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2026 Decanter World Wine Awards – Texas Results

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The results of this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) were released, revealing a global wine landscape that is more diverse, competitive and exciting than ever before.

As the world’s largest wine competition, DWWA offers a unique snapshot of global wine quality. This year, almost 17,000 wines from 58 countries were blind tasted by 245 leading wine experts, including 63 Masters of Wine and 24 Master Sommeliers, travelling from 35 nations to judge.

Its significance, however, extends well beyond scale. Every medal-winning wine has passed through a rigorous multi-stage judging process, with top-scoring wines repeatedly re-tasted and debated by specialist panels before receiving Gold, Platinum, or Best in Show recognition.

“The judging process at DWWA is one of the most demanding I’ve come across,” said DWWA Co-Chair Beth Willard. “With each wine having to go through several rounds of judging to get to a Gold, Platinum, or Best in Show award, it really means that the top-scoring wines are worth seeking out.”

The judges are not awarding more medals because judging standards have changed. Rather, advances in viticulture, winemaking, vineyard management, and technical knowledge have raised quality levels across both established and emerging wine regions.

“The nearly 17,000 wines tasted at DWWA 2026 have once again demonstrated that top-quality wine now comes from all corners of the globe,” said Resident Co-Chair Caro Maurer MW. “Whilst the styles may differ and different terroirs may have left their mark, the standard overall was very high. The wines that were awarded medals truly deserved them.”

The most significant story, however, came from emerging US regions. Texas secured its first-ever Gold medals–four in total–spanning varieties including Souzão, Tannat, and Tempranillo, while Virginia collected five Golds, with Cabernet Franc proving particularly successful. In Pennsylvania, Benigna’s Creek’s Chambourcin 2024 secured Gold for the third year running.

“This year’s judging demonstrated the overall high quality coming from the U.S., giving it a well-earned place in the global wine pantheon. The Iberian, Italian, and Mediterranean varieties from Texas were standouts for their prevalence amongst the entries and overall quality,” said James Tidwell, USA Regional Chair & TEXSOM Founder.

See the DWWA website for all the results.

These are the results for the Texas wineries that were awarded medals. Find more information about all the awarded Texas wineries in our website’s Guide and mobile app. Texas Wine Lover has been filtering out wine competition results for years to show just Texas wineries. You can easily see the wine competitions we presented on one page.

