Awards

Gold Award

Aldi's Alpine Meadow Soft Cheese Spread won in the Cheese Spread category.

Silver Award

The Optifit Active Mixed Berries Probiotic Drink won in the drinking yoghurt category.

The Optifit Active Cherry Yoghurt won in the Low Fat Fruit Flavoured Yoghurt Category.

Bronze Award

The Brooklea Virtually Fat Free Natural Yoghurt won in the single carton of Natural Yoghurt Category.

The Camelot Lemon Fruit Fool won in the Single Carton of Fruit/Flavoured Yoghurt Category.

The following Aldi products have won at the Great Taste Awards 2010.

Two Stars Award
Extremely Exotic Muesli

One Star Award
American Peanut Butter
Gold Label Teabags
Speciality Tea Indonesian Black Tea - Earl Grey
Speciality Tea English Breakfast Assam 50% Indian Black Tea
White Stilton with Dried Apricots

The spirits below were awarded the following medals in the International Spirits Challenge 2010:       

Gold Medal
Highland Black Blended Scotch Whiskey

Silver Medal
Clarke's 1866 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 

Bronze Medal
Highland Earl Blended Scotch Whiskey
Old Hopking White Rum
Cocobay
Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin
Tamova Vodka

Commended Medal
Old Hopking Dark Rum
Southern Belle
Ballycastle Classic Irish Country Cream
Oscar's Peach Schnapps

Winners:

Sparkling Wines Up to £9.99
Phillipe Michel Cremant du Jura 2007

Lagers
Steinhauser Lager

Highly Commended:

Red Wines up to £9.99
Bushland Wine Makers Selection Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2006

White Wines Up to £4.99
Macon Villages

Finalists:

Champagne – Non-Vintage
Carin Premier Cru Champagne

Fortified Wine
Fletchers Cream Sherry

Dark Spirits
Chevallier Cognac

Best New Fish-Based Product:

Gold winner - The Fishmonger Cooked Irish Mussels in Seasoned White Wine Sauce

Best New Pizza Product:

Gold winner - Carlos Stone Baked Barbecue Chicken Pizza

Best New Vegetable-Based Product: 

Silver Winner - Four Seasons Premium Petit Pois with Jersey Butter

Best New Pizza Product:

Silver winner - Carlos Totally Topped Diavolo Edge to Edge Pizza

Best New Dessert / Confectionery Product:

Silver winner - Specially Selected Belgian Chocolate Roulade 

The following Aldi wines were awarded Bronze at the 2010 International Wine Challenge:

Toro Loco Tempranillo
Freeman’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Tierra Del Sol Merlot
Bushland Reserve Shiraz
Crémant De Jura Phillipe Michel
Specially Selected Bushland Winemaker’s Selection Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Geaürztraminer

The following Aldi wines were awarded Silver at the 2010 International Wine Challenge:

Vina Decana Reserva
Henri De Lorgere Macon Villages
Ile La Forge Merlot

The following Aldi wines were awarded Highly Commended at the 2010 International Wine Challenge:

Cambalala Chardonnay Colombard
Anything Goes Riesling
Vignes St Pierre Vermentino
Bushland Single Estate Shiraz
Specially Selected Bushland Winemaker’s Cabernet Shiraz Merlot
Collezione Italiana Rosso Italian Red Wine
Prosecco
Budavar Pinot Bianco
Budavar Pinot Grigio
Tierra Del Sol Sauvignon Blanc
Vina Decana Rosé
Vina Decana Crianza
Bushland Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Bag in Box Shiraz
Cambalala Western Cape Cabernet Pintotage
Cambalala Pinotage Shiraz
Liebfraumilch

The following Aldi wines were awarded Silver (Best in Class) at the 2010 International  Wine and Spirits Competition:

Ramon Lopez Murillo Reserva Rioja
Henri de Lorgére Macon-Villages
Anything Goes Riesling
St. Amandus Bereich Nierstein Spätlese
Budavar Pinot Bianco
Chateauneuf
Sancerre

The following Aldi wines were awarded Bronze at the 2010 International Wine and Spirits Competition:

Crémant du Jura Phillipe Michel
Vignes de St.Pierre Vermentino Sauvignon Blanc
Ile la Forge Merlot
Baron Saint Jean Rouge
Baron Saint Jean Rosé
Veuve Olivier Brut Rosé
Budavar Pinot Grigio
Palacio de la Tierra Spanish White Wine
Toro Loco Tempranillo
Collezione Italiana Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Grandi Mori Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiaden
Aldi Bag in Box Chardonnay Puglia

Gold
The following Aldi products were awarded Gold at the 2010 Grocer Own Label Food and Drink Awards :

Café Bistro Chocolate & Hazelnut Wafers
Grandessa Sour Cherry Preserve
Specially Selected Farmhouse Red Leicester

Silver

The following Aldi products were awarded Silver at the 2010 Grocer Own Label Food and Drink Awards :

Deli Continental French Torchon Ham
Specially Selected British Thick Smoked Sweetcure Streaky Bacon Rashers
Specially Selected Dopiaza Sauce
The Cheese Emporium English Belton Farm Wenslydale with Blueberries
Village Bakery Cheese Savoury Tear & Share Bread

Finalists

The following Aldi products were Finalists at the 2010 Grocer Own Label Food and Drink Awards:

Serrano Ham
Chocolate & Hazelnut Wafers
Benefit Raspberry Flakes
Rio d'Oro Juice'd Orange & Passion Fruit Juice Drink
Belgian Chocolate Sugar Waffles
Liquid Breakfast Apple & Mango Smooth
Alpenmark Smoked German Ham
Brooklea Low Fat BioYogurt with Wholegrains Muesli

Aldi’s Specially Selected Thick Cut Unsmoked British Dry Cured Back Bacon Rashers won the ‘Best Unsmoked Bacon’ Award at Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week.

