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The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards is a competition to celebrate the world’s finest wine communicators. The first edition took place in 2024 (see the 2024 finalists and winners here) and the 2025 edition is open for entries now.
There are six categories of award covering written, video and audio communication. It is free to enter, and we encourage everyone that communicates about wine to submit their work, from social media influencers to newspaper columnists. The prize for each winner is £2,000 and the title of Global Wine Communicator 2025 for their category.
Click here to enter the 2025 competition – or read on for more information.
67 Pall Mall is the world’s first private Members’ Club for wine lovers, with Clubs in London, Verbier and Singapore. As we expand into Bordeaux, Beaune, Melbourne, Hong Kong and beyond, the Awards is our way of supporting everyone that brings the love of wine to a wider audience.
Andrew Jefford has written for many British newspapers, including The Evening Standard (for ten years), The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times; he is today Contributing Editor and a regular columnist for both Decanter and The World of Fine Wine, as well as Academic Advisor to the Wine Scholar Guild. He writes a monthly wine column for The New Statesman. He is one of five Co-Chairs for the London-based Decanter World Wine Awards, the largest global wine competition. He has also broadcast extensively on wine, tea and other subjects for BBC Radio in the UK, and leads study tours in France for the Wine Scholar Guild. He has written twelve books and guides including The New France, Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course and Whisky Island (about the island of Islay). A book-length collection of his writings on wine, Drinking with the Valkyries, was published in September 2022. He and his family live near Montpellier, France.
Elaine serves as a writer, speaker, and global wine educator. Previously, Brown served as the Executive Editor US for JancisRobinson.com, a columnist for Decanter magazine, and a contributing writer to Wine & Spirits Magazine. They contributed to both the 4th and 5th editions of Oxford Companion to Wine, the 8th edition of the World Atlas of Wine, and the compilations On Burgundy and On California from Academie du Vin Library. Indigenous (Inupiaq and Unangan-Sugpiaq) from what is now Alaska, Brown has dedicated their career to the intersection of sustainability, climate action, and reducing gatekeeping in the wine industry. They co-founded the Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum and have advised diversity initiatives in multiple countries. Brown serves as a judge for the Texsom Awards and is a board member of the Wine Writer Symposium.
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Agnese Gintere is one of the leading wine experts in the Baltic States, with 18 years of experience in the wine industry. In 2017, Agnese became the first female winner of the Latvian Sommelier Championship. She later completed the prestigious WSET Diploma in Rust, Austria, and is currently a Stage Two student at the Institute of Masters of Wine. Agnese has been an active member of the Latvian Sommelier Association since 2018, where she has served on the board and contributed to the development of the Latvian wine scene. She has helped organise courses, masterclasses, guest lectures, and sommelier competitions in both Latvia and the Baltics. Agnese is also deeply involved with the local winemaking community, particularly in the development and assessment of hybrid grape varieties. In 2022, Agnese launched the YouTube channel No Sediment, now one of the largest wine education platforms in the region, with over 26,000 subscribers and 2.5 million total views. In 2023, she expanded No Sediment to include a podcast, frequently featuring prominent guests.
Anna Lee C. Iijima is a Japanese and American journalist and wine critic based in New York City. In addition to writing for the Chicago Tribune, she writes about wine, sake, food and culture for publications like Decanter, Wine Enthusiast , the Philadelphia Inquirer, RESY, Full Pour, the New Wine Review and others.
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Tyson Stelzer is a multi-award winning wine writer, television host and producer, author of 18 wine books, international keynote speaker and wine show chairman and judge. As a television presenter, Tyson is the host and producer of the People of the Vines series. He is the author of seven editions of The Champagne Guide, a regular columnist for many magazines, and a contributor to Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine. He is the creator and host of The Champagne Tour, the Advanced Champagne Certificate and of Taste Champagne, the biggest global champagne showcase, with events across Australia, the UK and Hong Kong. Tyson is the founder and director of Teen Rescue Foundation, a charity to actively discourage and reduce harmful alcohol use and its consequences among under-age teens. He has raised more than $500,000 for charities through his philanthropic initiatives over the past 13 years.
