{"id":21872,"date":"2025-05-30T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lustau.es\/?p=21872"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:12:30","slug":"lustau-shines-brighter-than-ever-at-the-international-wine-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lustau.es\/en\/news\/lustau-shines-brighter-than-ever-at-the-international-wine-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lustau shines brighter than ever at the International Wine  Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div id=\"gap-2056607893\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2056607893 {\n  padding-top: 4px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1043px\" id=\"row-382965293\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1664908115\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<p align=\"justify\" font-size=\"16px;\"><strong>Once again, it is the most awarded Spanish winery, earning 4 \u2018Trophies\u2019 and 40 prizes\u201413 of them gold medals across all Lustau wine ranges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Jerez, May 29, 2025. Bodegas Lustau<\/strong> has once again emerged as <strong>the most awarded Spanish winery<\/strong> at the 42nd edition of the <strong>International Wine Challenge,<\/strong> going beyond its 2024 performance. This prestigious global competition, recognized as one of the most influential in the wine world and featuring entries from countries across the globe, has just announced its 2025 winners in London.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Lustau receivedfour \u2018Trophies\u2019, <\/strong>the highest distinction awarded by the competition. <strong>Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa,<\/strong> a biologically aged wine, won the Manzanilla Sherry Trophy; <strong>Lustau A\u00f1ada 1995, <\/strong>a rare vintage Palomino wine from the Jerez region, claimed the <strong>Medium Sherry Trophy;<\/strong> and <strong>Lustau Amontillado Botaina <\/strong>achieved a historic double win, taking both the <strong>Amontillado Trophy<\/strong> and the prestigious <strong>Sherry Trophy,<\/strong> awarded to the best sherry overall.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Once again, Lustau has broken its own record set last year, increasing its total to 40 awards, including 13 gold medals. These 13 golds span the entire Lustau portfolio, making it the Spanish winery with the most gold medals at this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>&#8220;Having all our ranges awarded with gold medals reflects our commitment to quality and is an incredible recognition of the daily work we do at the winery,&#8221;<\/em> said Sergio Mart\u00ednez, oenologist and cellar master at Bodegas Lustau, who has been named Fortified Winemaker of the Year by IWC on six occasions. This year\u2019s nominees for that special category will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Lustau once again stood out for the excellence of its <strong>VORS range, <\/strong>considered the most extensive in the Jerez region, winning gold medals for five of its VORS wines. Also recognized were entries from its specialties collection, including PX Murillo Centenario, a wine bottled in 1996 to commemorate the winery\u2019s first centenary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lustau wines awarded Gold Medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    \u2022 Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau Pedro Xim\u00e9nez San Emilio<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau Almacenista Juan Garc\u00eda Jarana Oloroso Pata de Gallina<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau Almacenista Gonz\u00e1lez Obreg\u00f3n Oloroso del Puerto<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau Pedro Xim\u00e9nez Murillo Centenario<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau A\u00f1ada 1995<br \/>\n    \u2022 Amontillado Botaina<br \/>\n    \u2022 Irresistible Pedro Xim\u00e9nez<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau VORS Palo Cortado<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau VORS Oloroso<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau VORS Cream<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau VORS Moscatel<br \/>\n    \u2022 Lustau VORS Pedro Xim\u00e9nez<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">These results further emphasize Spain\u2019s influence on the international stage, with the country ranking <strong>second in total medal count. <\/strong>Once again, the competition showcased the <strong>outstanding quality of Sherry wines: 20 of the 32 gold medals awarded to Spanish wines went to Sherries,<\/strong> reaffirming their place among the world\u2019s finest wines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, it is the most awarded Spanish winery, earning 4 \u2018Trophies\u2019 and 40 prizes\u201413 of them gold medals across all Lustau wine ranges Jerez, May 29, 2025. Bodegas Lustau has once again emerged as the most awarded Spanish winery at the 42nd edition of the International Wine Challenge, going beyond its 2024 performance. 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