Liquid Icons – the fine wine research and content production company founded by the late, great Gerard Basset OBE MW MS and his friend Lewis Chester DipWSET – are delighted to announce the nominees for the Golden Vines Hall of Fame award and Golden Vines Innovation award.
The winners, along with other Golden Vines Award winners, will be given their Golden Vines Trophies at a fundraising event to be held at Annabel’s Private Members’ Club, London’s pre-eminent private members’ club, on 7 October 2021.
The not-for-profit Golden Vines Awards will recognise and uphold excellence in the fine wine industry and raise funds for The Gerard Basset Wine Education Charitable Foundation with the aim of funding diversity and inclusion-related wine education programmes, including the headline Golden Vines Diversity Scholarship, Internship & Mentorship Programmes.
The Golden Vines Awards will be awarded to the world’s best fine wine producers as voted by leading members of the global fine wine industry in The Gerard Basset Global Fine Wine Report produced by Liquid Icons, with polling opening yesterday, 8th March 2021.
The Golden Vines Awards categories, independently adjudicated by Deloitte LLP, are:
- The Golden Vines Best Fine Wine Producer in Europe Award
- The Golden Vines Best Fine Wine Producer in the Americas Award
- The Golden Vines Best Fine Wine Producer in the Rest of the World (Australasia, Africa, Asia & Middle East) Award
- The Golden Vines World’s Best Fine Wine Producer Award
- The Golden Vines World’s Best Rising Star Award
- The Golden Vines Innovation Award
- The Golden Vines Hall of Fame Award – awarded to a living individual for extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the production of fine wine, or for outstanding service to the world of fine wine
For each award leading members of the fine wine industry nominate who they want to win. However, for The Golden Vines Hall of Fame Award and The Golden Vines Innovation Award, 5 pre-listed nominees have been put forward, although there is an option for an alternative nominee should the voter wish to nominate someone else. Every Award Winner will be given The Golden Vines Award Trophy, designed and produced in collaboration with Amorim Cork.
The pre-listed nominees for the Golden Vines Hall of Fame Award are:
- Aubert de Villaine, Domaine de la Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (France) Paul Draper, Former Head Winemaker, Ridge Vineyards (USA)
- Peter Gago, Penfolds (Australia)
- Richard Geoffroy, Former Chef de Cave, Dom Pérignon (France) Roberto Conterno, Giacomo Conterno (Italy)
The pre-listed nominees for the Golden Vines Innovation Award are:
- Amorim Cork Coravin
- International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)
- UC Davis Department of Viticulture & Enology, California Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)
About Liquid Icons
Liquid Icons is a fine wine research and content production company founded by two friends to “do stuff in wine” – the late, great Gerard Basset OBE MW MS and Lewis Chester DipWSET. We create first-class original content and research about the world’s greatest fine wines and spirits. Our work encompasses motion picture, industry research, recognition and celebration of wine and spirits excellence, charitable and fundraising activities, as well as educational initiatives.
https://liquidicons.com
About Gerard Basset Wine Education Charitable Foundation:
Set up to honour the legacy and memory of Gerard Basset OBE MW MS by addressing the wine industry’s most pressing issues through education, training & mentorship, the Gerard Basset Wine Education Charitable Foundation comprises a multidisciplinary team of industry-leading professionals as its Trustees: Nina Basset FIH, Romané Basset, Lewis Chester DipWSET, Ian Harris MBE DipWSET, and Jancis Robinson OBE MW.
https://gerardbassetfoundation.org
About Annabel’s
Annabel’s is an all day and all-night Private Members’ Club in Mayfair, London. At its core, the club is a place to entertain and be entertained. With a timeless combination of comfort, glamour and intimacy, the Club continually strives to create an atmosphere that is as unforgettable and celebratory as ever, for a diverse, eclectic and cosmopolitan membership.
The historic private members club has earned a global reputation founded on superb service, exclusive ambience, first class cuisine and unparalleled entertainment.
In 2018 Annabel’s opened the doors to its much-anticipated new home, a Grade I listed Georgian mansion house at 46 Berkeley Square. Set across 26,000 square feet and positioned just two doors down from where it all began in 1963.
The Club has five restaurants for its members and their guests to enjoy, including a garden restaurant with retracting glass roof and ‘The Mexican’ a restaurant serving innovative Mexican cuisine. In 2019, the club added new Italian restaurant, Matteo’s. Complete with decadent interiors – a striking homage to the original Annabel’s – the restaurant is home to the world's biggest selection of Sassicaia, Monfortino, and Dom Pérignon.
https://annabels.co.uk