2024 National Wine Awards of Canada

The 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada will take place June 21 – 25 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Registration will begin on April 1.


Take a sneak peek into the backroom with a time-lapse of the set up. It took three days and many hard-working volunteers and staff to set up all the wines!

NWAC 2023 Time-lapse

NWAC 2023 Judges and Staff

National Wine Awards of Canada

2022 National Wine Awards of Canada
2021 National Wine Awards of Canada
Buyer’s Guide to Canada’s Best Wines 2020
2019 National Wine Awards of Canada
2018 National Wine Awards of Canada
Résultats complets du Concours 2018 (en français)
2017 National Wine Awards of Canada
Résultats complets du Concours 2017 (en français)
2016 National Wine Awards of Canada
2015 National Wine Awards of Canada
2014 National Wine Awards of Canada
2013 National Wine Awards of Canada

World Wine Awards of Canada

2015 World Wine Awards of Canada
2014 World Wine Awards of Canada 
2013 World Wine Awards of Canada


Annual photos WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada

NWAC 2022 Judges and Admin Staff

Penticton, British Columbia, October 2021

 

Prince Edward County, Ontario, June 2019

 

NWAC18 Judges & Key Staff
Penticton, British Columbia, June 2018

NWAC17_Judges&KeyStaff

Wolfville, Nova Scotia, June 2017

2016-nwac-judges-and-staff

Penticton, British Columbia, June 2016

NWAC15 Judges Group

Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 2015

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Penticton, British Columbia, June 2014

Team Shot
Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, June 2013



Guide to Canada’s Best Wines

Each summer since 2001, The WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada had been taking the pulse of Canada’s wine quality by assembling over 20 judges from several provinces to taste almost 2000 wines over five days. In 2020 we couldn’t safely do that. Instead, we asked Canada’s wineries to pre-select what they deemed to be their best wines, and send them to our Toronto office for tasting by five Ontario WineAlign judges and critics. We received 860 wines in 15 categories, and tasted them – physically distanced – over a five-week period in October and November. The result is a comprehensive guide to Canada’s best wines.

Canada’s Best Wines:

Cabernet Franc
Chardonnay
Riesling
Sparkling
Gamay
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon
Pinot Gris/Grigio
Rosé
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Single White Varieties (All Others)
White Blends
Single Red Varieties (All Others)
Red Blends
Syrah
Icewine, Ciders & Other Sweet and Fortified

From left: Janet Dorozynski, John Szabo, Michael Godel, Sara d’Amato, David Lawrason