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V d’Or celebrates 2025 award winners
By Melita KielyThe winners of the V d’Or 2025 awards, hosted by Vinexposium, were crowned on Sunday night (9 February).

The awards ceremony took place in Paris, France, at the Pavillon Gabriel.
The event was catered by three Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alléno.
Rodolphe Lameyse, CEO of Vinexposium, said: “In just two years, the V d’Or awards have become recognised and highly sought-after prizes for both small and large businesses in the wine and spirits sector.
“Their success highlights Vinexposium’s central role in an ecosystem brimming with initiatives and creativity.”
Spanning both wine and spirits, the winners were:
- Best Digital Strategy V d’Or: Baron Philippe de Rothschild for Mouton Cadet, France
- Best Education& Knowledge Sharing V d’Or – Wines: The Gérard Basset Foundation & Bordeaux Mentor Week, UK
- Best Education & Knowledge Sharing V d’Or – Spirits: Campari Group for Campari Academy, Italy
- Best New Product Strategy V d’Or: Terres Milesimées + Québec for Bx le Jus, France
- Best Sustainability V d’Or – Wine: Bodegas Catena Zapata for The Catena Institute of Wine, Argentina
- Best Sustainability V d’Or – Spirits: The Boatyard Distillery, UK
- The Judging Panel’s Special Mention for Sustainability: Vignerons Engagés, France
A Lifetime Achievement Award was also presented to writer, critic and Australian winemaker James Halliday.
The inaugural V d’Or awards ceremony took place in 2024, ahead of Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris (which was renamed as Wine Paris last year).
The 2025 Wine Paris trade fair is taking place in Paris this week from 10-12 February.

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