India Wins 5 Bronze medals at the International Wine Challenge 2024

The International Wine Challenge, the world's most influential, impartial and rigorously judged global wine competition, has announced the results of its 2024 competition, marking its 40th year.  Medals were awarded to 38 winemaking countries following a blind tasting by an international panel of experts last month.  While France, Australia and Spain remained top of the medal table, niche wine producing countries England, Georgia, Japan, Canada, Romania, Ukraine and India all saw an increase in the number of medals awarded.
 
The improving quality of wine around the globe is evident in this year’s results, with many countries gaining more medals than ever before. England has seen a rise in medals with 13 Gold, 54 Silver and 58 Bronze, having climbed up the medal table to 9th place this year from 10th last year. Canada gained 14 more medals than last year, with 3 Gold, 27 Silver and 29 Bronze. The Niagara Peninsula was the standout region winning 46 of the medals, compared to the 28 medals it won last year. Georgia also won more medals this year, in particular the Kakheti region which won 48 out of the 51 medals awarded to Georgia with most wines awarded being skin-contact white or red. Japan has won its most ever Gold medals for wine with two going to Chardonnays, both won by Takahata Winery, and one going to a Koshu wine. Other countries with significant gains were Romania with 12 more medals than last year, including 5 Silver and 13 Bronze, giving them a total of 18 medals.  Ukraine saw an increase from just 1 medal last year to 8 this year, 7 Bronze and 1 Silver.

​India also gained an extra 3 medals with 5 Bronze medals awarded. Wines from Chandon, Sula, Fratelli and Big Banyan saw getting the Bronze and Commended medals. 
 
The full list of medal and trophy winners in the 2024 International Wine Challenge can be viewed here.
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