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The International Value Wine Awards or IVWA are held annually each summer in Calgary, Alberta. The competition has the specific goal of determining the finest value wines in the world available to Canadians. The awards are organized and operated by Wine Access magazine; results of the competition are released on 1 October to the competition’s website,〔()〕 and published in Wine Access magazine's October/November issue. ==History== In June 2006 Wine Access held the first ever International Value Wine Awards. The awards focused only on wines that retail for less than CDN $25 a price category that accounts for 97% of wine purchases by volume in Canada. In its first year, the IVWA judged nearly 1,000 wines from 17 countries.〔(2006 IVWA Press Release )〕 Awards were organized by varietal or style and by country of origin. The highest rated red wine was Château Sainte-Eulalie 2003 La Cantilène, from the Minervois appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in Languedoc, France. La Cantilène is a blend of 55% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 15% Carignan.〔()〕 It was awarded a score of 91 points. The highest rated white was Goundrey 2005 Homestead Unwooded Chardonnay from Western Australia; it scored 90 points. In 2007 the awards returned to Calgary and again saw just under 1000 wines entered from 271 different wineries in 14 different countries.〔(IVWA press release 2007 )〕 Unlike the previous year, overall best red and best white awards were not handed out. The highest scoring red in 2007 was Nugan Estate 2005 McLaren Parish Shiraz from McLaren Vale, South Australia; and the highest scoring white was Cathedral Cellar 2005 Chardonnay from Paarl, South Africa. Each wine scored 92 points. In 2008 the awards saw 1067 wines entered. Again, wines were compared against others of the same varietal or style. Results will be released on October 1, 2008 on the IVWA website and published in the October/November issue of Wine Access magazine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Value Wine Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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