Wine: Challenging winners
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Your support makes all the difference.AS WELL as gold medals, the IWC also selects wines of the year, based on value as well as quality. This year's Challenge Wines of the Year were: 1988 Tinto da Anfora, Portugal, pounds 4.55 Waitrose, pounds 4.59 Majestic; 1990 Stratford Zinfandel, California, pounds 3.99 Victoria Wine, pounds 3.75 Majestic; 1991 La Serre Chardonnay, pounds 3.98 Bibendum, London NW1, pounds 3.99 Victoria Wine; 1992 Errazuriz Sauvignon Blanc, pounds 3.99 Oddbins, pounds 4.19 Victoria Wine; 1991 Hardy Bird series Gewurztraminer Riesling, pounds 4.79 Safeway, pounds 4.99 Augustus Barnett.
Wine Merchants of the Year joint award: Adnams and Wine Rack; wine list: Oddbins; regional chain: Fuller and Smith and Turner; national chain: Wine Rack; mail order: Adnams and the Wine Society; supermarket: Safeway; 'Going Places': Gateway.
A full list of all trophies, medals and merchant awards along with commentary is in the October issue of Wine magazine.
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