Article extracted from Meiningers International
The excitement mounted perceptibly when the doors to Meininger Verlag’s spacious tasting room in Neustadt on the German Wine Route opened on the first day and members of the jury settled at the tasting tables. This was no surprise given that this major tasting comprised a total of 450 wines from 17 categories, under the leadership of experts on Spanish wines Christoph Nicklas and David Schwarzwälder.
On the first two days of tastings, the enthusiastic and focused jury tasted all the wines blind, as a result of which the panel of experts would weed out the 100 best wines receiving the highest marks. On the final day of tasting it was the turn of the master jury, composed of many renowned international experts, including some of the world’s most recognized tasters, such as Sarah Jane Evans MW, Doug Frost MW MS, Almudena Alberca MW, Pedro Ballesteros MW and Spanish expert Beth Willard, who thoroughly examined the wines in these categories again. Every single one of these top growths was described in detail, so that the winners in each of the prize categories could be crowned in order to sport the “Grand Gold – Wines from Spain Awards Champion“ medal. Those wines that made it to the final day can proudly display the “Gold-Wines from Spain Award Top 100 Winner“ medal.