Web wine awards shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Born Digital Wine Awards, which are designed to reward web-based wine writing, have been announced.

With over 300 submissions from 24 countires, the competition has swelled in size since it was launched last year, and it proved a complex task to narrow the entries down to a top five for each category.

You can see the shortlist below and the winners in each category will be announced on Wednesday 23rd May at 4.30pm on the Access Zine at the LIWF.

Best Editorial Wine Writing

Amy Corron Power: Wine Intelligence admits Bias, Ulterior Motives in “Wine Blogger Distrust” Release

Andrea Frost: The Invention of Wine

Paul Keers: Just Looking: The Joy of Wine Browsing

Quentin Sadler: Minerality in wine – flight of fantasy, fact or terroir?

Evan Dawson: Il Dimenticato: Piedmont’s New White Star Has a Mysterious and Forgotten Past

Best Investigative Wine Story

Pamela Heiligenthal: Has the term ‘California Grand Cru’ Gone too Far?

Jim Budd: Campogate, no Pay no Jay

Evan Dawson: Message from California Winemakers: Stop Slandering Our Pinot!

Carly Wray: Malbec in Argentina

Chris Kissack: Pressure Sensitive

Best Wine Tourism Feature

Mariella Beukers: Culinair genieten in Süd Steiermark

Louise Hurren: Authentic wines and hearty cooking in Bucelas outside Lisbon

Tom Florina: Contextual pleasures: NYC chic meets Corsican mystique

Nick Stock: Preserving Home Turf: A very special part of the world

Wendy Crispell: The Carso, They’ve got the stones to produce great wine and cheese

Best Winery Self Produced Content

Iris Rutz-Rudel: Balade de Juin dans la vigne

Gavin: Quinney: 13 Unpalatable Facts about the UK Wine Duty

Ryan O’Connell: Who Visits Vineyards

Brian Overstreet: Born to Sell

Kerith Overstreet: Insufferable

Best Wine Themed Video 

Ophélie Neiman: Au coeur du bouchon de liège

Heiko Michels: Es Gart

Giorgia Guarienti: Wine: Got to Deserve It

Richard Hemming: An MW student’s guide to remembering appellations

Debra Meiburg: Grape Moments: Length Matters

Best Wine Photo Essay

Giacomo Tincani: Tie (Legare)

Lannon Harley: 2011 Riesling Harvest at Four Winds Vineyard

Matt Wilson: Small Wine Producers in the Maule Valley Chile

Mick Rock: A biodynamic day at Dr Bürklin Wolf

Lannon Harley: Rolling out the nets at Four Winds Vineyard

Click here to find out more about the awards and read the entries.