Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition and China Wine & Spirits Awards 2023

Medal Rain for St. Kilian at CWWSC and CWSA 2023

Rüdenau, March 2023

The Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, or CWWSC for short, is an annual wine and spirits competition held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, northern Spain. At CWWSC 2023, over 2,800 wines and spirits from more than 20 countries were judged by an international jury and awarded based on the proven 100-point system. A total of 10 categories were available for selection, in which silver (80 – 88 points), gold (89 – 94 points) and Great Gold (95 – 100 points) medals were awarded. St. Kilian Distillers achieved an excellent result, receiving a total of six silver and ten gold medals as well as one Great Gold award.

The award-winning bottlings at CWWSC 2023 in detail:

Great Gold:

• Signature Edition THIRTEEN – Single Malt Whisky (95 Pts.)

Gold:

• Signature Edition TEN – Single Malt Whisky (94 Pts.)
• Signature Edition ELEVEN – Single Malt Whisky (94 Pts.)
• Signature Edition TWELVE – Single Malt Whisky (93 Pts.)
• St. Kilian Classic – Mild & Fruity – Single Malt Whisky (91 Pts.)
• St. Kilian Peated – Rich & Smoky – Single Malt Whisky (92 Pts.)
• Bud Spencer – The Legend – Whisky (mild) (92 Pts.)
• Terence Hill – The Hero – Whisky (mild) (92 Pts.)
• Terence Hill – The Hero – Whisky (smoky) – (94 Pts.)
• Grave Digger – Fields of Blood – Single Malt Whisky (93 Pts.)
• St. Kilian Marzipan – Cream Liqueur (89 Pts.)

Silver:

• Bud Spencer – The Legend – Feuerwasser (88 Pts.)
• Terence Hill – The Hero – Voll Auf Die Nuss (86 Pts.)
• Grave Digger Berry Metal Forest Fruit Liqueur (87 Pts.)
• St. Kilian LIQUEUR – Kolonat’s Choice (87 Pts.)
• St. Kilian Cream Cream Liqueur (88 Pts.)
• St. Kilian Berry Forest Fruit Liqueur (85 Pts.)

Further medals followed at the China Wine & Spirits Awards, or CWSA for short, the most important wine and spirits competition in China. The CWSA Best Value event takes place annually in spring in Hong Kong, where an international jury evaluates wines and spirits from 55 countries in a blind tasting. Here, too, St. Kilian Distillers' bottlings were awarded three bronze, one silver, and four gold medals.

The results of CWSA Best Value 2023 in detail:

Gold:

• Signature Edition ELEVEN – Single Malt Whisky
• St. Kilian Classic – Mild & Fruity – Single Malt Whisky
• St. Kilian Peated – Rich & Smoky – Single Malt Whisky
• Judas Priest – 50 Heavy Metal Years – Single Malt Whisky

Silver:

• Signature Edition TEN – Single Malt Whisky

Bronze:

• Bud Spencer – The Legend – Whisky (mild)
• Terence Hill – The Hero – Whisky (mild)
• Terence Hill – The Hero – Whisky (smoky)