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WINE COMPETITIONS

Réal Wolfe
The President of Sélections Mondiales des Vins, an expert on
the Canadian market for alcoholic beverages, wine importer
and agent, head of dynamic growing wine agency specializing
in the development of prestige brands on Canadian market.

SÉLECTIONS MONDIALES

DES VINS, QUÉBEC

SMV Canada keeps a close watch on the fluid I really see the importance of giving more
trends of the international wine market, parti- detail to the judge panel to give a better chan-
cularly those making waves in North America. ce to make a better evaluation.
For my point of view the future of wine The wine world is changing. We have to fol-
contests is very promising but need to be low the trend to respect all the producers, the
more oriented to new ways to make wine tas- judges and also the consumers who will trust
ting. our recognition coming from the international
The blind tasting in the International wine wine contest from the world. We in Sélection
contest has to be reviewed to give more detail Mondiales des Vins Canada 2020 we started
about the samples offered to judges. this year to introduce this approach. We ask
The different methods of winemaking are the producers of the 2020 edition when they
more specific and will be more and more spe- make the registration to indicate the methods
cific in the near future and those methods classic, lutte raisonnée organic, biodynamic,
have to be identified to get a better evaluation nature wines.
of the wine samples in the international blind We got 30 % of wines presented in those
wine tasting. categories. When making the blind tasting we
Blind tasting in the international wines indicate the methods of vinification to judges
contest with wines coming from different me- just to inform them, not to influence them! The
thods like classic winemaking , lutte raisonné result was very interesting. The judges appre-
winemaking production, or nature winema- ciate this and I should say the wines received
king are very different and quality is also very more attention. This is not a scientific result
different there for all methods. But the final but shows the importance to adapt the wine
evaluation is different means about the per- tasting in the field to respect all participants in
ception of those wines can be interpreted dif- the wine producing and wine evaluating and
ferently! the final consumer ! ƅ
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