MEDAL SUCCESS AT DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2020

After what has been a challenging year for the global wine industry in dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, La Riojana is delighted to be celebrating its eleven medals won at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, the results for which were announced on 22nd September 2020. 

La Riojana’s top competition medal went to its ever-popular blend Co-op Fairtrade Torrontés-Chardonnay 2019, which was awarded a Silver Medal and 90 points. 

La Riojana also won four Bronze medals for its Tilimuqui Fairtrade Organic Malbec 2019 (87 points - available in Waitrose, UK); Co-op Fairtrade Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (88 points), Co-op Fairtrade Bonarda-Malbec 2019 (87 points) and Ecologica Fairtrade Organic Shiraz-Malbec 2019 (87 points).

In addition to this, La Riojana won six Commended medals for its Raza Reserve Fairtrade Shiras-Malbec 2019 (84 points); Raza Reserve Fairtrade Torrontés-Chardonnay 2019 (83 points); Raza Selection Malbec-Shiraz 2016 (85 points); Ecologica Fairtrade Organic Torrontés-Chardonnay 2019 (85 points); Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade Organic Malbec 2018 (83 points) and Co-op Fairtrade Merlot 2019 (84 points).

The judging for the Decanter World Wine Awards, now in its 17th year, was held, whilst adhering to strict Covid safety guidelines and through socially distanced judging, over four consecutive weeks in August 2020. During which time, 116 expert wine judges tasted over 16,500 wines from 56 countries. South America won a total of 774 medals, with Argentina winning 383 medals, confirming its position as one of South America’s leading winemaking nations.