 97. Laurent Richet MS, Restaurant Sat Bains 98. Sarah Riddle, One Canada Square 99. Clement Robert, Medlar 100. Diana Rollan, Hakkasan London 101. Athila Roos, The Arts Club 102. Xavier Rousset MS, Texture; 28°-50° 103. Julien Sahut, China Tang at The Dorchester 104. Ronan Sayburn MS, Consultant 105. Matt Segal, Frederick’s 106. Stuart Skea, 21212 107. Will Smith, Arbutus 108. Nerea Sorribes, 28°-50° Marylebone 109. Courtney Stebbings, The River Café 110. Patricia Stefanowicz MW, Consultant, Freshly Crushed Wine 111. Attila Sutus, Hotel Crocus 112. Caroline Symington, Consultant 113. Thomas Theuermeister, The Lost Angel, Gaslight Grill 114. Amelia Thornhill, The Plough Inn 115. Mark Thornhill, The Rockingham Arms 116. Agustin Trapero, Launceston Place 117. Charles Van Wyk, FJB Hotels 118. Morgan Vanderkamer, Thornton’s Restaurant 119. Charlie Young, Vinoteca “We were thrilled to be recognised by the Sommelier Wine Awards. It helps us to show – via the people whose palates really matter to the on-trade – that we are making the kind of wines that they need to be ordering. SWA’s credibility with that audience is second to none.” Ben Smith, Head of Communications, Concha y Toro UK www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 3 G B R 2015 E ONZ 2015 SIL E R V O 20152015 E B 2015 S I L ME RO NZE V MRE N D 2015 2015 O LB R O I S TZ E D LN 2015 T OL D LIS 2015 SIL E R V O C G 2015 SIL E R V 2015 T OL D LIS 2015 B R 2015 E S I L E R G O 2015 T V L D LOI SN Z 2015 T OL D LIS C G 2015 S I L E R G 2015 T V OL D LIS 2015 T OL D LIS D G G 2015 T OL D LIS 2015 E MM END D G any additional awards? D D D 2015 E MM END 2015 E MM END D D 2015 E MM END BY THE GLASS BY THE GLASS FOOD MATCH PERFECT PUB QUARTET BY THE GLASS PERFECT PUB QUARTET FOOD MATCH PERFECT PUB QUARTET CRITICS’ CHOICE CRITICS’ CHOICE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR how are the results listed? All medal-winning wines will be listed in the SWA results guide, the SWA app and the website, with judges’ tasting notes on the SWA app and website, along with tasting notes, price and stockists details. Commended wines will be listed in the SWA app and website. Published mid-year, in print, online and via E CRITICS’ CHOICE th June 2015 REMEMBER: AL WINN D E M FOOD MATCH 29th & 30 ER O 2015 E MM END O C D B R 2015 E ONZ O C 2015 E MM END C C O O C B R 2015 E ONZ 2015 2015 S IOLM 2015 RN D E B R O Z E VMEE N B R 2015 E ONZ SOM Yes - and as with everything else in SWA, they’re geared to the needs of the on-trade readership. By The Glass awards are given to wines picked out as offering truly great value and supreme versatility. Food Match awards are given out to Gold medal-winning wines that come out top in a separate food-matching round. Critics’ Choice wines are picked out by our judges as being extra special during the tastings. Merchants and producers that have stood out in one or other part of the competition will be considered for a special Merchant or Producer award In addition, Wine of the Year awards are the rarest and most prestigious of all, chosen by panels of sommelier tasters at Imbibe Live, the leading on-trade show in London. C 2015 SIL E R V The SWA results book is sent to dedicated buyers and key servers of wine in the UK on-trade via Imbibe’s print database of over 15,500, as well as key buyers from independent wine merchants and wholesalers. Results are shared online with a wider audience of 82,000. All SWA winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Commended) will appear on www.sommelierwineawards.com and be featured on www.imbibe.com The free interactive tablet or smartphone app gives further reach to the results. An additional 3,000 copies of the Gold Book will be picked up at Imbibe Live at Olympia in London on 29th and 30th June 2015. Doing well in SWA will aid your marketing in international markets, too. At Imbibe Live there will be dedicated SWA tastings over the two days of the show, giving further exposure to around 10,000 visitors. Exhibitors will be able to distinguish their winning wines at this show, or any other, with neck collars, stickers and other marketing collateral, available to all medal winners. SWA Guides will be available at all of Imbibe’s many tastings during LI 2015, and a selection of ER W I N E A WA generic tastings too. There is no more cost-effective means of getting your wines in front of this hard-to-access UK audience than the Sommelier Wine Awards. And don’t forget, too, that each of the 100+ plus judges is a potential customer! OM No mainstream high street wines are permitted to take part. The only exception to this rule are sparkling and fortified wines, which may enter even if they have high-street distribution. Online-exclusive wines (from supermarkets) are permitted. The judging teams are made up entirely of sommeliers and on-trade wine buyers. This is a competition that