{"id":18905,"date":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winesofportugal.leadershipbt.com\/media\/noticias\/wines-of-portugal-awarded-in-decanter-world-wine-awards\/"},"modified":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"wines-of-portugal-awarded-in-decanter-world-wine-awards","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/winesofportugal.leadershipbt.com\/en\/media\/news\/wines-of-portugal-awarded-in-decanter-world-wine-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Wines of Portugal awarded in Decanter World Wine Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 edition of Decanter World Wine Awards awarded 578 Portuguese wines. The fortified wines Verdelho Blandy&#8217;s 1979, from Madeira wine region and the Moscatel Bacalh\u00f4a 2013, from Pen\u00ednsula de Set\u00fabal took two of the \u201cplatinum \u2013 best in show\u201d medals, previously known as international trophies. Portugal also totaled 7 Platinum medals, 33 Gold, 127 Silver and 229 Bronze medals. France was the nation with more \u201cplatinum \u2013 best in show\u201d medals (9), having been ahead of Chile (6), Spain (4) and Australia (3). In Portugal, the most awarded wine region was Porto and Douro with 255 medals, followed by the Alentejo with 139 medals. Out of nearly 16,000 wines tasted were judged blind by 240 of the world\u2019s best palates, including 69 Masters of Wine and 26 Master Sommeliers, during one week at London\u2019s Tobacco Dock. Platinum \u2013 Best in Show Verdelho Blandy&#8217;s 1979, Madeira Moscatel Bacalh\u00f4a 2013, Pen\u00ednsula de Set\u00fabal Platinum Moscatel 5 years NV, Bacalh\u00f4a, Pen\u00ednsula de Set\u00fabal Bulas 2011, Porto Duque de Bragan\u00e7a, 20 Year Old Tawny NV, Ferreira, Porto Colheita Kopke, 1941, Porto Finest Reserve NV, Marks And Spencer, Porto P\u00eara-Grave, Reserva 2013, Alentejo Alvarinho Soalheiro 2015, Mon\u00e7\u00e3o e Melga\u00e7o, Vinho Verde The DWWA 2016 results are available online at Decanter&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tipo_de_noticias":[168],"class_list":["post-18905","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","hentry","tipo_de_noticias-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wines of Portugal awarded in Decanter World Wine Awards - Wines of Portugal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wines of Portugal awarded in Decanter World Wine Awards - Wines of Portugal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2016 edition of Decanter World Wine Awards awarded 578 Portuguese wines. 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