2008 IVWA Category Champions
The top scoring wine in each of the 35 categories from the 2008 International Value Wine Awards.
After carefully evalutating over 1,050 wines representing every inhabited continent on Earth, our judges have anointed these wines as the Category Champions from the 2008 International Value Wine Awards, held in Calgary from the 19th to 28th of June.
After DinnerTaylor Fladgate 2002 Late Bottled Vintage Port | Aromatic – BlendsJoie 2007 A Noble Blend Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada Rigamarole 2007 White Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada |
Aromatic – Single VarietiesBürgerspital 2007 Scheurebe Würzberger Stein-Harfe, Franken, Germany | Cabernet SauvignonJ. Lohr 2006 Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon |
CarmenéreArboleda 2006 Carmenére Valle del Colchagua, Valle del Rapel, Chile | Chardonnay (Oaked)Rodney Strong 2006 Chardonnay |
Chardonnay (No Oak)Leaping Horse 2007 Chardonnay | MalbecViniterra 2005 Malbec Finca Los Primos 2007 Malbec |
Pinot Gris/GrigioTherapy Vineyards 2007 Pinot Gris | MerlotInniskillin Okanagan 2005 Merlot Reserve Sumac Ridge 2005 Private Reserve Merlot |
Pinot NoirCasas del Bosque 2006 Pinot Noir Reserve | Red Blends – New WorldGraham Beck 2006 Shiraz Viognier Tin Roof Cellars 2005 Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon |
Red Blends – Old WorldTorres 2003 Gran Sangre de Toro Reserva | Red Single VarietiesCastillo de Monséran 2006 Garnacha Illuminati 2006 Riparosso |
RieslingBlue Nun 2007 Riesling | RoséWild Goose 2007 Blanc de Noirs |
SangioveseAltesino 2005 Rosso di Toscana | Sauvignon BlancArboleda 2007 Sauvignon Blanc |
Shiraz/SyrahJackson-Triggs Okanagan 2006 Proprietors' Reserve ShirazOkanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada $18-$20 | SparklingSoljans Estate N/V Fusion Sparkling MuscatGisborne, North Island, New Zealand $18-$20 |
TempranilloCampo Viejo 2004 ReservaRioja, Spain $18-$21 | ViognierTherapy Vineyards 2007 Artist ViognierNaramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada $20-$25 |
White BlendsMaison Chapoutier 2006 Belleruche BlancSouthern Rhône, France $17-$19 | White Single VarietiesTorres 2006 Viña Sol |
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