What Makes It Japan’s Most Prestigious Spirits Competition?
The Tokyo Whiskey & Spirits Competition (TWSC 2024) is the only spirits competition in Japan and will be held for the sixth time this year. The competition is one of the largest of scale in Asia and is divided into the Western Spirits and Shochu categories, with over 800 items on offer.
Judging Characteristics A panel of 295 experts from all over Japan will judge the competition. This approach is characterized by professional and rigorous evaluations from a variety of perspectives. The TWSC is also recognized for its appreciation of whiskies and spirits from around the world while taking advantage of the traditional Japanese sensibilities. Award results are published in PDF format on the official website to ensure public transparency.
Authority of TWSC TWSC 2024 is considered the most prestigious whiskey and spirits competition in Japan. The reasons for this are as follows
1. expert judging: 295 spirits experts participate in the judging process, with the industry’s leading experts in charge. This guarantees a very high level of professionalism and reliability.
2. diversity of entries: The variety of entries, covering both the Western spirits and shochu categories, is a feature of the scale of the event. This allows participants to evaluate a wide variety of products in one place.
3. international evaluation: Foreign judges also participate in the TWSC, ensuring that products are evaluated at a world-class level. Therefore, TWSC’s reputation is highly recognized internationally.
The Impact of Award-Winning Products The award-winning sake is expected to gain even greater recognition in the future. Award-winning liquors with guaranteed quality are widely known and are expected to be highly regarded both domestically and internationally. In particular, award-winning products tend to be highly regarded overseas. The percentage of TWSC 2024 top gold award items was around 10%; more than eight judges per item selected 22 Superior Gold items, 57 Gold items, 50 Silver award items, and 75 bBronze award items. This is a proof of the high quality of the award-winning products, and the low award rate shows its prestigious quality.
TWSC 2024 is one of the largest and most prestigious whisky, spirits and shochu competitions in Japan, judging world-class whisky and spirits based on traditional Japanese sensibilities. Through this competition, I hope that excellent distilled spirits from Japan and abroad will be widely recognized and appreciated for their quality. The TWSC will continue to take an important leading position in the spirits industry both in Japan and around the world. (Mr. Bacchus)
Here are some of the award-winning works we have been handling.
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