{"id":102,"date":"2023-08-15T03:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/?p=102"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:22:48","slug":"announcement-2023-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/news\/102\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement: 2023 Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The judging for the Australian Sake Awards took place for the second year running, in Sydney, on July 22nd, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were delighted to have received 104 submissions, from 52 breweries, for judging in this year\u2019s awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, this year&#8217;s group of judges, (51 in total), included Australian sommeliers, sake retailers, food and beverage industry professionals, sake qualification holders and sake importers and wholesalers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All sake was tasted blind, in wine tasting glasses, and each judge assessed a total of approx 45 sake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the National Research Institute of Brewing (Japan) for sponsoring us this year&#8217;s Awards. The judges&#8217; scores have now all been tallied and we are excited to be able to announce all the award winners for 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest scoring sake from each category has been selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Platinum Award: the top-ranked sake in each category<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gold Award: top 20% of the total number of sake entered in each category<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People\u2019s Choice: top 10% of the total number of sake voted by judges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find a list of all the award-winning sake here: <a href=\"https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/awards\">https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will also be sharing all the award winners via our socials too, so be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook and enjoy the sake journey with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanpai<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf76\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/pB0WaWNxvxv2XpiWSFVRHHwDNnmeTttI71fnzJZR9GsDWNDMiswJf2JFqh5lCoenDjtdrPAmOIIRlMoL1I7AmtY2UoWMuCJAdHcvURyElQ_iZbpuVgMOx37TYNMUcYjd1Ym5BnbQ-_9ADWhH2Jd5pa4\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The judging for the Australian Sake Awards took place for the second year running, in Sydney, on July 22nd, 2023. 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