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August 06, 2011 - Friday Liquor Fact 61: International Wine and Spirits Competition 2011



The International Wine and Spirits Competition announced it's results for spirits and northern hemisphere wines last week. We've had a quick look and were very pleased so see that a number of the top performers are available in South Africa.

We've loaded the awards information onto the website for your convenience. On the detailed page for each product you'll see a 'Ratings' tab - just click on that tab and all rating information for that product will appear. The tab will only appear if we have rating or award information for that product.


The following products all won Gold (Best in Class). Note that there are a few South African brandies in the mix too:

Aberlour 16 Year Old
Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old
Dewar's Signature
Glenfiddich 30 Year Old - 2010 Edition
Glenmorangie 18 Year Old
Glenmorangie Nectar D' Or
Glenmorangie 10 Year Old
Glenmorangie Signet
Klipdrift Gold
Lagavulin Aged 16 Years
Sazerac 6 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey
The Balvenie 30 Years
The Glenlivet 18 Years Old
The Glenlivet Archive 21 Years Old
Van Ryn's Vintage Brandy 10 Year Old
WL Weller Cask Strength Bourbon
Yamazaki 12 Years Old
Yamazaki 18 Years Old

The following products were of the same quality as the ones above (Gold), just not quite the best in their category:

Aberlour 18 Year Old
Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky
Benriach Aged 20 Years
Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old
Elmer T Lee Single Barrel
Glenfarclas 12 Year Old
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Gran Reserva
Glenfiddich 30 Year Old - 2010 Edition
Ladismith Klein Karoo Brandy 8 Yr Old
Oude Meester Reserve 12 Year Old
Thomas H Handy Cask Strength Rye Whiskey
Three Ships 10 Year Old Ltd Edition

And these all won Silver (Best in Class):

Bowmore 15 Years Old Darkest
George T Stagg 16 Years Old Un-Cut
Glenkinchie 12 Years Old
Highland Park 18 Year Old
Joseph Barry 10 Year Old Reserve Brandy
Laphroaig 10 Years Old
The Glenlivet 25 Years Old
Three Ships Premium Select 5 Year Old
Three Ships Bourbon Cask Finish

Categories: Brandy, Friday Liquor Fact, Whisky | Comments: 0
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