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Vinexposium’s V d’Or awards are back in 2025

16 September 2024 By Patrick Schmitt

The Vinexposium Business Awards, which are called The V d’Or, are back in 2025, and are looking for entries following this year’s launch event.

Similar to the first edition of these awards, winners of a V d’Or will be announced just ahead of the official opening of Wine Paris 2025, which runs from 10-12 February next year.

Designed to celebrate “the most innovative and sustainable initiatives” in the world of wine and spirits, potential candidates have until 27 October to submit their applications, which can be done by clicking here.

The competition is free to enter and open to all sectors of the wine and spirits trade, be that a producer, brand owner, marketer, or supplier of dry goods and services.

Entrants do not have to exhibit at Wine Paris to be eligible.

Projects presented must have been implemented, announced or achieved significant results after 1 January 2023.

The four V d’Or categories are:

Best Sustainability V d’Or: This is for an interprofessional organization, a group, an individual, a company, a brand, a winery or a distillery providing one or more innovative solutions to meet the environmental challenges facing the wine and spirit sector.
Best Education & Knowledge Sharing V d’Or: This is for an interprofessional organization, a group, an individual, a company, a brand, a winery or a distillery that provides a programme or a scheme committed to mentorship, education and skill transfer within the world of wine and spirits.
Best Digital Strategy V d’Or: This is for an interprofessional organization, a group, an individual, a company, a brand, a winery or a distillery for the execution of a high-performance digital strategy which reaches out to new audiences or taps into new markets.
Best New Product Strategy V d’Or: This is for a brand, a winery or a distillery rolling out an innovative strategy aimed at a new product launch that responds to changing consumer tastes.