Sonal C Holland is the first and only Indian to be conferred the ‘Master of Wine’ (MW) – most respected title in the industry representing the highest standards of professional knowledge in the world. Through the span of her professional career, Sonal has tasted tens of thousands of wines, travelled across the globe to possibly every wine region, visited hundreds of wineries, spent time with legendary winemakers to hone her knowledge, and in turn, has mentored hundreds of aspirants and professionals to launch their wine careers in the Indian industry. Her distinguished career has earned her several accolades, including being featured in the list of Top 50 Most Powerful Women and Top 100 Most Influential People in Indian luxury. Sonal is widely celebrated as the Top Wine Personality in India by several eminent media publications and business houses. Sonal’s TEDx talk chronicles her journey from a conventional job at a Fortune 500 company to becoming ‘one in a billion’ as India’s leading wine voice. Her story is an inspiration to many who are seeking the courage to step out, own their dreams, act upon their ideas and achieve incredible things.
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Berkmann Wine Cellars are proud to be the largest family-owned and family-run wine importer in the UK. Founded in 1964 by restaurateur Joseph Berkmann, they began the transition to a fully fledged agency house in 1972 with the exclusive representation of Georges Duboeuf. The portfolio has since expanded to include iconic producers such as Antinori, Vega Sicilia and Ridge, while including a diverse selection of wineries both big and small from 20 countries. Berkmann distribute to all channels of the UK trade, with a particular emphasis on the hospitality sector, for whom their bespoke wine training programme, called Veraison, was specifically designed. A sister company was established in Brazil in 2015, with both teams headed up by second-generation family member and CEO Rupert Berkmann.
From the moment Gusbourne planted their first vines in 2004, their vision has been to create the finest vintage wines using grapes exclusively from their own vineyards.
They grow the highest quality Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes across the Gusbourne Estate, with 60 hectares in Appledore, Kent and 30 hectares next to the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. These predominantly Burgundian clones yield smaller volumes of intensely flavourful fruit, which thrive in our unique microclimates. This exceptional produce is the vital first ingredient in making their award-winning sparkling wines, all crafted using the traditional method.
Their debut vintages – Brut Reserve 2006 and Blanc de Blancs 2006 – were released in 2010 to critical acclaim, earning accolades from the world’s most exacting wine critics. Gusbourne sparkling and still wines continue to win prestigious national and international industry awards every year.
Lay & Wheeler is one of England’s oldest fine wine merchants, established in 1854. They are committed to offering the best fine wine experience out there, from buying to storing, selling and enjoying fine wine, they can help at every step.
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Entry Rules
1. Participants may enter up to three categories
1a. Entries must be made by the author/communicator themselves. Submitting entries on behalf of other people is not allowed
1b. Participants that submit content across all three disciplines (writing, video and audio) will automatically be considered for the Berkmann Award for Best All-Round Wine Communicator, which recognises communicators across all media
2. Each category allows a maximum of two content submissions
2a. Entrants can submit one form only. Multiple submissions are not allowed
3. Each submission link must point to a specific, individual piece of content
4. If your content is behind an online paywall or only appears in print, you must either:
>>> provide a username and password for us to access that content;
OR
>>> scan/upload the content and provide a link to it, using a URL that is not paywalled (eg a public link on Google Drive or Sharepoint)
5. Written entries:
5a. Written entries must be in English
5b. Any tasting notes will be included in the word count
5c. Long-form writing has a maximum word count of 25,000 words
6. Audio entries:
6a. Audio entries must be in English
6b. Guests appearing on audio entries (for example, as an interviewee on podcasts) can be considered for the Berkmann Award for Best All-Round Wine Communicator, but not for the Audio award itself
6c. For Audio entries that are co-hosted or co-produced, up to three participants can be named
7. Video entries:
7a. Video entries can be in languages other than English, if English subtitles are included
7b. Guests appearing on Video entries (for example, as an interviewee on YouTube videos) can be considered for the Berkmann Award for Best All-Round Wine Communicator, but not for the Video award itself
7c. For Video entries that are co-hosted or co-produced, up to three participants can be named
8. All entries must have been published between 4th March 2024 and 3rd March 2025
9. Submissions close on 9th March 2025, late entries will not be accepted
The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards is administered by our Head of Wine Asia, Richard Hemming. To send him an email, click here.
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