A total of 866 wine and distillate samples will compete for awards at the Thessaloniki International Wines & Spirit Competition, an annual event begun in 1999 that opened in the northern city on Tuesday and will run until Friday, February 22, ANA reports.
The entries will be sampled by a panel of 25 Greek as well as foreign judges, of whom five are Masters of Wine. Greek Master of Wine Constantine Lazarakis is presiding over the event, joined by four Masters of Wine from abroad: Germany’s Konstantin Baum, Sweden’s Madeleine Stenwreth, Switzerland’s Paul Liversedge and the United Kingdom’s Emma Dawson. They will also be accompanied by Master Sommelier Stefan Neumann, from the United Kingdom.
Of the 25 judges, 10 will attend from Brazil, Cyprus, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom, with the rest being Greek.
Besides Greece, the samples will feature 832 wines from Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and France. All of the 34 wine distillates originate in Greece and Cyprus. This year’s sample number is 16% higher than that of the 2018 competition.
More information is available at: https://www.tiwc.gr
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