The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) today announces the medal results of its 13th edition, with 156 Gold and 237 Silver medals awarded to some of the world’s finest sparkling wines, reinforcing its reputation as one of the most rigorous and prestigious competitions of its kind.
All Gold and Silver medal winners can be found at the link below.
https://www.champagnesparklingwwc.co.uk/results/
This year, 1,000 sparkling wines from 18 countries were judged over 11 days at the iconic Goodnestone Park in Kent, England.
Italy once again topped the medal table, winning 87 Gold and 137 Silver medals. France followed with 31 Gold and 25 Silver medals. The UK ranked third, closely followed by Australia, while Hungary reached the top four for the first time in the competition’s history and Spain followed to make the top five. Countries relatively new to sparkling wine production, including China, Japan and Romania, also took home medals.
Judge Essi Avellan MW commented: “We were thrilled with the quality of the full range of wines tasted this year. This has been another strong year for results, once again demonstrating how exciting the sparkling wine industry is. It is not only the CSWWC’s mission to promote world-class wines, but also to discover and reward new and exciting wines from established and emerging regions across the world.”
Tom Stevenson, Founder and Chairman of the CSWWC, said: “Over 13 years, this competition has established beyond doubt who the very best sparkling winemakers around the world are, with their wines consistently winning top honours. Yet every year also brings success for new regions and for new producers in established regions. What is especially encouraging is that medal-winning wines come from both the largest and the smallest producers, from private enterprises and cooperatives, from long-established houses and newcomers, and, in recent years, from a growing number of organic producers.”
Stevenson added: “Although the CSWWC does not award medals below Silver, the judges identified 322 wines that came close to world-class status and would, in effect, have been worthy of Bronze.”
The Best in Class and Trophy winners will be revealed at this year’s CSWWC Awards Dinner on 29 October 2026 at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London.
