The International Wine & Spirit Competition are pleased to announce the much anticipated International Wine & Spirit Competition’s 2013 Argentina, Chile and South Africa results! Our expert panel of judges have been tasting, scoring and deliberating since the beginning of July and have only awarded medals to the very best wines. The process of awarding medals is rigorous at the IWSC – view our judging video here to see why. Those that achieve a certain score from the judges are sent for chemical analysis; an important step considering that in some instances, high scoring wines can be completely rejected. South Africa fared very well and the list of results can be located here. Deserving of a special mention, Gold Outstanding was awarded to: Van Ryn's Distillers Reserve 12 YO Oude Meester Reserve 12 YO Nederburg Private Bin Edelkeur 2007 Van Ryn's Fine Cask Reserve 15 YO Oude Meester Souverein 18 YO Commando Brandy Van Ryn's Collectors Reserve 20 YO Mellow-Wood Brandy Nederburg Solera Potstilled Grape Brandy 3 YO Nederburg Private Bin R163 Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Durbanville Hills Rhinofields Noble Late Harvest 2012 Franschhoek Vineyard Shiraz 2010 Groot Constantia Grand Constance 2010