is judged by the on-trade, for the on-trade. The judges assess the wines using criteria that they would use in their day jobs to come up with a final ‘wine list’ of Gold-medal winning wines, as well as Silvers and Bronzes. Solid, reliable performers are awarded the “Commended” classification. The App brings all the information about all the winners to your iPhone or Android device. Search by category or region, and mark your favourites. Access suppliers via the Supplier directory. S.C HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WINE COMPETITIONS? How are the results Promoted? SWA App RD The Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) is the UK on-trade wine competition, aimed specifically at finding the best wines available to hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars. the free SWA app, the results are a buyer’s guide to the best on-trade wine. Wine buyers are known to keep it and refer to it all year. M WHAT IS THE SOMMELIER WINE AWARDS? “I keep the Sommelier Wine Awards results book on my desk all the time. I use it as a reference to help fill in gaps on my list.” Shana Dilworth, Head Sommelier, The Orrery HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK? The tasting panels are made up of top sommeliers and restaurateurs. Each panel is chaired by an MW, sommelier or consultant who understands the particular needs of the on-trade. Wines are tasted blind and by category (see p.6 of this form). The trade list price (excluding VAT) of each wine will be known to the judges to allow them to assess value for money. During the first round of tasting, the judges narrow down the selection to roughly the top 45% of wines sent in. Those remaining go through to the second round where the medals are awarded: Bronze, Silver or the ultimate accolade – a place on the Gold List. Solid first round performers will be awarded the Commended classification. By the end of the competition, the judges will have put together a wine list of medal winning wines. Like every restaurant list, it will have good value and House Wines, fizz, fortifieds, favourites like Sancerre and Rioja, modern wines from Old and New Worlds, and a few quirky or expensive wines that are there just because the judges liked them! If an on-trade buyer is trying to fill a gap on their own list, the Sommelier Wine Awards guide is the perfect place to start. www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 4 WHAT ARE THE TASTING CRITERIA? In the wine itself, marks are awarded for balance, expression and food-friendliness. But since these are wines with a definite commercial purpose, value for money and versatility are key, too. BY THE GLASS FOOD MATCH DOES FOOD COME INTO IT? PERFECT PUB QUARTET Very much so. As well as judging every wine with food-friendliness in mind, our panel chooses wines from the Gold List to match with a selection of classic restaurant dishes for the Food Match awards (menu overleaf). CRITICS’ CHOICE CAN THE MERCHANTS WIN AWARDS, TOO? MERCHANT OF THE YEAR Yes. Every year there will be a special award to the merchant who secures the most listings on the prestigious SWA Gold List. There will also be discretionary awards for excellence in specialist areas in our Merchant of the Year Awards. CAN I ENTER THE SAME WINE FOR DIFFERENT SECTIONS? Yes – though each submission must be paid for. If you want to enter a Pinot Grigio, as both a Varietal Classic and a House Wine, say, that would count as two entries. All the categories are listed here and online. WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR ENTRY? The wine must … be available to the UK on-trade, either through importers, merchants etc or directly from the winery. Wines may bear temporary labels, if finished labels are not yet available. … be mainly destined for the on-trade. A presence in the smaller independent merchants is perfectly acceptable, but wines on sale in the high street supermarkets or multi-grocers are NOT allowed to enter. Any wine entered and found to have broad high street distribution will be disqualified. The only exceptions are: i) sparkling and fortified wine, where highstreet available wines may enter. ii) wines which are online or mail order (ie Tesco Wine Club, The Wine Society). … bear the current official TRADE LIST price ex-VAT . Please Note There is no limit on the number of wines entered per submitter. The competition is open to wines that are looking for UK distribution, or are prepared to ship directly to on-trade customers. “We have found the Sommelier Wine Awards the most useful of any of the awards for the on-trade. They grab the attention of on-trade buyers and have really helped us build sales through wine savvy outlets.” David Gleave, MD, Liberty Wines www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 5 HOW to ENTER and timings Go to www.sommelierwineawards.com to register and start