WineryVintageWineSub-regionAwardScoreColor
AB Astris2023StelloTexas Hill CountryBronze87White
AB Astris2024ClairetteTexas Hill CountrySilver90White
AB Astris2022TannatTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
AB Astris2022TempranilloTexas High PlainsBronze87Red
AB Astris2022Cabernet SauvignonTexas High PlainsSilver93Red
AB Astris2022SouzaoTexas Hill CountryGold96Red
Adega Vinho2024Reserve SemillonNot ApplicableBronze89White
Adega Vinho2022Bilger Family Vineyards Estate TempranilloTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
Adega Vinho2022Estate MourvèdreTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
Adega Vinho2022Touriga CuveeTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
Adega Vinho2022TourigaTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
Adega Vinho2023Special Reserve ChardonnayNot ApplicableSilver90White
Adega Vinho2022ChardonnayTexas Hill CountryBronze88White
Adega Vinho2021Cuvée CarmesimNot ApplicableSilver92Red
Adega Vinho2024RoussanneNot ApplicableSilver92White
Adega Vinho2024Sauvignon BlancNot ApplicableBronze89White
Adega Vinho2023Reserve ChardonnayNot ApplicableBronze87White
Adega Vinho2021MandachuvaNot ApplicableBronze88Red
Adega Vinho2020Estate TempranilloTexas Hill CountrySilver94Red
Adega Vinho2021Alicante MisturaNot ApplicableSilver90Red
Adega Vinho2021Estate TempranilloTexas Hill CountryGold95Red
Becker Vineyards2022Six Harts Reserve ViognierTexas High PlainsSilver90White
Becker Vineyards2021MourvédreNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Duchman Family Winery2023VermentinoNot ApplicableSilver94White
Duchman Family Winery2019Oswald Vineyard AglianicoNot ApplicableSilver94Red
Duchman Family Winery2019Oswald Vineyard MontepulcianoNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Duchman Family Winery2023TempranilloNot ApplicableSilver91Red
Duchman Family Winery2024SangioveseNot ApplicableBronze89Rosé
Duchman Family Winery2023RoussanneNot ApplicableSilver90White
Elisa Christopher Wines2024Blanc Du Bois Ultra BrutNot ApplicableBronze88White
Elisa Christopher Wines2023AmélieTexas High PlainsBronze86Red
Elisa Christopher Wines2023Cabernet SauvignonTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Farmhouse Vineyards2022Ramble OnTexas High PlainsSilver92Red
Farmhouse Vineyards2021Jack Knifed GSMTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Firesky2021KateTexas High PlainsSilver93Red
Firesky2023MarsanneTexas High PlainsSilver90White
Flat Creek2019Four HorsemenNot ApplicableBronze87Red
Flat Creek2024PalominoNot ApplicableBronze88White
Flat Creek Estate2019Super TexanNot ApplicableBronze88Red
Grape Creek Vineyards2022BellissimoNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Grape Creek Vineyards2021MosaicNot ApplicableBronze86Red
Grape Creek Vineyards2022Petite SirahNot ApplicableBronze88Red
Hye Meadow Winery2020Estate MontepulcianoTexas Hill CountryBronze89Red
Invention Vineyards2022P2Not ApplicableSilver90Red
Invention Vineyards2021Soleluce IVNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Invention Vineyards2022ConflationNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Invention Vineyards2024MourvèdreNot ApplicableSilver92Rosé
Invention Vineyards2023ImaginadaNot ApplicableBronze87White
K Estate2023TempranilloTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
K Estate2024SémillonTexas High PlainsBronze88White
Kerrville Hills Winery2021Pepper Jack Vineyard TeroldegoTexas High PlainsSilver91Red
Kuhlman Estate2023The BridgeTexas High PlainsBronze89Red
Kuhlman Estate2024Estate WhiteTexas Hill CountrySilver93White
Kuhlman Estate2024Rosé of SyrahNot ApplicableSilver91Rosé
La Valentía2023SyrahTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
La Valentía2024Fire Oak Vineyard GrenacheNot ApplicableSilver94Red
La Valentía2024Uplift Vineyard GrenacheNot ApplicableSilver91Red
Llano EstacadoNVMad Ira's VerdelhoTexas High PlainsSilver91White
Llano Estacado2024RoseTexas High PlainsSilver93Rosé
Llano Estacado20221836Not ApplicableSilver90Red
Llano Estacado2023Cellar Reserve Limited Release Red BlendNot ApplicableBronze87Red
Lost Draw2023Nero d'AvolaTexas High PlainsSilver92Red
Lost Draw2023GSMTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Lost Draw2022Uplift CuvéeTexas Hill CountrySilver92Red
