The 2005 London International Wine and Spirits Fair
The London International Wine and Spirits Fair (LIWSF) is undoubtedly one of the most important events in the worldwide wine calendar. 2005 was the 25th anniversary of the event, and some 1,300 exhibitors from every wine producing country imaginable took part over the three days.


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Top 100 Vins de Pays Competition
But the true talk of the show was the LIWSF Top 100 Vins de Pays Competition.

This year, as in 2004, the competition was sponsored by the Association Nationale Interprofessionelle des Vins de Table et Vins de Pays (ANIVI).

During the event, internationally renowned judges take time to sample the wines entered and to deliver their verdict of which wines could be labelled as being in the ‘Top 100’.

The No.1 wine
On May 17 the judges announced the Top 100 list of winners in the competition.

We were extremely pleased to learn that not only was les 3 poules wine from Baronnie de Bourgade listed in the top 100 wines, but our Cabernet Franc was awarded the overall winner’s medal - No.1 wine in class in the competition!

Photo below shows Gilles and Ruth de Latude being presented with the winner's certificate.

LIWSF Brochure
The 2005 LIWSF brochure for the event is published just after the fair and in addition to general information about the event itself, it contains full details of all the Top 100 wines. This is compulsive reading for any wine connoisseur.

The 2005 addition of the brochure is shown left, and the photo used also contains a bottle of les 3 poules, and the image on the right shows the les 3 poules entry in the brochure.

Over 500 writers and journalists from all over the world visited the LIWSF. We publish below just a few of the comments from journalists about the Top 100 Vins de Pays Competition.

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