db team shortlisted in Roederer awards

Two members of the drinks business team have been shortlisted in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2015, along with a host of prominent wine writers.

db’s deputy editor Lucy Shaw and Rupert Millar, managing editor of the drinks business Hong Kong, have both been shortlisted in the competition’s Emerging Wine Writer of the Year category.

Judges included Charles Metcalfe, Nina Caplan, Neil Beckett, Jancis Robinson MW and db’s own managing editor Gabriel Stone, who met last week to determine the shortlist for the competition’s eleventh year.

Of this year’s entries Charles Metcalfe, chairman of the judges, said: “It was a fascinating selection of entries this year, and really good to see some new names doing really well. In some categories, the overall quality was the highest in the history’s competition, and made for a really interesting judging session. It’s always a pleasure to be involved and see the scale and scope of wine communication, which is forever evolving.”

Gabriel Stone, managing editor of the drinks business, added: “It was overwhelming to see the volume and international spread of entries on such a thrilling range of subjects: surely a sign that wine writing today is in vigorous health.

An invitation-only awards ceremony will take place on 15 September at Burlington Gardens in the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

See below for the full shortlist :-

CHAMPAGNE LOUIS ROEDERER ARTISTRY OF WINE AWARD 2015
– Andrew Barrow
– Thierry Gaudillère
– Michel Joly
– Adrian Lander
– Stephen Morris
– Mick Rock
– Jon Wyand

CHAMPAGNE LOUIS ROEDERER EMERGING WINE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2015
– Mark Andrew
– Dan Keeling
– Rupert Millar
– Emily O’Hare
– Lucy Shaw
– Hamish Smith
– Catherine Todd

RAMOS PINTO ONLINE COMMUNICATOR 2015
– Jane Anson
– Tim Atkin
– Joss Fowler
– Michael Fridjhon
– Andrea Frost
– Jamie Goode
– W. Blake Gray
– Victoria Moore
– Alder Yarrow

DOMAINE FAIVELEY INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015
– Barolo & Barbaresco – Kerin O’Keefe
– Native Grapes of Italy – Ian d’Agata
– Natural Wines – Isabelle Legeron MW
– The Essence of Wine: Celebrating the Delights of the Palate – Alder Yarrow

DOMAINES OTT INTERNATIONAL FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2015
– Jane Anson
– Tim Atkin MW
– Michael Edwards
– Richard Hemming
– Anne Krebiehl MW
– Margaret Rand

CHAMPAGNE LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015
– Tim Atkin MW
– Michael Fridjhon
– Will Lyons
– Victoria Moore
– Anthony Rose

PIO CESARE FOOD AND WINE WRITER OF THE YEAR 2015
– Natasha Hughes
– Victoria Moore
– Francis Percival