Silver Best in Class

The Specially Selected Bushland Cabernet Shiraz Merlot was awarded the Silver Best in Class at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2009.

Distil Trophy

Sponsored by Brintex

Awarded to the retailer gaining the best overall average mark for spirits entries.

Aldi was awarded a coveted Q Award for its Harvest Morn Chocolate Crunch at the 2009 Quality Food Awards, beating off competition from the likes of Kelloggs.

Aldi's Lacura Wrinkle Stop awarded Silver in the Best Anti-Ageing Launch

Gold Best in Class
Cocobay

Gold
Ballycastle Classic Irish Country Cream

Silver Best in Class
Fletcher’s Cream Sherry
Tierra Del Sol Chilean Merlot 2008
Southern Belle Finest Style Liqueur
Old Hopking White Rum
Oscar's Peach Schnapps
Phillipe Michel Cremant du Jura
Bushland Winemaker's Selection Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot 2006

Silver
Highland Earl Blended Scoth Whisky
Tamova Vodka
Napoleon Three Year Old French Brandy XO Superieur
Old Hopking Dark Rum
Cellier Du Rhone 2007
Cotes du Rhone 2007

Bronze
Ramon Lopez Murillo Rioja Reserva 2004
Tierra del Sol Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Tierra del Sol Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Cromwell Special London Dry Gin
Austin's Winter Drink
Clarke's 1866 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Bushland Single Estate Shiraz 2008
Budavar Pinot Grigio 2008
Baron St Jean Rose NV
Eagle Ridge Zinfandel Blush 2008
Cambalala Cabernet Sauvignon Pinotage 2008
Bushland Reserve Chardonnay 2008
Bushland Semillon Chardonnay 2007
Bushland Cabernet Merlot 2008
Bushland Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon NV
Ile la Forge Merlot 2008
Paul Mas Vignes De St Pierre Sauvignon 2008
Burlwood Chardonnay
Burlwood Red
Chateau Grand Pey Lescours St Emilion Grand Cru 2006

Gold Award
Bishop's Land Extra Strong Cheddar

Silver Award
The Cheese Emporium Isle of Man Speciality Cheese – Oak Smoked Mature Cheddar

Bronze Award
The Cheese Emporium Isle of Man Speciality Cheese - Mature Cheddar with Black Pepper
The Cheese Emporium Isle of Man Speciality Cheese – Mature Cheddar with Garlic & Chive
The Cheese Emporium -  Wensleydale with Cranberries

Bronze Medal - Specially Selected XXB

Commended - Specially Selected XB and Sainte Etienne

Silver Award - Breaded Camembert
Category: Cheese Snack

Bronze Award - Cheese Emporium Alpine Meadow Soft Cheese
Category: Continental Speciality Cheese, Soft, produced outside UK

Bronze Award – Specially Selected West Country Farmhouse Cheddar
Category: Mature Cheddar – Farmhouse

Silver Award
Hard Territorials – Creamery (Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Derby)- Farmhouse

Aldi was named ‘Best Supermarket 2009’ by ‘Which?’ magazine, the UK’s famous consumer champion, which assesses companies and products 100% independently.

The award is in recognition of the fact that we continue to offer customers an unbeatable combination of exceptional quality at exceedingly low prices.

Aldi won 'The Grocer Of The Year' and 'Discounter Of The Year' in 2009 at the Grocer Gold Awards.

Silver
Cantina Di Merlara Valpolicella Ripasso Doc  2006

Bronze
Vignes De St Pierre Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Burlwood White Wine  NV

Commended
Bushland Reserve Chardonnay
Bushland Single Estate Shiraz  2008
Bushland Colombard Chardonnay  2007
Ile La Forge Merlot  2008
Baron Saint Jean Rosé  NV
Budavar Pinot Bianco  2007
Freeman's Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc  2008
Ramon Lopez Murillo Rioja Reserva 2004
Burlwood Cabernet Sauvignon  NV
Burlwood White Zinfandel  NV

Winners:
Highland Black Blended Scotch Whisky
Steinhauser
Cantina Di Merlara Valpolicella Ripasso
Fletcher's Ten Year Old Tawny Port
Philippe Michel Cremant Du Jura

Silver
Highland Black Blended Scotch Whisky

Bronze
Cromwell Gin
Clarke's 1866 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Commended
Southern Belle Finest Style Liqueur
Ballycastle Classic Irish Cream Liqueur
Highland Earl Blended Scotch Whisky

Best new poultry-based product
Gold Winner - Cook it Taste it, Love it Chicken En Croute with Mango Chilli and Pak Choi
Silver Winner - Cook it, Taste It, Love It Duck Legs in Plum and Sweet Chilli Sauce

Best new fish-based product
Silver Winner - Specially Selected Premium Salmon Roasts with Lemon and Dill

Best new vegetable-based product
Bronze Winner - Specially Selected Thick Cut Maris Piper Oven Chips

Best new meat-based product
Silver Winner - Cook it, Taste it, Love it Peppercorn Pork Shanks

Best new pizza, savouries and savoury bread product
Gold Winner - Specially Selected Marinated Vegetable Tarte Fin Pizza
Bronze Winner – Specially Selected Salmon & Spinach Tarte Fin Pizza