CiderWorld Award

Unique | Science-based | International

The unique combination of science-based analysis and international expertise.

CiderWorld’21 Award Bigger Than Ever!

180 Products | 77 Producers | 17 Nations | 3 Continents

Products of well-known producers from the following countries were submitted in 2021:
Austria – Canada – Denmark – Estonia – France – Germany – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Latvia – Netherlands – Norway – Poland – Spain – Switzerland – Ukraine – United Kingdom

CiderWorld Medal 2021

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the presentation of the CiderWorld’21 Awards and CiderWorld Medal 2021 for the best in each category will be broadcast from the Astor Film Lounge in Frankfurt am Main on 3 June 2021. Watch the video here.

Results

CiderWorld Award

Science-based

• CiderWorld Award is organized in cooperation with the Universtity of Applied Sciences Geisenheim.
• Geisenheim University is one of the world’s leading universities in the field of beverage technology.
• All submitted products are analysed at the Institute for Beverage Research of Geisenheim University. All producers receive a detailed analysis of the products submitted.

Internationally recognised

• An internationally expert jury tastes and evaluates all products according to the proven CiderWorld 120-point scheme.
• Country-specific and regional characteristics of the products will be considered by the jury.
• Expertise with analysis and sensory assessment of the jury for each submitted product. Around 500 products from over 20 countries have been evaluated in the CiderWorld Award, so far.

Benchmarking & Marketing

• CiderWorld Award shows you, the ranking of your product in national and internationalen comparison.
• The detailed evaluations of the CiderWorld Award show you the development possibilities of your product.
• Products over 80 points will be awarded with the CiderWorld Award certificate.
• The CiderWorld Award label is the perfect tool for your marketing in trade and press.

Presentation

• The results of the products with at least 80 points are presented online.
• Take advantage of the attention of the CiderWorld Awards in the trade press.
• The awarded products are presented in large social media campaigns.
• You can present your products to a broad audience from the trade and gastronomy at the coming fair CiderWorld Frankfurt. A separate registration is required for this!

Categories

Cider still

• Apple wine, cider
• Cidre (Méthode ascentral)
• Sidra Natural, Sidro

Cider flavoured & mixed

• Cider | apple wine with quince, pears etc.
• Cider | apple wine with hops, spices etc.
• Fruit wines of perry, cherry, pears etc.

Sparkling Cider

• Sparkling cider
• Sidra espumosa
• Sidro frizzante & spumante

Sparkling flavoured & mixed

• Sparkling apple cider mixed with other fruits
• Sparkling apple cider with hop, spice etc.
• Sparkling fruit wine

Ice Cider

• Cidre de glace | Ice cider (cryoextraction / cryoconcentration)
• Apple dessert wine barrel aged, Sherry style or Portwine style
• Apple wine – or. Apple dessert wine with high Alkohol (>8 bzw. >12% vol.)
• Fruit dessert wine

NEW Non-Alcoholic Cider

• De-alcoholized cider or perry
• Carbonated apple & pear juices
• Carbonated apple or pear juice (min. 50% content) mixed with other fruit

NEW Brandy

• Fruit brandy from 100% apple, pear or quince or mixture of these three fruits
• Brandy distilled from cider or perry
• Calvados

CiderWorld 120 points scheme

• The evaluation criteria and categories were determined by an international jury of experts.
• Country-specific and regional characteristics of the products are considered.
• The sensory test is evaluated according to the CiderWorld 120-point scheme:
  • Gold | 109 – 120 points
  • Silver | 97 – 108 points
  • Honor | 80 – 96 points
• CiderWorld Medal 2021
  Special award for the best product in category
  (minimum 109 points)

Judgement Panel

Judgement panel of the Cider World Awards