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Wine Without Walls

Wine Without Walls is the section of 5StarWines dedicated to wine that is certified organic, biodynamic or adheres to certified sustainability practices. The aim of Wine Without Walls is to spread awareness of sustainable viticulture, including in the 5StarWines guide a selection of wines that stand out in preserving the naturalness of the soil, vines and their products. Wine Without Walls is also an opportunity to recognise and promote the commitment of producers to biodynamic, organic and sustainable agriculture on an international level, as they are active in defining new sustainable horizons in the vineyard and in the cellar.

THE ASSESSMENT

The dedicated Wine Without Walls jury assesses wines that are certified biodynamic and organic or
adheres to certified sustainability practices, similar to 5StarWines. The panel of judges assigns partial scores by subjecting each wine submitted to a visual, olfactory and gustatory examination: the average of these produces the final score, expressed in hundredths.

THE SELECTION

Wines which, by virtue of their organic, biodynamic or sustainable characteristics, achieve a score of 90/100 or more are included in the special Wine Without Walls section of the 5StarWines – the Book guide with the respective rating. As well as being an important recognition and informative contribution, the Guide is also an effective promotional and commercial tool, distributed to an international audience of trade and industry professionals.

 

THE TROPHIES

  • BEST WINE CELLAR WINE WITHOUT WALLS
    THE PRODUCER WHO OBTAINS THE BEST RESULT, REFERRING TO THE SUM OF THE SCORES FROM OF HIS BEST 3 WINES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE GUIDE, IN AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
  • BEST WINE WITHOUT WALLS
    THE ITALIAN WINE, SELECTED FOR THE WINE WITHOUT WALLS SECTION, THAT GETS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST SCORE

WHAT’S NEW: RULES OF PARTICIPATION

Participation in Wine Without Walls is reserved for wineries whose wines have obtained organic certification (European Regulation 203/2012, published in the Official Journal of the EU on 9 March 2012) or biodynamic certification or, alternatively, are obtained from land under conversion. This section also includes wines produced by wineries that have adhered to protocols or obtained national (e.g. Viva, Equalitas) or international sustainability certifications.

For this reason, companies must send a copy of the certificates issued by the chosen inspection body, inside the wine packaging.

Participation in the specific section Wine Without Walls excludes the possibility of registering the same products to 5StarWines and vice versa. If the winery registers these wines in the 5StarWines section, the organizers will move them to the correct section.

THE EVENT

The blind tasting of organic and biodynamic wines enrolled in Wine Without Walls takes place parallel to the 5StarWines judging.

THE JURY

The evaluation and selection of wines enrolled in Wine Without Walls is carried out by a dedicated jury made up of professionals specialized in wine obtained from biodynamic and organic farming practices. The jurors are selected internationally and coordinated by Monty Waldin, author and consultant expert in wines of this category.

Wines that may enter the Wine Without Walls section are: still wines, classic methods, sparkling, sweet and fortified.

THE WINE WITHOUT WALLS DIPLOMA

All the wineries whose wines receive a score equal to or greater than 90/100 will  receive an official diploma, in printed and digital form.

THE WINE WITHOUT WALLS CERTIFICATE

All the wineries whose wines receive a score between 85 and 89/100 will  receive a certificate of participation in the Selection, in digital form.

THE VINITALY APP

All the wineries, participating in Vinitaly 2021, that manage to get at least one label on the 5StarWines-the Book guide, can be located via the Vinitaly App, which will be used by the most important international buyers coming to the fair.

5StarWines - Chairman Monty Waldin

Monty Waldin – SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
of Wine Without Walls “Agile” Edition 2020

Monty Waldin became the first wine writer to specialize in organic and biodynamic wines in the mid-1990s, and writes the entries on organic, biodynamic and natural wine for the Oxford Companion to Wine (ed. Jancis Robinson MW OBE). He has worked in vineyards and wineries in both hemispheres, and was the subject of Chateau Monty, the first TV series to follow the making of a biodynamic wine from pruning to bottling for Britain’s Channel Four in 2008.

JUDGES AGILE EDITION 2020

UK

Regine Lee MW

Master of Wine, National Account Manager at Liberty Wines

Regine Lee is currently working as Customer Services Head of Operations at Liberty Wines, a leading UK importer / distributor to the on and off-trade which specialises in Italian wine. She has had roles at Liberty Wines in trade marketing, education, and sales analytics, and at the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) in Asian market development. Regine is also a co-founder of Women in Wine London, a wine trade networking group with over 600 members which launches initiatives to develop women professionally and provide a forum for discussing key topics in the industry. She achieved her Master of Wine in 2018, and wrote her research paper on the commercial effectiveness of relationship building through customer trips.

SPAIN

Jonas Tofterup MW

Master of Wine, Export Manager at Viña Valdivieso

Jonas, who is based in Spain, is the first and only Danish Master of Wine. He holds a M.Sc. in Viticulture and Oenology and has worked as a winemaker at a number of wineries, from the main wine regions in Northern Spain to Yecla, Stellenbosch, Baden, Rheingau ass well as in Denmark. In 2015, Jonas moved to the commercial side of the wine world where he became the European export manager for Viña Valdivieso of Chile. Along with working for Valdivieso he co-owns Iberian Wine Academy, a wine school which offers WSET qualifications based in Andalucía and he is the wine consultant from ALDI Denmark.

UK

Emilia Marinig IWED

Italian Wine Educator, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador, Head of Marketing at Agricola Querciabella

Emilia is a wine professional with a consolidated international experience in brand marketing and communications. She is intrigued by how advancement in technology can transform the wine industry, but also aware that nothing compares to personal interactions. Born in Friuli, she spent half her life abroad, the past 15 years in London. After a long freelancing career, she found a professional ‘home’ in Greve in Chianti where he accepted the role of Head of Marketing at Querciabella. She firmly believes that sustainable farming, in tune with the land and natural environment, is the foundation of great wines, that the lack of faults alone does not make a wine interesting but that faults are in no way substitutes for lack of personality. She is a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador and Educator.

NETHERLANDS

Simon Woolf

Wine writer and author of “Amber Revolution”

Simon J Woolf is an English wine and drinks writer currently based in Amsterdam. A well-known commentator on natural, organic, biodynamic and orange wines, he contributes regularly to Decanter magazine, World of Fine Wine, Meininger’s Wine Business International and many other publications on and offline. His first book “Amber Revolution”, covering the fall and rise of orange wine, was published in 2018. The New York Times hailed it as one of the year’s top five wine books and it was shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink books award. His writing career began accidentally in 2011 with the founding of The Morning Claret – an online wine magazine which has become one of the world’s most respected sources for natural and artisanal wine.Simon was the Louis Roederer International Wine Writing Awards “International Feature Writer of the year” in 2018. His career has previously included working as a musician, sound engineer, IT consultant and alternative currency designer.

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