About the Global Drinks Awards 2027

Global Drinks Awards Medals

Entries for the Global Drinks Awards are submitted and judged in late 2026, with results announced the same year. All winning products receive 2027 medal artwork, ensuring the award remains commercially relevant throughout the 2027 trading year.

At the Global Drinks Awards, medals are designed to recognise excellence, category leadership and standout achievement across the global drinks industry.

Entries are assessed through a structured, points-based judging framework, ensuring every product is evaluated fairly, consistently and on its own merits. Medals and titles are awarded based on performance within each category, with multiple levels of recognition available.

Our full scoring methodology is currently in development and will be refined in collaboration with our judges through a dedicated focus group. Full details will be published ahead of judging.

The medals shown here are illustrative examples, created to demonstrate the range of awards that may be won across the Global Drinks Awards programme.

Medal Examples

Global Best

Awarded to the single highest-scoring product in the world, selected from Category Winners within a defined style or sub-category. This represents the pinnacle of achievement at the Global Drinks Awards.

Category Winner

Awarded to the top-scoring product within a defined category. Categories may be country-specific or global in nature, depending on how the style is produced and recognised internationally. Where categories are country specific, Category Winners are assessed against their international counterparts to determine Global Best.

Gold Medal

Awarded to products achieving outstanding scores within their category.

Silver Medal

Awarded to high-scoring products that meet Global Drinks Awards quality benchmarks.

Bronze Medal

Awarded to products demonstrating quality, balance and distinction.

Save the Dates

Entries Open

3 February 2026

Entries Close

14 September 2026

Bottle delivery deadline

2 October 2026

RESULTS ANNOUNCED

18 November 2026