Results of the 7th Lyon International Competition: A Graves 2014 gets the Competition’s best score: 99/100!
The 7th edition of the Lyon International Competition was a great success: this battle between wines, beers and spirits from across the globe brought the wine world together on April 2nd at the Cité International de Lyon for the space of a few hours.
This year’s biggest winner was a Graves 2014 from Château Haut Pommarède, which obtained the exceptional score of 99/100. Beers, included in the competition for the second year in a row, were awarded 37 gold medals. Of the winners, 25 were made in France!
- Wines from France and countries across the world (Australia, Austria, the USA, Czech Republic, Spain, etc.) competed in the tasting.
- “And the winner is...” 830 gold and 903 silver medals were awarded!
- 179 wines from outside France received medals.
- The 2016 competition also bestowed awards on 82 beers and 13 spirits.
The 7th edition of the Lyon International Competition was truly a great success, and set a record for participation: nearly 5500 wines entered and more than 700 professional tasters and experienced wine lovers present at the competition. As Christophe Marguin, Honorary President of the competition and President of Toques Blanches Lyonnaises pointed out: “The Lyon International Competition really puts our city and its vibrant and changing gastronomy in the limelight.”
This year’s group of gold medal winners included 778 French wines, of which 323 came from Bordeaux vineyards. Note also the presence of Greek cuvées, which carried away 1 gold and 5 silver medals, and wines from Slovakia, which were awarded 1 gold and 2 silver medals. The diversity of the wines tasted and awarded medals, exceptional in a competition of this kind, brings recognition to wine makers from all over the world.
Open for the second time to beer, spirits and apéritifs, the 2016 edition bestowed awards on 82 beers. White, blond, brown, black, amber and special beers raked in a total of 37 gold and 45 silver medals. Medal winners included French, Belgian, Spanish, Austrian, German, Italian, English, Swiss, American, Dutch, Slovakian and Portuguese beers.
Apéritifs and spirits obtained 2 gold and 11 silver medals; the award-winners included raspberry and mirabelle plum brandies and a Calvados.
Next year’s competition will be held in Lyon on 25 March 2017. Save the date!