Why yes, we ARE award winning!
We are proud of our spirits and our distillery, and we’ve gotten several awards and recognitions of how great our spirits are!
Check them out below.
2020 Las Vegas Global Spirits Awards
E.M. Walton’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey was entered into the 2020 Las Vegas Global Spirits Awards competition and took a Silver medal in the American whiskey category!
Las Vegas is the Entertainment Capital of The World. In addition to being home to an ever-growing list of the finest restaurants and chefs, Las Vegas features the finest group of nationally and world-renowned spirits and beverage industry professional living and working in the finest unique eateries, lounges and craft cocktail establishments anywhere.
You can check out more on the competition by visiting https://vegasspiritawards.com/
2020 New York International Spirits Competition
Junior Walton’s Premium Select AND E.M. Walton’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey were entered into the 2020 New York International Spirits Competition and took a Silver medal in the whiskey category!
The New York International Spirits Competition was the first competition to be founded in the International Beverage Competition Series. After its success, they were asked to replicate the competition in multiple countries, and have since expanded to include wine and beer competitions as well. What sets them apart from other international beverage competitions is their TRADE ONLY blind judging panel, and the spirits industry has continued to take notice as the competitions have grown. These judges, whose livelihood rely upon their skill set, truly know what the consumer wants, as they receive on a daily basis the feedback from the consumer of what is good and what will sell.
You can check out more on the competition by visiting https://nyispiritscompetition.com/
2020 Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition
E.M. Walton’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey was entered into the 2020 Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition in New York and took a Silver medal for the overall ratings.
The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (FLIWC) is one of America’s Largest Charitable Wine Competitions in the United States. Masters of wine, Master Sommeliers, wine educators, wine journalists, wine makers, and other top internationally certified wine judges from around the world converge each year in Rochester, NY to evaluate and award thousands of internationally crafted wine and spirits, all accomplished in two days of blind judging.
You can check out more on the competition by visiting https://fliwc-cgd.com
2019 Denver International Spirits Competition
Junior Walton’s Premium Select was entered into the 2019 Denver International Spirits Competition and took Gold medal for the best in taste category.
The founders of Wine Country Network formed the Denver International Spirits Competition in 2011. Wine Country Network is a leading producer of professional beverage competitions in Wine, Spirits, and Beer. The DISC is one of just a handful of international spirits competition worldwide. The competition is open to all commercial/ craft distillers, importers and distributors of distilled spirits.
The Denver International Spirits Competition is conducted double-blind by a seasoned panel of beverage professionals. The judging panel consists of sommeliers, retail buyers, journalists, mixologists, and beverage directors. All judges undergo a daily calibration class designed to maintain consistent evaluation and scoring of all spirits.
You can check out more on the competition by visiting http://www.denverspiritscomp.com/
2019 USA Spirits Ratings Competition
Junior Walton’s Premium Select was entered into the 2019 USA Spirits Ratings Competition and took Silver medal for the overall ratings system.
To win a USA Spirits Ratings award you will need to score highly in all three areas of our judging criteria. You might have an outstanding quality spirit, but if the price and packaging is not right, you will not be recognized by the USA Spirits Ratings. There is no point, for example, in having a 95 points if it does not look good or offer consumers great value for money. Those points mean it will remain highly respected within the trade, but it will also remain largely unsold on the shelf or languishing on a restaurant’s spirits list.
That is why USA Spirits Ratings is the leading spirits ratings in the USA with the rationale to rate spirits per the preferences of the consumer and trade and rewarding spirits as such. Spirits entries will be judged by their Quality, Value and Packaging.
You can check out more on the competition by visiting http://www.usaspiritsratings.com/
