2023 Irish Wine Show Star Award Winners announced
The National Off Licence Association (Noffla) have just announced the 2023 Irish Wine Show Star Awards at the Irish Wine Show. Each of the winning wines will be sold in NOffLA member outlets across the country and will be recognisable by distinctive Award symbols on each bottle. In the pre-Christmas period NOffLA members will promote the Irish Wine Show Star Awards 2023-2025 Collection as ideal Christmas gifts, in a variety of special gift packs.
Pictured:Â Â Irish Importing Trade with their Gold Star Awards
Over 600 wines were submitted to the Star Award adjudication panel of NOffLA judges and independent wine journalists. Points were awarded on the basis of appearance, smell, taste and value for money criteria, and the winning 54 wines  were selected as the best wines from key suppliers across a number of price categories.
This year the Wine of the Year 2023-23 was the Portia Crianza Tempranillo 2019 which is distributed in Ireland by Richmond Marketing.
Ampersand Wines and Mackenway Distributors both had Four Gold Star winners from their portfolio.Febvre & Co  and Bibendum Ireland had three Gold Star wines, Liberty Wines (Ireland) had two Gold Star Winners and Tindal Wine Merchants, MCM Spirits and Liqueurs and Richmond Marketing had one Gold Star winner.  Congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s event.
2023-2024 GOLD STAR AWARD WINNERS
| Category | Wine | Vintage | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old World White under €12 | Hans Baer Riesling | 2022 | Ampersand Wines |
| Old World White under €15 | Remy Pannier Cepage de Loire Sauvignon | 2022 | Ampersand Wines |
| Old World White under €20 | Gabel Riesling Trocken Organic | 2022 | Febvre Wines |
| New World White under €12 | Santa Rita Estate Reserve Semillon | 2017 | Bibendum Ireland |
| New World White under €15 | Growers Touch Sauvignon Blanc | 2022 | MCM Spirits & Liqueurs |
| New World White under €20 | KONO Sauvignon Blanc | 2022 | Mackenway Wines |
| Old World Red under €12 | Rioja Vega Semi Crianza | 2022 | Ampersand Wines |
| Old World Red under €15 | El Perdiguero Crianza | 2020 | Mackenway Wines |
| Old World Red under €20 | Portia Crianza Tempranillo | 2019 | Richmond Marketing |
| New World Red under €12 | Carmen Premier 1850 Cabernet Sauvignon | 2015 | Bibendum Ireland |
| New World Red under €15 | Nuevo Mundo Cabernet Sauvignon, Organic | 2020 | Febvre Wines |
| New World Red under €20 | Cabernario No.8 Cabernet Sauvignon | 2017 | Bibendum Ireland |
| Rosé under €15 | Alpha Zeta ‘R’ Rosato Veronese | 2022 | Liberty Wines Ltd. |
| Sparkling under €25 | Villa Conchi, Cava Brut NV | NV | Tindal Wine Merchants |
| Champagne under €60 | Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut NV | NV | Liberty Wines Ltd. |
| Non-Alcoholic Red Under €15 | Zero-Point-Five Pinot Noir | NV | Mackenway Wines |
| Non-Alcoholic White Under €15 | Leitz Eins-Zwei-Zero Riesling | NV | Mackenway Wines |
| Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Under €15 | Faber Sparkling Rosé | NV | Ampersand Wines |
| White Wine of the Year 2023-2024 | Gabel Riesling Trocken Organic | 2022 | Febvre Wines |
| WINE OF THE YEAR 2023-2024 | Portia Crianza Tempranillo | 2019 | Richmond Marketing |
