2023 was our first year venturing into the world of canned wine, and we decided to enter our first canned vintage into a competition.
The objective of this wasn’t to receive any accolades, but more to benchmark our wines against some of the fantastic competitors in the UK and Europe and to get some external, professional feedback from experts and sommeliers who know the wine sector in the UK (as our wines have been perfected to the Italian standards and taste preferences, which can differ from country to country).
We therefore decided to enter our wines into the Independent Canned Wine Awards (ICWA 2024), which is a sister competition to the Independent English Wine Awards, which is well-established going into it’s seventh year.
Overseen by a Master of Wine and with blind judging to recognised world standards, the ICWA is a true test for any winery.
We were therefore over the moon to receive medals for all of our wines, with a gold, silver and bronze for the REFOSCO, SOLEI and ROSATO respectively.
Moreover, our REFOSCO in particular was the highest scoring in the competition making it the best canned wine in the UK and Europe!
This outstanding result further highlights our commitment to showing the world that exceptional, craft wines can also be sustainable from grape to glass.