The team of specialist wine merchants also named Best En Primeur Specialist 2021 for Rhône, Burgundy and Bordeaux
July 19th – London – Goedhuis & Co, specialist fine wine merchants founded in 1981 by chairman Johnny Goedhuis, received two of the most prestigious prizes in the wine trade at the recent IWC (International Wine Challenge) Awards: Best Burgundy Specialist 2021 and Best En Primeur Specialist 2021 for Rhône, Burgundy and Bordeaux. Goedhuis & Co was also shortlisted for Best Bordeaux Specialist category. A testament to the iconic range of Burgundy producers included in their portfolio, the IWC has named Goedhuis & Co Burgundy Specialist of the Year for three consecutive years.
Based in Central London. Goedhuis & Co opened its first international office in Hong Kong in 2008, to service the growing interest in fine wine from the Asian market. Their list of clients is comprised principally of private individuals and also organizations as diverse as livery companies, private member’s clubs and restaurants and other members of the fine wine trade. Committed to discovering and promoting unheralded producers from all around the world as well as working with the most famous established estates’ First Growth Clarets and Grand Cru Burgundies, Goedhuis & Co also offers New World producers Sine Qua Non, Araujo, Opus One, Scarecrow, Penfolds, Torbreck and Zuccardi, and Eden Rift, among others. This approach ensures continual sourcing of the very best wines from the very best vintages, and constant development of a range of everyday wines which offer both delicious drinking and value.
Philippa Wright, Marketing Director at Goedhuis & Co says, “We are so delighted to have been awarded Burgundy Specialist of the Year 2021, for the third year in a row, and En Primeur Specialist of the Year 2021 at the recent IWC Awards. This is testament to the fantastic domaines, chateaux and estates we are privileged to work with around the world, both old friends and new, and to our brilliant clients, who continue to buy, drink and enjoy these wonderful wines. Above all it makes us so proud of our team here at Goedhuis who have really stepped up over the last year to weather the combined storm of Brexit and COVID-19, and come out the other side stronger than ever, and still smiling.”
For their specialist Burgundy and Bordeaux lists, they represent all major appellations across a range of quality levels at different price points. In Burgundy, the team works with over 50 different producers, from small, upcoming estates under the helm of the new generation such as Vincent Charton in Mercurey, Justin Girardin in Santenay and Cyril Audoin in Marsannay through to the great established names such as Domaines Ponsot, Comte Armand, Sylvain Cathiard and Jean-Philippe Fichet, from whom they purchase directly as a selected distributor in the UK. In Bordeaux Goedhuis & Co has close relationships with many major chateaux and negociants to ensure everything from Bordeaux AC to First Growths are well-represented.
Christian Pillsbury, proprietor of Eden Rift and one of Goedhuis & Co few California Pinot Noir producers, says, “We are immensely proud to be in the Goedhuis & Co portfolio. I am not surprised they have once again received these accolades from the IWC. They’re the best of the best. They believe in us, and we believe in them.”
To learn more about Goedhuis & Co, please visit www.goedhuis.com
