Participate in The 2025 Golden Vines® Report and enter* a draw for a ticket to The Golden Vines Awards 2025 in Miami
Join the opportunity to participate in The 2025 Golden Vines® Report (formerly known as The Gérard Basset Global Fine Wine Report) Survey, dedicated to the memory of Gérard Basset OBE MS MW MBA OIV MSc ASI World Sommelier Champion 2010 – our friend, mentor, and the founding partner of our Liquid Icons, who passed away in 2019.
You can start the Survey here: survey.liquidicons.com
Included in the survey, this is a unique opportunity for you to cast your vote for the world's best fine wine makers, Hall of Fame Award, Innovation Award, and rare spirit brand Award Winners in 2025 who will be celebrated at the prestigious Golden Vines® Awards Gala in Miami, USA on 7-9 November 2025, produced by Liquid Icons for the benefit of the Gérard Basset Foundation to fund diversity and inclusivity-focused educational programmes in the wine, spirits & hospitality sectors worldwide.
Introducing the Golden Vines® Academy
From this year, qualified voters shall be automatically enrolled as Members into the Golden Vines® Academy, a directory of which will be made available on the Liquid Icons website this summer. Members shall be able to publicly announce their Membership into the Golden Vines® Academy. Members shall be given a digital Golden Vines® Academy logo that they can display on their business cards, LinkedIn, social media or emails, as well as a digital certificate formalising their membership available to print and frame. To see the criteria for voting, please view liquidicons.com/the-golden-vines-awards-voting-rules.
*Members of the Academy will be put into ‘the hat’ for a prize draw; a complimentary ticket to The 2025 Golden Vines® Awards, Miami, FL (7-9 November) worth $15,000.
Last year we received an incredible support of over 1,200 fine wine & rare spirit professionals (including 97 MWs & MSs) from over 100 countries, with an average experience of more than 16 years in the industry, participating. Last year’s complimentary Report can be downloaded on Liquid Icons website.
The Report features a section on the rare spirit industry trends, so that our voters can express their views on the key micro & macro trends shaping and moving the global rare spirit market.
The 2025 Golden Vines Awards, Miami, FL: 7-9 November
The winners of The 2025 Golden Vines® Awards will be presented at The 2025 Golden Vines Awards Gala in Miami, USA on 7-9 November 2025. Once again, we will be raising charitable funds exclusively for the Gérard Basset Foundation to fund diversity & inclusivity education programmes globally in the world of wine, spirits & hospitality. In the past three years we raised close to $5,000,000 for the Foundation, and we hope to raise over $1,000,000 in Miami this year.
The findings in this year’s 2025 Report as well as the results of The 2025 Golden Vines® Awards will be available for free download at liquidicons.com/report at the end of the day, on the 9th of November 2025, after the conclusion of the Miami suite of The Golden Vines® events. We will also send a complimentary copy of the Report to you as a thank you for your participation.
Please help us to make the best Report by contributing alongside other leading industry professionals for the benefit of other industry members as well as fine wine & rare spirit lovers who will be gleaning your key insights on the industry. And please help to invite friends to participate – this feature is also available as the last step in the Survey.
To complete the Survey, please start here: survey.liquidicons.com