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

Results

Supported by

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