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Published on 2021-11-09
Coming on the heels of a 2021 edition in which only a small number of people were able to participate because of health restrictions, the 12th edition of the Concours International du Gamay is sure to be an effervescent event. It will be held on Saturday, 15 January 2022 at the Cité...
Published on 2021-01-21
For the 11th Gamay International Competition last Saturday, 16th, some sixty tasters -professionals and informed wine lovers alike- tasted 879 Gamay wines from France and Switzerland (nearly 10% more than in 2020) in the Armonia tasting rooms in Limas. At the outcome, the trophy for the "World's...
Published on 2020-12-24
Governmental restrictions have obliged us to move the competition from Lyon’s Cité Internationale to another location.
As a result, the competition will take place in tasting rooms on our premises. To limit the number of tasters present at the same time, tastings will be spread over Saturday...
Published on 2020-12-15
The International Gamay Competition will indeed be held as planned on Saturday 16th January 2021.
If the situation with respect to COVID-19 prevents us from organising the tasting at the Cité Internationale in Lyon, tasters will meet in small groups in the tasting rooms on our premises in Limas,...
Published on 2020-11-02
The 11th edition of the International Gamay Competition will take place on the 26th January 2021 at the Cité Internationale Congress Centre in Lyon.
In 2020, 802 wines from 4 countries (France, Switzerland, Italy, England) were tasted by 160 tasters (+ 7 % of samples compared to the 2019...
Published on 2020-01-15
In 2020, the world’s best Gamay is a Beaujolais wine: Mommessin’s Saint-Amour 2018, Grandes Mises
On Saturday, January 11 of this year, the Gamay International Competition designated a Beaujolais wine as the world’s best Gamay: Saint-Amour 2018, Grandes Mises from Maison Mommessin. 160...
Published on 2019-10-31
The 10th edition of the International Gamay Competition will take place on the 11th January 2020 at the Cité Internationale Congress Centre in Lyon. A grand jury will once again this year re-taste all the wines which have obtained a gold medal to determine which is the World’s Best Gamay 2020....
Published on 2019-01-17
The 2019 edition of the Gamay International Competition took place on 12 January at the Cité Internationale in Lyon. 755 samples from across the world, all made with Gamay grapes, were tasted by a jury of 160 professionals and knowledgeable amateurs.
At the close of the competition, the trophy...
Published on 2018-11-13
The 9th edition of the International Gamay Competition will take place on the 12th January 2019 at the Cité Internationale Congress Centre in Lyon.
« World’s Best Gamay Trophy » A grand jury will once again this year re-taste all the wines which have obtained a gold medal to determine which is...
Published on 2018-01-17
The 7th Gamay International Competition was a huge success: the professional competition exclusively for wines made from Gamay grapes, which took place on 13 January in Lyon, brought 160 professional tasters and knowledgeable amateurs together for a few hours to taste vintages from all over the...