The Shortlist - People's Choice Wine Awards

It's today - finally - it's today. - whoo hoo ! 

The shortlisted wines for the People's Choice Wine Awards have been announced. What awards?

Well if you have to ask you must be a new visitor to Aimetu's - hello - and not (yet) a follower on Twitter or Instagram ..... because I have not stopped posting about this since taking part in early October.

I was delighted (shocked but delighted) to be chosen to be a judge in Round 1 of the People's Choice Wine Awards and to my utter surprise I was selected as a Supertaster and asked to judge Round 2 too!

Round 2 Judges

All the excitement and details of both days can be found here in my People's Choice Wine Awards blog post.

So today, with great excitement, the shortlisted wine's in each category have been announced ..... and here they are:

Out of the Ordinary

• South East Wineries Ltd: Sedlescombe Rosé Brut
• Waitrose: Villa Blanche Terret Blanc
• BIB Wine: Weingut Sraka Blaufrankisch
• Concho y Toro: 1000 Stories Bourbon Barrel Fermented Zinfandel

Boxing Clever

• Off-Piste Wines: Most Wanted Sauvignon Blanc Bag in Box
• The Wine Society: Domaine Jaume Cotés-du-Rhone
• Concho y Toro: Isla Negra Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz

War of the Roses

• Invivo Wines: Graham Norton's Own Pink by DesiGN Rosé
• BIB Wine: Domaine of the Bee 'Bee Pink'
• Rude Wines: Domaine de Pellehaut Family Reserve Rosé
• Concho y Toro; Adorada

Fabulous Fizz - Best Champagne

• Asda: Asda Extra Special Louis Bernard Vintage Champagne
• Champagne Jacques Chaput: Jacques Chaput Blanc-de-Noirs
• The Wine Society: The Society's Champagne Brut NV

Fabulous Fizz - Best Sparkling Wine (Rest of the World)

• Louis Latour: Cremant de Bourgogne Brut
• Rude Wines: Rude Prosecco Brut DOC
• Seckford Agencies: Bird in Hand Sparkling Pinot Noir

One Man and his BBQ

• Domaine of the Bees: Grenashista
• Wakefield/Taylors: St Andrew's Shiraz
• Wakefield/Taylors: Jaraman Shiraz
• The Wine Society: The Society's Exhibition Pinotage, Stellenbosch

Party Central

• Off-Piste Wines: Most Wanted Pinot Grigio Pink Fizz (cans)
• Treasury Wine Estates: 19 Crimes Red Blend
• Rude Wines: Escada Touriga Nacional

Food Friendly Wines - Red for Light Meals

• Wakefield/Taylors: Promised Land Shiraz
• Rude Wines: Albert Bichot Coteaux Bourguignons
• The Wine Society: The Society's Beaujolais-Villages 

Pizza Night

• Asda: Asda Extra Special Primitivo
• Cellier des Dauphins: Les Dauphins Cotes du Rhone Reserve Red
• The Wine Society: The Society's Barbera d'Asti Superiore

Girls Night In

• Invivo Wines: Graham Norton's own SauviGNon Blanc
• Iceland: Chateau de Champteloup, Brut
• Fitz Wine: FITZ
• Treasury Wine Estates: Blossom Hill, Pale Rosé

Fabulous Fizz - Best Sparkling Wine (UK)

• Waitrose: Leckford Estate Brut
• The Wine Society: The Society's Exhibition English Sparkling Wine
• Lyme Bay Winery: Lyme Bay Winery Sparkling Rosé

Heavy Duty

• The Wine Society: Blind Spot Rutherglen Muscat
• Raymond Reynolds: Vinhos Barbeito-Malvasia 5yr old Reserva Maderia
• Raymond Reynolds: Sivipa-Moscatel de Setubal

Food Friendly Wines - Red for Easy Weekday Meals

• Iceland: Rabo de Gallo
• Ian Botham Wines: The Botham All Rounder Cabernet Sauvignon
• Treasury Wine Estates: Lindeman's Bin 50 Shiraz 

Bargain Buys

• Concho y Toro: Isla Negra Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon
• Concho y Toro: Vina Maipa Merlot
• The Wine Society: Vina Santico Carmenére

Food Friendly Wines - Red for Hearty Meals

• Berkmann: Masi Campofiorin
• Asda: Orbitali Amarone Della Valpolicella
• The Wine Society: The Society's Exhibition Rioja Reserva
• Seckford Agencies: The Boxer Shiraz 

Food Friendly Wines - White for Lighter Meals

• Invivo Wines: Invivo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
• Iceland: Doubtful Sound Sauvignon Blanc
• Seckford Agency: The Edge Pinot Gris
• Benchmark Drinks, Botham Wines: The All Rounder Chardonnay

Sweets for My Sweet

• Gem Wines: Eleganza
• Seckford Agencies: Stanley Noble Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc
• The Wine Society: The Society's Exhibition Sauternes

Food Friendly Wines - White for Aromatic & Asian Meals

• The Wine Society: The Society's Exhibition Alsace Gewurztraminer
• Aldi: Exquisite Collection Clare Valley Riesling
• Cono Sur Wines: Cono Sur Bicicleta Gewurztraminer
• Taylors Wines: St Andrew's Chardonnay

Food Friendly Wines - White for Light Meals with Sauces

• Rude Wines: Michel Fonné Riesling Tradition
• Concho y Toro: Cono Sur Bicicleta Viognier
• Treasury Wine Estates: Wolf Blass Yellow Label Chardonnay

Blow Out!

• Il Colle Srl Azienda Vitivinicola: Colle Baio
• Berkmann Wines: Famille Brocard Chablis
• Treasury Wines: Wolf Blass Gold Label Riesling
• Taylors WInes: The Pioneer Shiraz
• The Wine Society: Exhibition Barolo

Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted wines that were submitted by high street supermarkets, independent wine shops, importers, suppliers and producers. There are many on the list I have enjoyed in the past and a few I have already chosen for our next Wine Tasting Night at our Scout Group.

I'm sure all the Round 1 and Round 2 judges will be as excited as me to finally see which wines we were tasting and chose as the finalists, no labels were seen during the two days, it was all very intriguing. 

It was lovely to meet everyone, many thanks to Janet Harrison. Hopefully we will meet again at the Award's Night at The Comedy Store in Manchester on 25th February 2019. 

Artwork by Tony Husband