uploading your wines, where these will be saved to your account. Then, when you are ready, entries must be submitted online by the 21st January 2015. Four bottles of each wine must be sent to Sensible Wine Services (details on right) by Friday 30th January 2015. Judging will start in Febuary and continue into March 2015. Results will be available in mid-May 2015. The Sommelier Wine Awards guide will be published in mid-June 2015 and distributed to the Imbibe database. COSTS Entry cost is £90+VAT per wine, per category. PAYMENT Entries of 5 wines or less must be paid by credit card when submitting your entry online. Entries of 6 wines or more will be invoiced once your entry has been submitted. Please note entry to the competition is not guaranteed until payment has been received. For BACS payment (paying by electronic transfer): Account name: Imbibe Media Ltd. Bank: HSBC, 567 Fulham Road, London, SW6 1EX, England Sort Code: 40 03 09 Account number: 81418246 Our International codes are as follows: IBAN – GB78MIDL40030981418246 SWIFT/BIC – MIDLGB22 Deadline for invoice payment: Payment must be received before the 10th February when the competition starts. Wine delivery address Chloé Kingham Sommelier Wine Awards 2015 Sensible Wine Services Warehouse 1 Turnden, Hartley Road, Cranbrook Kent, TN17 3QX Tel/Fax: 01622 832 640 Deadline for delivery of the wines: Friday 30th January 2015 To check on your delivery, email Karl Franz, [email protected] Tel/Fax: 01622 832 640 All boxes must be clearly marked (on the outside) ‘Sommelier Wine Awards’. Please send four bottles of each wine with a copy of the entry form, showing what has been sent. NB. Neither Imbibe Media Ltd nor Sensible Wine Services will take responsibility for arrival of wines/ damage in transit. Tax and duty charges (inc carriage and clearance) must be prepaid, otherwise wines will not be accepted. QUERIES If you have any queries, call Chloé Kingham or Ed Warr at Imbibe on 020 7840 5249 or alternatively [email protected]. Competition director Chris Losh can be contacted via [email protected] www. sommelierwineawards.com by the on-trade for the on-Trade 6 CATEGORIES There are three wine sections; Essentials, New World, and Old World. These are made up of the following categories: ESSENTIALS Sparkling - Prosecco - England & Wales - Champagne - NV - Champagne - Vintage - Other regions - Rosé - Champagne - Rosé - other regions - Frizzante, semi-sweet & lower abv House Wines - under £5.50 ex-VAT - Red - White - Rosé Varietal Classics under £12 ex-VAT - Pinot Grigio/Gris - NZ Sauvignon Blanc - Australian Shiraz - Argentinian Malbec Rosé - over £5.50 Sweet - White - botrytis - White - non-botrytis - Eiswein • Red Fortified Port - Tawny • LBV • Vintage - White, Ruby, Reserve - Colheita Sherry - Fino & manzanilla - Dry amontillado/oloroso - Medium/sweet amontillado/oloroso - Sweet (pale/PX) Other fortified - Madeira & others - Mead, fruit wines - Vermouth • Ice cider NEW WORLD White - Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon & Semillon/ Sauvignon blends - Chardonnay - Riesling - Pinot Gris - Gewürztraminer - Chenin Blanc - Viognier - Torrontés - Other whites Red - Cabernet/Merlot/Cab Franc & Bdx blends - Syrah/Grenache/ Mourvèdre & blends - Pinot Noir - Malbec - Carmenère - Zinfandel - Pinotage - Cabernet/Shiraz - Other reds OLD WORLD France White - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Rhône - Chablis - Loire: Sauvignon • Chenin • Other whites - Sancerre - Alsace - Riesling • Gewurztraminer • Other whites - Jura - South & other regions Red - Burgundy - Beaujolais - Loire - Bordeaux: Left Bank • Right Bank • Côtes - Rhône: North • South • Cotes du Rhône - Alsace - South, S-W & other regions GERMANY/AUSTRIA - Riesling: Dry • Medium • Sweeter/late harvest - Grüner Veltliner - Gewürztraminer - Other whites • Reds ITALY White - N-W • Gavi - N-E • Soave - Central - Verdicchio - South, inc. the islands Red - N-W - Barolo/Barbaresco - N-E - Amarone - Valpolicella - Chianti - Montalcino/Mont DOCG - Montepulciano - Central: Tuscany • Other - South, inc. the islands SPAIN White - NW • Albariño - N & N-E - Duero, inc. Rueda - Other regions Red - Rioja: Joven/other • Crianza • Reserva • Gran Reserva - N & N-E - N-W - Duero, inc. Ribera - Other regions PORTUGAL - Vinho Verde - Other whites - Red Douro • Other reds BY THE GLASS FOOD MATCH food match menu PERFECT PUB QUARTET Throughout the competition judg es are always aware of the importanc e of food matching potential. The Food Match awards are given to those wines which are judged as the best match for the following dishs. CRITICS’ CHOICE Scallops Poached salmon parcels Fish & chips Mushroom risotto Margherita pizza Green thai curry Roast chicken Veal escalope Pork belly Rack of lamb Beefburgers Char-grilled steak OTHER Regions - White • Red - inc. 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