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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Essay Competition!

We are thrilled to unveil the winners of this year’s Essay Competition, where participants explored the best strategies for promoting Greek wines in their national markets. The level of creativity, depth of research, and originality in the submissions was truly outstanding and this selected only 3.

Congratulations to our winners:
  • 1.Melania Battiston, Wine Director at Cornus Restaurant & holder of the Advanced Certificate of the Court of Master Sommeliers, UK
  • 2.Pierre Vila Palleja, Le Petit Sommelier, MW student, France
  • 3.Arnica Rowan, Co-Owner Terroir Consulting, Stage 2 Master of Wine student, Canada
  • 4. Dario Barbato, Wine Buyer for the San Carlo Group in the UK
Awards
Each winner will receive:

An invitation to the Thessaloniki Wine & Spirits Trophy 2025, held from February 25–27, 2025, with airfare, accommodations, and dinner costs covered.
Publication of their essay on the official website (www.tiwc.gr) and across our social media channels.

We extend our gratitude to everyone who participated, as well as to our esteemed panel of judges for their invaluable time and expertise in evaluating the submissions.

Stay tuned as we celebrate the winners and their contributions at this year’s Thessaloniki Wine & Spirits Trophy.

Cheers to promoting the best of Greek wines!

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