If you are following my Instagram and Facebook account, you have probably seen that I am campaigning next to a Wine Competition, the The Paris Wine Cup. This competition is different then the others and that is why I would pay more attention to it! It is only the first year of it but I am sure we will hear about it the coming years.
I would like to explain the differences and uniqueness of PWC and why we should taste the wines awarded by their medals.
“The Paris Wine Cup aims to recognize, reward and promote wine brands that have successfully been created to identify with and target a specific wine drinker. For any wine brand to earn its place on a retailer’s shelf or a restaurant’s wine list – and then vitally stay there – they need to be marketable and consumer driven and not just produced in the general hope it can find enough people willing to sell and buy it.” (by the PWC website)
That is why the Paris Wine Cup is different. Because it is not only a blind tasting to find the best wines but scores the value by quality and the packaging too. And you know that I am all in for a good value by quality wine! We cannot afford to always buy the most expensive bottle on the shelf.
Let’s see the scoring system:
- Q (Quality Score) + Value Score (V) + Package Score (P) = Paris Wine Cup Score.
- A separate weighted score will be given for each of the three parts of the judging process. The scores will be added up to give a final score from which individual prizes will be awarded.
- Quality Score: will be marked out of 50
- Value Score: will be marked out of 25
- Package Score: will be marked out of 25
- Double Gold: to receive a Double Gold medal you need to score 96 and above
- Gold: to receive a Gold medal you need to score 90-95
- Silver: you need to score between 76-89.
- Bronze: you need to score between 65-75.
As we can see the quality of the wine is the most important which is obvious in my opinion but than they can’t ask too much or a too cheap price for the wine in question. It will mean to us as consumers that if we will see a bottle in the winestore or in the restaurant with a WCP medal on it, preferably gold or silver, it is a good quality wine for the price you are about to pay for it. I know I won’t hesitate when I see one to buy and try it! And you will know about my tasting notes too!
If you want to check out the winners of this year, just click HERE and have a great tasting!
