Decanter
Tasted and rated by our expert judges at the
Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 last August, here you can explore the competition’s top-scoring red wines from Northern Italy’s perhaps less familiar regions…
Co-Chair Andrew Jefford on the judging process
Keeping track of all the changes which are constantly underway in the wine world is something all of our judges love to help with – via the DWWA judging process. Nothing stands still with wine, remember. Our judging system – including re-tasting of all Golds, with the possibility of promotion to Platinum – is something of which we are very proud. When consumers see a DWWA sticker on a bottle, be it Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze, they can be reassured that the wine in question has been judged by regional experts and specialists before receiving its medal. We discuss, we argue, we fight it out… that’s all part of the judging fun. Even with social distancing! But that’s also how you get the results wh