Taste Wine Park’s IWA 2022 Winners!

October 25, 2022

Taste Wine Park’s IWA 2022 Winners!

Wine Park’s ferments won big at IWA 2022 and we invite to open and discover our grand winners during the celebratory season

The Indian Wine Awards returned from its hiatus for its fourth edition, coinciding with Prowine Mumbai, the leading wine and spirits exhibition, recognizing and celebrating India’s finest ferments. And Wine Park was right up there, winning two awards for Best In Show and scooping up 13 gold and 14 silver medals for its sublime collection. IWA 2022 selected its winners based on a rigorous blind tasting of over 410 wines by a prestigious jury featuring the industry’s finest palates. The IWA jury including IWA chairperson Sonal Holland, industry veteran Alok Chandra, and WSET trainer Sovna Puri blindtasted all of the wines at the Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai. In total, 30 wines were recognized as Best-in-show — wines that scored 95 points and above while there were 77 Gold winners (90 to 94 points) and and 117 Silver medal winners that scored between (85 to 89 points) . So IWA was serious as was the rigorous judging process. So the hype and the accolades are totally legit and we invite you to discover and take in our winners from Wine Park’s handpicked collection of perennially loved wines.

And if you’re planning on opening that full bodied red wine you’ve been saving up, then take things up a notch with a crystal decanter that will make the shy bottled red open up like a champ. Please don’t forget that invisible but significant element of service temperature. Do have an ice bucket handy in the living room to keep the wines well cooled throughout the shindig and be mindful of serving temperatures – 10 to 12 degrees for the white and sparkling and 15 to 17 degrees for the reds. Finally, who doesn’t love some cheese to match with the wine – go on, throw in the ‘uber’ element with a tasty cheese platter to pair with wines. We’re listing it all down for you to get it started.

Wines For All Palates

First up, the indispensable essential – the wine itself. Now there’s a cardinal mistake in selection that even amateur wine experts land up making, nevermind the rank beginner. They buy up wines to try to impress their guests rather than just pour out something everyone will enjoy. Yes, wine is fascinating because of the panoply of flavours and styles, but hey, it’s a party – just pick a bunch of ferments that most people will enjoy sipping. So get some easy drinking and straight up fruity wines – crisp whites, light sparklers, refreshing rose and elegant reds. We’ve picked out a range of approachable wines that will please a variety of palalates. There won’t be an empty glass in the house.

Sparkling Wines

Bisol, BELSTAR Cult, Prosecco Extra Dry NV

Man Family Sparkling Chenin Blanc, 2021

White Wines

Susana Balbo, Crios Torrontes 2020

Robertson Winery, Natural Sweet White Wine NV

Rose Wines

AIX Provence Rose 2021

Matias Riccitelli, Hey Rosé 2021

Red Wines

Man Family Wines, Merlot, Jan Fiskaal 2021

Dog Point, Pinot Noir 2019

Needing Glasses

Yes you do, Wine glasses are essential, party or otherwise. Wine has to be consumed in a wine glass. This isn’t a snobbish refrain – it’s a simple fact that stands on solid scientific ground though we won’t agonise you with detail, Crystal wine glasses ensure that you taste wine at its best – its curvaceous architecture allows the wine to open up and breath while also determining where the wine lands on your palate. So simply take our word for it – hold the rock glasses and line up the good looking wine glasses. Browse our range of curated Lucaris glasses:

Decanter With Style

You must wonder if we’re taking this a touch too far. Most people are still bemused by the fuss over wine glasses but we’re raising the ante by trotting out the decanter. A crystal decanter apart from being a curvaceous piece of art serves a vital purpose – making that extra special bottle of red wine taste at its very best. So uncork that red you’ve been saving up and plunge it into the decanter that will unlock the aged wine’s aromas and flavours. And just see what the shapely vessel will do for your wine creds as you graciously pour the ferment from decanter into the keenly held empty glasses. Alright! Buy your decanter now at :

Cheese Pairings

So we’re not trying to convert your chilled out wine party into an elite wine soiree with the ‘wine and cheese’ thing. It’s actually quite delicious and a lot of fun. Wine teems with intense flavours while cheese has a good amount of fat content. The delectable interplay between wine’s intense flavours and cheese’s texture and fat content is a sensory gift that keeps only giving so why not receive and relish. Cheese allows your palate to pick up on the wine’s many flavours while softening sharp elements like high acid and tannins. Refreshing sparkling wine is a great foil for brie and feta cheese. Acidic white wines pair nicely with richly textured cheese like gouda and cheddar. Bring on burrata mozzarella for the roses while red wines are an ideal for aged cheeses like parmesan and pecorino. Time to popular the cheese platter.