Oaxaca’s smoky spirit is making some serious in-roads in the UK bar scene. An Imbibe panel threw on their ponchos and went out to see what the category has to offer. Clinton Cawood joined them

Fog, rolling in from the Pacific, tempers the relentless sunshine of California and Chile and allows them to make elegant white wines. Clinton Cawood joins a bunch of sommeliers as they get to grips with some misty Chardonnays

An afternoon of Chilean spirit

The results of the country's second annual on-trade wine challenge

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

Plenty of medals again for Chile, although the judges were most impressed stylistically with Australia and South Africa

There was little to excite the judges in this new category. Here’s hoping for better things from the pair in 2012

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

Good wines, good prices and a variety of styles, Syrah was one of the stand-out varieties for the New World

More ambitious pricing but some decent wines too, with Australia, Argentina and South Africa leading the way

A successful haul for this must-list variety, with Chile achieving a bit of a David versus Goliath giant-slaying

Food Match Awards

Astonishing value for money from the Chileans, as you’d expect, but not enough wines with the wow factor

Still no Golds for Viognier, though certainly lighter, fresher, more food-friendly wines than in previous years