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Advanced Sommeliers
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MWs
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MSs
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The 2024 Golden Vines® Awards Winners
The 2024 Golden Vines® Best Fine Wine Producer in Europe Award Winner: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (Burgundy, France)
The 2024 Golden Vines® Best Fine Wine Producer in the Americas Award Winner: Harlan Estate (Napa Valley, California, USA)
The 2024 67 Pall Mall Golden Vines® Best Fine Wine Producer in the Rest of the World (Australasia, Africa, Asia & Middle East) Award Winner: Henschke (Eden Valley, Barossa Valley & Adelaide Hills, Australia)
The 2024 Robb Report Golden Vines® World’s Best Fine Wine Producer Award Winner: Vega Sicilia (Ribera del Duero, Spain)
The 2024 Opul Jets Golden Vines® World’s Best Rising Star Award Winner: The Sadie Family Wines (Swartland, South Africa)
The 2024 Barca-Velha Golden Vines® Innovation Award Winner: Familia Torres (Penedès & Priorat, Spain)
The 2024 Golden Vines® Hall of Fame Award Winner – awarded to a living individual for extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the production of fine wine, or for outstanding service to the world of fine wine: Jasper Morris MW (United Kingdom)
The 2024 Golden Vines® World’s Best Rare Spirit Brand Award Winner: The Macallan (Speyside, Scotland)
Additionally, one other Golden Vines® Awards was awarded by Gucci and The 2024 Golden Vines® Sustainability Award Judging Panel:
The 2024 Gucci Golden Vines® Sustainability Award Winner: Felton Road (Central Otago, New Zealand).
The 2024 Report Contributors
The Report contributors are first-class members of the global fine wine industry – including, but not limited to world-leading fine wine merchants, brokers, auction houses, private members’ clubs, wine writers, critics, and sommeliers. 1,200 respondents surveyed for the purposes of producing the 2024 Report are either based or operate in at least 100 countries – including, but not limited to:
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mocao, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Uruguay.