Onderstaand het persbericht over de Turkish Wine Challenge (TWC) 2025. “De Turkish Wine Challenge is de enige internationale wijnwedstrijd van Turkije die wereldwijde wijnexpertise samenbrengt met een focus op de rijke en snel evoluerende wijnscene van de regio. Met de Turkish Wine Challenge wordt de diversiteit en kwaliteit van Turkse wijnen gevierd, maar het event staat ook open voor wijnhuizen van over de hele wereld. Dit maakt de TWC niet alleen een showcase van het Turkse wijnerfgoed, maar ook een bruisend, internationaal platform waar producenten wereldwijd bekendheid kunnen krijgen, kunnen concurreren en contacten kunnen leggen.” – Serhat Narsap, initiator van de Turkish Wine Challenge.

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Turkish Wine Challenge

Turkish Wine Challenge® – (TWC), Turkiye’s first and only wine competition with international standards, took place on 22nd May 2025 in London, UK. The fifth edition of TWC was successfully delivered by an expert jury of 9 members hailing from the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Czechia, Turkiye, Germany, Slovakia and Cyprus.

Turkish and Italian wines won most of the awards in this year’s competition. This was the first year that  North Cyprus participated. The medal achievements were determined by blind tasting, which was carried out only with the knowledge of the residual sugar and the vintage.

This year, 12 Grand Gold, 28 Gold and 15 Silver medals were awarded. Turkiye was awarded with 23 medals, Italy with 16 medals and Czechia with 14 medals, being the top three countries in the medal ranking.

Top awards of TWC2025 are as follows:

  • The Czechia wine producer Obelisk won the “TWC2025 Trophy” award with sparkling wine Pinot – Chardonnay 2021.
  • Turkish producer USCA from Urla won the “TWC2025 Best Red” with Sonnet 23 Foça Karası & Syrah 2023.
  • The “TWC 2025 Best Rosé” award went to Italian producer Amor Vitae with Syrah Rosé 2024.
  • The “TWC2025 Best White” was awarded to producer Kolby from Czechia with Ryzlink Rynsky 2022 Premium.

Jury member Patricia Stefanowicz Master of Wine said “The quality of wine entries at the Turkish Wine Challenge gets better every year with some of the outstanding wines presented in our panel. With an international panel of judges, the Turkish Wine Challenge includes both men and women for balanced judging, and keeps the female-to-male ratio at 70% each year, reflecting how the growth and influence of women in wine has expanded in recent years. This is a competition not to be missed, and we are looking forward to the next edition in 2026.”

TWC jury 2025

Jury TWC 2025, on the left Patricia Stefanowicz MW

Turkish Wine Challenge® is an international wine competition held by London-based Sonvino Ltd. The competition awards only Grand Gold, Gold and Silver medals with blind tasting to 100 point based scores.Further details of all medal winning wines of TWC2025 can be found at www.turkishwinechallenge.org