Who won the medals?

This year an incredible 1,274 different wines from 176 wineries were entered into the New World Wine Awards competition for wines retailing under $25.

They were judged using the same internationally recognised 100 point scoring system as other leading wine shows, which benchmarks entries against what a perfect wine should be like. This ensures the Top 50 Gold medal winners are the best example of their type and a Gold medal wine in the New World Wine Awards is held to the same standard as any other Gold medal wine.

The only difference with this competition is that accessibility and affordability of the wines are key criteria for entry. All wines entered must retail for $25 or less a bottle* and at least 4,000 bottles must be available for sale, or 2,000 bottles for emerging varietals.

The wines were judged by an independent panel of 17 expert wine judges who blind-tasted and evaluated the wines over three days. This means judges only see the wine in the glass, never any bottles or brands. All they know is the varietal, vintage and country of origin.

All the medal-winning wines are shown below or you can download a pdf here. We hope you enjoy browsing the amazing breadth of medal winners and you can also find out more about the Top 50 drops on our Wine Finder.

The Top 50 Gold medal-winning wines are available in all liquor-selling New World stores nationwide until 10 November 2019 or while stocks last. However wines do not have to be stocked in New World stores to be entered into the competition so not all of the medal winners listed below are available at New World stores.

* New World Wine Awards Top 50 wines priced under $25 until 10 November 2019. After this time the retail price may vary.