Not a vast amount in the way of bargains, but there were some decent, unusual wines here, proving that the New World still knows how to innovate

Some good-value wines but the relatively low ratio of entries to medals suggests a lot of bandwagon-jumping, too

A good selection of medals from across the New World shows this is a category with real strength in depth

Over 1,500 wines can be boiled down to this: the hallowed Sommelier Wine Awards Gold List for 2011...