If you’re like me, a good glass of sparkling wine is a lovely aperitif or addition to lunch or dinner. However, with a plethora of bubbles from which to choose (Champagne, Cremant, Cava, Franciacorta, Sekt, and more) and with a variety of production methods, what’s a wine lover to do? How can we sift through so many fabulous choices for the “best” sparkler that could just be our new favorite? Well, there is one way and Oliver Walkey and his team from Glass of Bubbly are doing it. I’m honored to be a 2025 Glass of Bubbly Awards Partner and to share this most recent press release. Read on.
Photo Credit: Glass of Bubbly
In just a few months time, international wine judges will gather together in London with one common goal, to discover The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2025.
We’ll see entries sent in from all over the world, both new and old, traditional, charmat and unique, canned and bottled, with and without alcohol – any bubbly could win. On top of Gold, Silver & Bronze medals, there are 21 Trophies to be awarded, included the much loved consumer friendly Category “Trophies,” the ever more important “Sustainability Trophy in Partnership with Slow Food UK” and of course, the best of them all, “The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Trophy,” in partnership with Carynx. This year, we have an incredible vast array of 2025 Award Partners who we’ve enlisted to help us search for the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2025, including a Sommelier School, Wine Shops, PR Agencies, International Wine Journalists and more. For the complete list along with information about each award partner, click HERE.
Photo Credit: Glass of Bubbly
The search is now on and we’ll be looking all over the globe, trying to find the hidden gems of the wine making world. If you’d like to enter any of your sparkling wines into the Glass of Bubbly Awards this year, click here on our Awards Page and fill out the entry form. Entries are open from now until the 31st of August.
Wines that enter the Glass of Bubbly Awards get not only a medal score plus tasting notes shared from top industry wine professionals to include Master of Wines but also the beauty of the Categories in that it is not about the quality of the wines at this stage as this has already been judged, it’s all about how well they suit particular tasting styles. Expect not only the finest wines to make the headlines, but also be prepared for the unexpected to take home the top prizes! Christopher Walkey, founder of GlassofBubbly.com
Photo Credit: Glass of Bubbly
You have more questions? Here you go!
How do I enter the awards?
Please fill out our online form on this webpage or send an email with your interest to eve@glassofbubbly.com
The current price for entry per wine is £125 + VAT (no VAT for entries outside the UK). Discounts for 3 or more entries.
What are the criteria for wine entries?
Your wine needs to be sparkling and made of grapes primarily, though we will consider varied fruit sparkling wines (fruit wines will receive medals and not be included for the scoring of category trophies). Yes Frizzante is fine to enter as are non or low alcohol sparkling wines and canned sparkling wines.
When do I send my wines in to be judged?
We ask you to send 4 bottles of each wine to us by August 30th 2025. The address for sending your wines is Glass of Bubbly Limited. 45 Arnold Road, Clacton on Sea, CO15 1DE. United Kingdom. All bottles must be sent DDP. Please follow the information at the following link for sending samples: How to Send Wine Samples to the UK from Anywhere in the World
What wine glasses will be used?
We will be using Vina 77ep with Laser etched effervescent points.
Who judges my wine(s)?
We select a broad range of wine professionals and Champagne & Sparkling Wine lovers each year to judge the wines in our awards, none of the Glass of Bubbly team partake in the initial judging process. The team at Glass of Bubbly will supervise results and two members of the team will taste each wine and each offer a golden ticket to their favoured and also make the final decision upon any equal scoring taste offs.
What do I win?
We send out medal results (bronze to gold) and we supply you with the artwork for your badge to be used on your wine bottles / website. We also supply each medal winner with a certificate which will be emailed out to you for you to print out. Trophies will be awarded out during the awards evening. The famous Carynx trophy is awarded to The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly which the said winery gets to keep the trophy for one year. The Sustainability in Sparkling Wine Trophy is awarded to the winery answering the correct questions on the Slow Food UK Sustainability Form with the highest average scoring winery taking this trophy home for one year.
What are the Glass of Bubbly Categories? What do they mean?
Each wine that enters our awards are initially scored via the 100 points system with: 80-84 Bronze / 85 – 88 Silver / 89+ Gold. Once the medals have been assigned to each wine, the next process is to judge the wines on the style that the consumer is likely to enjoy in the glass so this is why we created the first categories for Champagne & Sparkling Wines (with the guidance of Tatiana Mann). Each wine will be judged for which category (18 in total) it fits best in and then all Silver & Gold Medal wines receive a score using the 20 point system with the highest scoring wine in each category taking home the relevant trophy.
Returning of Trophies
Each year the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Trophy ‘Carynx’ is awards to the highest point score wine and the winery. This is handed out during the awards evening dinner or after this event. The winning winery will need to have adequate insurance to look after this trophy and manage the collection and dropping off (prior to August the following year). The same applies to the Sustainability in Sparkling Wine Trophy.
Who should I contact for more information?
For Awards entries please email Eve via eve@glassofbubbly.com
For Awards Sponsorship / Press / Judging please contact Christopher via christopher@glassofbubbly.com
Cheers! ~ Cindy
