Family-owned Taylors Wines has landed the top spot as the world's most awarded winery for 2017 in a ranking of more than 50,000 producers.
Out of more than 700,000 wines evaluated, 12 of Taylors Wines appear in the top 100 list for ‘Wines of the Year’, including the #1 most awarded wine with its 2014 Jaraman Shiraz.
Taylors was also recognised for the most awarded wines in the varietal categories for Chardonnay, Merlot and Shiraz.
Taylors Wines managing director Mitchell Taylor said the company sees wine competitions as an important way to benchmark itself.
“Australia produces some of the world’s most incredible wines and recent success in global competitions prove this. It’s an exciting result for our family, our winemaking team, the Clare Valley wine region and Australian wine as an industry,” he said.
Wolf Blass, Jacob’s Creek and McGuigan were also named in the Top 20 most awarded wineries globally by the World Ranking of Wines & Spirits (WRW&S) report, ranking 4th, 12th and 13th respectively.
The 2017 WRW&S report has developed an internationally recognised ranking system for global wine competitions, and international president of the WAWWJ Leonardo Castellani noted the performance of Australian wineries in this year’s ranking.
“The broader Australian presence is significant this year, with 21 Australian wines on the list of the top 100 wines in the world and a ranking of 5th on the list of most awarded countries,” he said.