Lost Draw2024Pétillant Naturel MeunierNot ApplicableBronze88Rosé
Lost Draw2023ViognierNot ApplicableSilver92White
Lost DrawNVKindredNot ApplicableBronze89Red
Lost Draw2022Arroyo Rojo TempranilloTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Meierstone Vineyards2023The AirshipTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Messina Hof2021Reserva SagrantinoTexas High PlainsSilver92Red
Messina Hof2023Private Reserve TempranilloTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Messina HofNVSolera SherryNot ApplicableSilver90Red
Pebble Rock Cellars2021TeroldegoTexas High PlainsBronze89Red
Pebble Rock Cellars2020O InícioNot ApplicableSilver94White
Pedernales2022Reserve TempranilloTexas High PlainsSilver91Red
Pedernales2022GracianoTexas High PlainsSilver92Red
Pedernales2020Gran ReservaTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Pedernales Cellars2022TeroldegoTexas High PlainsSilver92Red
Perissos2022AglianicoTexas Hill CountryBronze89Red
Perissos2023Picpoul BlancTexas Hill CountryBronze89White
Portree Cellars2024Picpoul BlancTexas High PlainsSilver90White
Portree Cellars2022Pepper Jack Vineyard TeroldegoTexas High PlainsBronze89Red
Portree Cellars2022Touriga NacionalTexas High PlainsSilver93Red
Rebecca Caroline2023Boxing Rabbit CuvéeTexas High PlainsSilver93White
Reddy Wines2023SyrahTexas High PlainsBronze89Red
Reddy Wines2022Pinot Noir Rosé BrutTexas High PlainsSilver90Rosé
Reddy Wines2023Petit VerdotTexas High PlainsSilver90Red
Ron Yates2023Cabernet FrancTexas High PlainsBronze86Red
Ron Yates2022FriesenTexas High PlainsSilver90Red
Ron Yates2021TempranilloTexas High PlainsSilver94Red
Ron Yates2022TempranilloNot ApplicableSilver94Red
Sandy Road Vineyards2022SangioveseTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
Sandy Road Vineyards2022MarselanTexas Hill CountryBronze86Red
Siboney Cellars2020Cabernet SauvignonTexas High PlainsSilver91Red
Skeleton Key2023Cabernet SauvignonNot ApplicableBronze87Red
Slate Theory2023Estate Reserve MontepulcianoTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
Slate Theory2023TeroldegoTexas High PlainsSilver90Red
Spicewood Vineyards2024GrenacheTexas Hill CountryBronze88Rosé
Spicewood Vineyards2023Cabernet FrancTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Spicewood Vineyards2021TempranilloTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Spicewood Vineyards2022Las MontanasNot ApplicableGold95Red
Spicewood Vineyards2022The Good GuyNot ApplicableSilver94Red
Texas Heritage Vineyard2020Estate MalbecTexas Hill CountryBronze86Red
Texas Heritage Vineyard2021Adega Vinho MourvedreTexas Hill CountryBronze87Red
Torr Na Lochs2022SangioveseTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Torr Na Lochs2023Henry's Red Syrah-Malbec-Petit SirahTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
Torr Na Lochs2022MourvèdreTexas High PlainsBronze88Red
Turtle Creek2024TrebbianoTexas Hill CountrySilver91White
Turtle Creek2024Rosé TannatTexas Hill CountrySilver90Rosé
Turtle Creek2023TannatTexas Hill CountryGold96Red
Turtle Creek Vineyard2023MontepulcianoTexas Hill CountryBronze88Red
Uplift Vineyard2024BaduTexas Hill CountrySilver91Red
Uplift Vineyard2024WhitlockTexas Hill CountrySilver92Red
Uplift Vineyard2024MontepulcianoTexas Hill CountrySilver92Red
Uplift Vineyard2024Cabernet SauvignonTexas Hill CountryBronze89Red
Uplift Vineyard2024AglianicoTexas Hill CountrySilver91Red
William Chris2023HunterTexas High PlainsBronze87Red
William Chris Vineyards2023MourvèdreTexas High PlainsBronze86Red
William Chris Vineyards2023Hye Estate Vineyard TannatTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
William Chris Vineyards2023Cabernet SauvignonTexas High PlainsSilver93Red
William Chris Vineyards2023Enchanté Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec-MerlotTexas Hill CountrySilver90Red
William Chris Vineyards2023Alta Loma MourvèdreTexas High PlainsBronze89Red

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Comments

  1. Kathryn I Vecchio says

    Thank you for publishing the list of wineries and what they won in the competition. It was very interesting. Glad to see that Texas wines are doing well in the competition.

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