The 24th \u201cThessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy\u201d competition, organized by the \u201cNorthern Greece Vineyard Wine Producers Association\u201d, took place on February 13, 14 and 15, 2024 in Thessaloniki, under the auspices and cooperation of all the relevant bodies in Greece, under the supervision of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food and the General State Chemistry Laboratory.<\/p>\n
President of the Competition, Master of Wine Konstantinos Lazarakis.<\/p>\n
The organizing committee of this year’s event consists of representatives of the following bodies: National Interprofessional Organization of Vine and Wine (EDOAO), Greek Wine Association (SEO), Central Cooperative Union of Vine and Wine Products (KEOSOE), Wine Producers’ Association of Northern Greece Vineyards (ENOABE), Wine Producers’ Association of Peloponnese Vineyards (ENOAP), Winemakers’ Network of Crete (DOK), Winemakers’ Association of Attica Vineyards (ENOAAA), Winemakers’ Association of Central Greece Vineyards (ENOAK), Winemakers’ Association of Aegean Islands Winemakers and Winegrowers (ENOANA), Association of Greek Spirits & Alcoholic Beverages Association (S.E.A.O.P.), Union of Greek Oenologists.<\/p>\n
During the competitive part of the 24th Thessaloniki Wine & Spirits Trophy, 30 renowned tasters-judges from Greece and abroad, Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers, oenologists, sommeliers and wine journalists, divided into 6 committees, tasted 952 samples, from Greece and Cyprus. Of these, 881 are wines while 71 are spirits.<\/p>\n
The judging panels were:<\/p>\n
GROUP 1-WINE PANEL<\/p>\n
MATTHEW WILKIN \u2013 MASTER SOMMELIER-DIPWSET- CHAIRPERSON<\/p>\n
KONSTANTINOS KOSMOPOULOS<\/p>\n
LOUKAS PAPALOUKAS<\/p>\n
EFI TSURNAVA<\/p>\n
NIKOS TZAVELLAS<\/p>\n
MARGARITA KOUMPIOU-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
GROUP 2-WINE PANEL<\/p>\n
ERIC ZWIEBEL \u2013 MASTER SOMMELIER \u2013 CHAIRPERSON<\/p>\n
ALEXANDRA BASPANELOU<\/p>\n
ALEXANDROS BOUZIKAS<\/p>\n
MARGARITA VOYIATZI<\/p>\n
KONSTANTINOS PAPPAS<\/p>\n
YOTA KARANATSIOU-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
GROUP 3-WINE PANEL<\/p>\n
AINA MEE MYHRE \u2013 MASTER OF WINE \u2013 CHAIR<\/p>\n
ARIS TSELEPOS<\/p>\n
EVA MARKAKIS<\/p>\n
CHLOE HATZIVARYTI<\/p>\n
LIZA VITZILAIOU<\/p>\n
ASPASSIA TSIKNA-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
GROUP 4-WINE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n
JONAS ROJERMAN \u2013 MASTER OF WINE \u2013 CHAIR<\/p>\n
PSOFIDIS EVANGELOS<\/p>\n
DIMITRIS MOTSOS<\/p>\n
MARKOS ZAMPARTAS<\/p>\n
NIKOLAOS AGORASTOS<\/p>\n
GEORGIA MAROULI-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
GROUP 5-WINE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n
RONAN SAYBURN \u2013 MASTER SOMMELIER \u2013 CHAIR<\/p>\n
ARISTOTELIS SKLAVENITIS<\/p>\n
DIMITRIS GRIZAS<\/p>\n
THANOS GEORGILAS<\/p>\n
APOSTOLOS PLACHOURAS<\/p>\n
EKATERINA MOROZ-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
GROUP 6-SPIRITS-OUZO-GIN COMMITTEE<\/p>\n
ANDREAS MATTHIDIS DipWSET \u2013 CHAIRMAN<\/p>\n
MEROPI PAPADOPOULO<\/p>\n
DESPOINA BOUZA<\/p>\n
STEFANOS KOGIAS<\/p>\n
PANAGIOTIS FRAGOS<\/p>\n
FATIONA PUPULEKU-Associate Judge<\/p>\n
Among the trainee judges, Associate Judges, Ms. Aspasia Tsikna was evaluated with the best performance with a prize of her participation as a judge in the next event.<\/p>\n
The 6 judging panels operated under the supervision of a chairman and a support team:<\/p>\n
Competition Chairman: Konstantinos Lazarakis Master of Wine<\/p>\n
Chairman\u2019s support team:<\/p>\n
Alexandra Anthidou \u2013 Head of the Organizing Committee<\/p>\n
Klairi Efkarpidou \u2013 Representative of EDOAO<\/p>\n
Anastasia Georganta \u2013 Representative of SEAOP<\/p>\n
Thanos Karathanos \u2013 Representative of SEAOP<\/p>\n
Anastasios Kanellis \u2013 Representative of the Panhellenic Union of Greek Oenologists<\/p>\n
Efi Hatzidimitriou \u2013 Agriculturist-Oenologist, Asst. Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n
Dimitris Kissas \u2013 Representative of ENOAP<\/p>\n
Yiannis Albanis \u2013 Representative of ENOABE<\/p>\n
Kyriaki Panagiotou \u2013 Representative of ENOABE<\/p>\n
Representative of the General State Chemistry Office<\/p>\n
Yiota Manara \u2013 Chemist \u2013 Chemical Laboratory of Central Macedonia<\/p>\n
