Many congratulations to the following who have been shortlisted for the inaugural Born Digital Awards. Winners will be announced on Wednesday 18th May at the London International Wine Trade Fair.
Best Editorial Wine Writing
Oliver Styles: Sherry Cartels and Bordeaux NegociantsErika Szymanski: Top Ten Microbes in Your Wine
Tim Atkin: Towards a New Chile (Part 1)
Blake Gray: The 10 Most Overrated Wines
Jamie Goode: Wine Tasting: Subjective or Objective
Alder Yarrow: The Philosophy of Wabi-Sabi and Wine
Best Investigative Wine Story
Ken Payton: Hac(k)ing a Wine, The New Science of Cork Taint
Richard Ross: Phylloxera – the English connection
Alder Yarrow: The Coming Carnage in the California Wine Industry
Blake Gray: Sustainable Wines and Whole Foods Market
Best Winery Self Produced Content
Bernhard Fiedler: Alkohol-ZunahmiRandall Grahm: Love Among the Vines
Kerith Overstreet: Hubris – It’s Not Just for Icarus Anymore
Randall Grahm: On a Mission: The Germ of an Idea
Brian Overstreet: Anatomy of a 91 Point Wine Score
Best Wine Tourism Feature
Marc Hinton: Madrid to Ribera del DueroWink Lorch: Wine Days Out in the French Alps
Joe Roberts: Endangered Species: Santorini Wine Fights for Its Survival
Ryan Reichert: A Long Walk Thorugh the Wines of Spain
Tom Fiorina: Corsican Wines and Corsica, a twenty-year journey of discovery
Best Wine Themed Video
Jay Selman: The Scent of BlackAndre Eikmeier: Palm Trees & 100 Year Old Port
Adrian Franklin: Opening a Bottle of Port with a Feather
Zev Robinson: Life on the Douro
Andre Eikmeier: Peter Lehmann Kitchen
Congratulations to all the short listed entrants! We look forward to announcing the winners in 2 weeks!
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Good to see that the shortlist for the first awards is already much more international than the Louis Roederer Wine Writer Awards.
