For those who’re like me, a very good glass of glowing wine is a beautiful aperitif or addition to lunch or dinner. Nevertheless, with a plethora of bubbles from which to decide on (Champagne, Cremant, Cava, Franciacorta, Sekt, and extra) and with quite a lot of manufacturing strategies, what’s a wine lover to do? How can we sift by means of so many fabulous selections for the “greatest” sparkler that would simply be our new favourite? Properly, there’s a technique and Oliver Walkey and his staff from Glass of Bubbly are doing it. I’m honored to be a 2025 Glass of Bubbly Awards Companion and to share this most up-to-date press launch. Learn on.
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In only a few months time, worldwide wine judges will collect collectively in London with one frequent objective, to find The World’s Best Glass of Bubbly for 2025.
We’ll see entries despatched in from all around the world, each new and outdated, conventional, charmat and distinctive, canned and bottled, with and with out alcohol – any bubbly might win. On prime of Gold, Silver & Bronze medals, there are 21 Trophies to be awarded, included the a lot beloved client pleasant Class “Trophies,” the ever extra necessary “Sustainability Trophy in Partnership with Gradual Meals UK” and naturally, one of the best of all of them, “The World’s Best Glass of Bubbly Trophy,” in partnership with Carynx. This 12 months, now we have an unbelievable huge array of 2025 Award Companions who we’ve enlisted to assist us seek for the World’s Best Glass of Bubbly for 2025, together with a Sommelier Faculty, Wine Retailers, PR Companies, Worldwide Wine Journalists and extra. For the whole record together with details about every award associate, click on HERE.
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The search is now on and we’ll be trying all around the globe, looking for the hidden gems of the wine making world. For those who’d wish to enter any of your glowing wines into the Glass of Bubbly Awards this 12 months, click on right here on our Awards Web page and fill out the entry kind. Entries are open from now till the thirty first of August.
Wines that enter the Glass of Bubbly Awards get not solely a medal rating plus tasting notes shared from prime trade wine professionals to incorporate Grasp of Wines but in addition the great thing about the Classes in that it isn’t in regards to the high quality of the wines at this stage as this has already been judged, it’s all about how nicely they swimsuit explicit tasting types. Anticipate not solely the best wines to make the headlines, but in addition be ready for the sudden to take dwelling the highest prizes! Christopher Walkey, founding father of GlassofBubbly.com
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You may have extra questions? Right here you go!
How do I enter the awards?
Please fill out our on-line kind on this webpage or ship an electronic mail along with your curiosity to eve@glassofbubbly.com
The present worth for entry per wine is £125 + VAT (no VAT for entries exterior the UK). Reductions for 3 or extra entries.
What are the standards for wine entries?
Your wine must be glowing and made from grapes primarily, although we’ll contemplate assorted fruit glowing wines (fruit wines will obtain medals and never be included for the scoring of class trophies). Sure Frizzante is okay to enter as are non or low alcohol glowing wines and canned glowing wines.
When do I ship my wines in to be judged?
We ask you to ship 4 bottles of every wine to us by August thirtieth 2025. The handle for sending your wines is Glass of Bubbly Restricted. 45 Arnold Street, Clacton on Sea, CO15 1DE. United Kingdom. All bottles have to be despatched DDP. Please comply with the data on the following hyperlink for sending samples: The right way to Ship Wine Samples to the UK from Wherever within the World
What wine glasses shall be used?
We shall be utilizing Vina 77ep with Laser etched effervescent factors.
Who judges my wine(s)?
We choose a broad vary of wine professionals and Champagne & Glowing Wine lovers annually to guage the wines in our awards, not one of the Glass of Bubbly staff partake within the preliminary judging course of. The staff at Glass of Bubbly will supervise outcomes and two members of the staff will style every wine and every provide a golden ticket to their favoured and in addition make the ultimate resolution upon any equal scoring style offs.
What do I win?
We ship out medal outcomes (bronze to gold) and we provide you with the art work to your badge for use in your wine bottles / web site. We additionally provide every medal winner with a certificates which shall be emailed out to you so that you can print out. Trophies shall be awarded out through the awards night. The well-known Carynx trophy is awarded to The World’s Best Glass of Bubbly which the mentioned vineyard will get to maintain the trophy for one 12 months. The Sustainability in Glowing Wine Trophy is awarded to the vineyard answering the right questions on the Gradual Meals UK Sustainability Kind with the best common scoring vineyard taking this trophy dwelling for one 12 months.
What are the Glass of Bubbly Classes? What do they imply?
Every wine that enters our awards are initially scored through the 100 factors system with: 80-84 Bronze / 85 – 88 Silver / 89+ Gold. As soon as the medals have been assigned to every wine, the subsequent course of is to guage the wines on the model that the patron is prone to take pleasure in within the glass so that is why we created the primary classes for Champagne & Glowing Wines (with the steerage of Tatiana Mann). Every wine shall be judged for which class (18 in complete) it matches greatest in after which all Silver & Gold Medal wines obtain a rating utilizing the 20 level system with the best scoring wine in every class taking dwelling the related trophy.
Returning of Trophies
Annually the World’s Best Glass of Bubbly Trophy ‘Carynx’ is awards to the best level rating wine and the vineyard. That is handed out through the awards night dinner or after this occasion. The successful vineyard might want to have sufficient insurance coverage to take care of this trophy and handle the gathering and dropping off (previous to August the next 12 months). The identical applies to the Sustainability in Glowing Wine Trophy.
Who ought to I contact for extra data?
For Awards entries please electronic mail Eve through eve@glassofbubbly.com
For Awards Sponsorship / Press / Judging please contact Christopher through christopher@glassofbubbly.com
Cheers! ~ Cindy
