Inside the world's biggest wine contest where 67,000 bottles bid to be the best

Inside the world's biggest wine contest where 67,000 bottles bid to be the best

Metro reporter Jen Mills tries a provisonal gold medal-winning pinot noir (Picture: Belinda Jiao) At a warehouse in east London, rows upon rows of heavy cardboard boxes are lined up. Each box contains 12 bottles of wine, but the labels taped on won’t tell you their brands. They are here for the world’s biggest wine contest, which could launch ordinary bottles such as those sold in Waitrose or Aldi into highly sought wine royalty.  Metro went alo…

From 700 submitted wines the 17 varietal winners were determined. To taste at the wine festival at the end of May in Baden.

DWWA 2025: Wines from 57 countries under review at the world’s largest wine competition

Co-Chair Andrew Jefford signing off a Gold medal winner. Credit: Nic Crilly-HargraveNow in its 22nd year, Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) has returned to London with wines from 57 countries being assessed over five days at CentreEd, ExCel. The 2025 competition brings together 254 judges from 35 countries, including a record 73 Masters of Wine and 22 Master Sommeliers — the highest number in DWWA history. Alongside classic regions, the competit…