Representative of the Ministry of Rural Development & Food<\/p>\n
Georgos Bouritis \u2013 Department of Vine, Wine & Spirits, Directorate of Food Exploitation & Technology<\/p>\n
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Of the trainee judges, Associate Judges, Ms. Aspasia Tsikna was evaluated with the best performance with a prize of her participation as a judge in the next event.<\/p>\n
The 6 judging panels operated under the supervision of a chairman and a support team:<\/p>\n
Competition Chairman: Konstantinos Lazarakis Master of Wine<\/p>\n
Chairman\u2019s support team:<\/p>\n
Alexandra Anthidou \u2013 Head of the Organizing Committee<\/p>\n
Klairi Efkarpidou \u2013 EDOAO Representative<\/p>\n
Anastasia Georganta \u2013 SEAOP Representative<\/p>\n
Thanos Karathanos \u2013 SEAOP Representative<\/p>\n
Anastasios Kanellis \u2013 Representative of the Panhellenic Union of Greek Oenologists<\/p>\n
Efi Hatzidimitriou \u2013 Agriculturist-Oenologist, Asst. Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n
Dimitris Kissas \u2013 Representative of ENOAP<\/p>\n
Yiannis Albanis \u2013 Representative of ENOABE<\/p>\n
Kyriaki Panagiotou \u2013 Representative of ENOABE<\/p>\n
Representative of the General State Chemistry Office<\/p>\n
Yiota Manara \u2013 Chemist \u2013 \u03a7.\u03a5. Central Macedonia<\/p>\n
Representative of the Ministry of Rural Development & Food<\/p>\n
George Bouritis \u2013 Department of Vine, Wine & Spirits, Directorate of Food Exploitation & Technology<\/p>\n
The tasters, appreciating the high level of the competing samples, awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze medals according to the following distribution per country:<\/p>\n
WINE
\nCountry Gold Silver Bronze Total Total
\nMedals Participation<\/p>\n
Greece 61 191 373 625 829<\/p>\n
Cyprus 1 10 27 38 52<\/p>\n
Totals 62 201 400 663 881<\/p>\n
WINE SPIRITS-OUZO-GIN
\nCountry Gold Silver Bronze Total Total
\nMedals Participations<\/p>\n
Greece 9 14 20 43 68<\/p>\n
Cyprus 1 1 1 3 3<\/p>\n
Totals 10 15 21 46 71<\/p>\n
It is noted that 75% of the wines and 65% of the spirits that participated in the competition were awarded a medal, which proves the upgraded quality of the wines and spirits that participate every year in the Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy 2024.<\/p>\n
BEST WINE OF THE COMPETITION<\/p>\n
For the award of the distinction: BEST WINE OF THE COMPETITION, the best wines of each category, if they obtained a gold medal score, were re-evaluated by all the judges. In this year’s event, the following wine was awarded the distinction of the best wine of the competition:<\/p>\n
Ktima Argyrou Cuvee Monsignori Santorini 2019 Ktima I. & M. Argyrou O.E.<\/p>\n
BEST WINE BY CATEGORY<\/p>\n
The entries in the Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy are divided into 6 categories: White, Ros\u00e9 and Red still wines, Dessert Wines, Sparkling Wines and Retsines. The best wines per category were re-evaluated by all the judges and the following distinctions were awarded for the best wine per category:<\/p>\n
Best Red Wine: Megas Oinos 2020 \u2013 Skouras O.A.A.E.<\/p>\n
Best Ros\u00e9 Wine: Domaine Alpha Ros\u00e9 2023 \u2013 Domaine Alpha S.A.<\/p>\n
Best White Wine: Domaine Argyrou Cuvee Monsignori Santorini 2019 Domaine I. & M. Argyrou S.A.<\/p>\n
Best Dessert Wine: Samos Vin Doux \u2013 E.O.S. Samou<\/p>\n
Best Sparkling or Semi-Sparkling Wine: Sparkling Douloufaki \u2013 Douloufakis N. Monoposi IKE<\/p>\n
Best Retsina: Kehribari \u2013 S. Kehri & Co. S.A.<\/p>\n
BEST DISTILLED OF THE COMPETITION<\/p>\n
Meteoro Winery Distillery \u2013 Tsinas Vassilios & Co. S.A.
\nTsipouro without anise<\/p>\n
BEST OUZO OF THE COMPETITION<\/p>\n
Ouzo of Tyrnavos \u2013 Agricultural Winemaking Cooperative of Tyrnavos<\/p>\n
For SPECIAL AWARDS, all RESULTS, SPONSORS and all information about the 24th Thessaloniki Wine & Spirits Trophy, visit the website: www.tiwc.gr<\/p>\n
The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 2nd in Athens, together with the awarding of the Panhellenic Sommelier Competition.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the ceremonies, the \u201cGreek Wine Industry Award 2024\u201d will be presented to the Greek Ambassador of Greek Wine in Germany, Mr. Evangelos Pattas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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