Louis Latour Agencies

People’s Choice Wine Awards

02 March 2019

We are delighted to announce that we had three winners at the People’s Choice Wine Awards Ceremony earlier this week.

Not only did Simonnet-Febvre win with their Crémant de Bourgogne in the Fabulous Fizz – Sparkling Wine, Rest of the World category. But Wakefield also won on the night in two categories! Their St Andrews Shiraz 2016 won ‘One Man and His BBQ’ and The Pioneer won in the ‘Blow Out’ category. The winner for each category walked away with the ‘winning limited-edition cartoon of their category’, created by Tony Husband.

The ceremony was held on Monday 25th February in Manchester and Stephanie Ward was there to receive the three awards on behalf of Simonnet-Febvre and Wakefield. 

The People’s Choice Wine Awards (PCWA) was launched in 2017 and gives the consumer the opportunity to vote for the wines they like. The first round is judged by a panel made up of WSET Students and everyday wine enthusiasts. These judges shortlist the wines. The second-round panel is made from a combination of five ‘supertasters’ (best amateur judges from Round 1) along with consumer campions in the trade, wine journalists and friendly experts. Round two judges include Kate Goodman, Amelia Singer, Judy Kendrick, Brian Elliott, Lisa Moreton, Peter Ranscombe, Sorcha Holloway, Mike Turner, Sumita Sarma and Tony Husband.

All the winners for all categories can be found on the People’s Choice Wine Awards website here.