The 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards attracted more entries this year than any other wine competition in the world, cementing its position as the world's biggest wine competition. In total 10,285 wines were entered, more than double the amount when the competition launched six years ago. The number of companies submitting wines increased by 23% to 2,240.

The competition introduced a UK category for the first time this year and were rewarded with an impressive number of entries, of which 86% gained an award, including two Gold Medals.  As only 2.8% of the entries in the whole competition won a Gold medal, this single success from England has shown just how high the quality of the category is.