Result Announcement

The 11th “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards judging sessions were held in Osaka on January 25th, at Hotel Nikko Osaka and Tokyo on February 1st, at Hotel Gajoen Tokyo.

A total of 430 judges, all women in the Japanese wine industry, judged 4,023 items from 27 countries.

324 items were awarded “Double Gold”, 1,441 items were awarded “Gold”, 682 items were awarded “Silver”, and a total of 2,447 items were honored with awards.

In addition, 61 of outstanding items from the "Double Gold" were honored with the "Diamond Trophy".

There are also “Special Awards”, which consists of 8 sub-categories, and “Best Pairing Wine for Asian Cuisine” consists of 9 sub-categories.
“Special Awards” are selected from Gold or Double Gold awarded items, and “Best Pairing Wine for Asian Cuisine” are selected from all the award-winning items.
This year, 103 items have been awarded with “Special Awards” and 383 items have been awarded with the “Best Pairing Wine for Asian Cuisine”.

Furthermore, the items with the highest score in each category were awarded the title of “Grand Prix”.

• Results - DT, DG, G, S
• Results - Special Awards and its Grand Prix
  Woman Wine Maker of the year, Japanese Wine of the year(Grand Prix), Rose Wine, Great Value Sparkling Wine, Dessert Wine, Orange Wine, Fortfied Wine, Lesser-Kown Grape Varieties and Cost Performance Wine
• Results - Special Awards and its Grand Prix: Best Paring Wine for Japanese and Asian Cuisine