China awarded Silver medals on IWSC

The International Wine and Spirit Competitions’ 2011 Spirits results threw up some surprises following an increase in submissions across the board.

With products tasted completely blind, the competition saw grape brandies entered by a total of 19 countries.

Countries as diverse as England and China were awarded Silver medals, as well as some countries with a long but unheralded tradition of brandy distillation, such as Armenia and Bulgaria. Along with Italy, Australia and Canada picked up awards for grappa.

Worldwide whisky also lived up to its title, with eight countries gaining Gold: Scotland, Ireland, US, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Sweden and China.