The 2025 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards Judging Week Commences at the End of February
With the support of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace will play host to a rigorous judging week for the highly anticipated 2025 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards, created by “Wynn Signature” – Wynn’s exclusive lifestyle brand.
2025 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards
As the largest gathering of its kind to evaluate Chinese wines based on international standards, this year’s competition is being elevated to even higher standards with respect to the judging system, panel of judges, scale of participation, variety of awards and post-event promotions.
Taking place from February 28 to March 5, the six-day event is slated to feature much more than the stringent judging of Chinese wines, as Wynn will also host a series of engaging professional wine seminars, Masterclasses, and collaborative wine dinners.
The world’s leading authorities on wine are teaming up with the award-winning chefs at Wynn to shine a light on the most sophisticated wines from across China.
Following the success of the inaugural Chinese Wine Awards in 2024, this year’s competition has attracted even more participants, with close to 200 of China’s top wineries submitting over 900 varieties of wine for the competition.
The composition of the 2025 panel of judges has also been elevated to feature 27 internationally renowned authorities on wine.
In keeping with last year, judging will be conducted through blind tastings, adhering to the internationally recognized 100-point scale, and utilizing a comprehensive grading system to determine the award winners.
With respect to the variety of awards, Wynn will present the highly coveted “Wynn Signature Best Wine of China Trophy” and 37 individual accolades, with the introduction of two new award categories: “Wynn Sommelier’s Choice” and “Best Young Winemaker”.
These trophies champion the excellence of major varietal expressions and regionality of wines across China.
On April 11, Wynn will host an awards ceremony to reveal the winning wines which will go on to receive marketing promotional opportunities in Mainland China and around the world through the strong global network of Wynn and the internationally acclaimed judges, showcasing Chinese wines on a larger global stage.
Wynn launched the Wynn Signature Awards – the largest event of its kind to evaluate Chinese wines based on international standards – with a vision to promote Chinese wines on a global stage. The event remains committed to selecting China’s top wines, commending outstanding winemakers, and promoting the excellence of Chinese wines to international markets – all paving the way for a more robust future for China’s wine industry.
As the first-of-its-kind for the wine sector, last year’s awards event built a solid foundation, attracting significant international attention, establishing a strong reputation amongst the wine industry, and making far-reaching inroads into Chinese wineries and production areas. The award-winning wines have not only become symbols of premium Chinese wines, but have also led to an exciting exchange of innovative and technological ideas between wineries and production areas, while also promoting the diversified development of the industry. Leveraging its strong reputation for food and beverage as well as its vast global marketing network, Wynn hosted a series of brand promotional events in Las Vegas, Singapore, Hong Kong and other locations around the world to rapidly spread awareness about high-quality Chinese wines to international markets and expand the global appetite for Chinese wines.
Shortly after Wynn launched the competition, the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards have received significant recognition and substantial policy support from local governments and industry organizations in China. In March 2024, the Yantai City Commerce Bureau and the Finance Bureau of Shandong Province officially released “Guidelines for Receiving Subsidies for the Development of the Wine Industry in Yantai City” to encourage the high-quality development of the wine industry through subsidies, award recognition, and other measures. The guidelines specifically state that a one-time reward of up to RMB 20,000 will be given to a winery that receives the highest accolade from the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. In its first year, the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards successfully managed to garner global acclaim, ranking alongside other prestigious international wine competitions such as the International Wine Challenge (IWC), Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) and the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). After solidifying a reputation as a globally recognized wine competition, Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards is now able to play an influential role in promoting Chinese wines on a global scale.
