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Brixton’s Market Row Botanical Rum Wins Second Globally-Recognised Award

The Brixton Distillery Company, in the heart of Brixton market, has been awarded a silver medal in this year’s International Wine & Spirits Competition 2022 (IWSC) for its hand-crafted Market Row Botanical Rum – the second prestigious international award since launching in October 2020.

Ben Ormsby

Region toasts success at International Wine and Spirits Competition

Two Yorkshire businesses are celebrating after taking home awards at the prestigious International Wines and Spirits Competition (IWSC).

Dram Scotland

35 Awards for Distell at IWSC including four Golds

Distell has picked up 35 awards at the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) across its whisky portfolio – which includes Bunnahahbain, Tobermory, Deanston, Black Bottle and Scottish Leader. Four of Distell’s achieved awards were outstanding gold awards, the highest honour bestowed at the IWSC.

Joseph V Micallef

The International Wine And Spirit Competition: The Best Single Malt Scotch Of 2022

In the Scotch whisky category, traditionally one of the competition’s largest and most competitive segments, a total of 38 single malt Scotch whiskies were awarded the coveted Gold Outstanding medal.

Joseph V Micallef

The International Wine And Spirit Competition: The Best Blended Scotch Of 2022

The results of the 2022 spirits judging have just been announced by the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC). A total of 85, predominantly UK based, judges evaluated over 4,000 entrants across a dozen major categories.

Colin Ainscough

Penwortham distillery No.1 Fairham Gin wins silver for their dry Lancashire gins at the 2022 IWSC Spirits Awards

A Penwortham distillery is celebrating after picking up two silver awards for their dry Lancashire gins at the 2022 IWSC Spirits Awards.

Tamlyn Currin

Our Old Vines Register

Another major development is the brand-new Old Vine Trophy that the IWSC has recently launched in partnership with The Old Vine Conference. In the press release, Christelle Guibert, CEO for the IWSC explained that 'the IWSC want to recognise the producers who see the value of old vines and are going out of their way to look after them and encourage others to do the same.'

Food Navigator Asia

Kavalan predicts RTD and premium trends will drive Asian whiskey sector in 2022

IWSC's Worldwide Whiskey Producer of the Year predicts that the whiskey sector in Asia is set to be driven by premium and ready-to-drink (RTD) products in 2022.

New Food

Kavalan scoops Worldwide Whiskey Producer Trophy

Taiwanese distillery Kavalan has capped off a fruitful awards season by claiming one of the top prizes at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) as it seeks to put Taiwanese whiskey on the map.

Korea Herald

Kavalan Wins IWSC 'Worldwide Whiskey Producer Trophy

The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) has awarded its Worldwide Whiskey Producer Trophy to Kavalan for the third time, ending a spectacular 2021 awards year for the Taiwanese distiller.

Business Cornwall

National title for Cornish gin producer

Trevethan Distillery has been crowned National Gin Producer of the Year 2021 by the International Wine and Spirits Competition.

The Buyer

South Africa’s Vilafonté: IWSC’s Outstanding Producer of 2021

To be named Outstanding Wine Producer in the world is an achievement any producer must aspire to, but for the team behind premium South African wine brand, Vilafonté, it is the culmination of 25 years work that has seen some of the finest talent from two countries – the United States and South Africa – come together with one dream: to make a wine that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world.

Master of Malt

Millie Milliken wins IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year

We are delighted that one of Master of Malt’s writers has won one of the biggest awards in the British drinks industry.

Bar Magazine

Silver lining for British tailor launching multi-award winning spirits collection

Multi- award winner Drapers England, is celebrating the launch of its signature drinks portfolio with both a silver and bronze medal win for its contemporary pink rhubarb, cardamom, and orange gin at this year’s IWSC Awards, in addition to its current shortlisting as a finalist in the Great British Food Awards with its innovative smoked oak and vanilla spiced rum.

Korea Herald

Gold for Gin From Stuttgart

Over 600 different gin manufacturers from 90 countries competed against each other at the International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Yahoo! Finance

Shibui Becomes Most Awarded Japanese Whisky to Launch in the United States

Shibui, woman-owned company, earns record number of accolades in nine months, including five medals at the IWSC

Yahoo! Finance

Kavalan Wins Triple Trophy Honours at IWSC

Kavalan blitzed the first round of the 2021 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), winning the Worldwide Whiskey Trophy - for the fifth time - for its Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky. The Taiwanese distillery collected 7 of only 8 Gold Outstanding medals that IWSC judges awarded across the entire contest

Midland Express

World-class win

Mountain Distilling has struck gold with a first-of-its-kind whisky of distinctly Australian flavour. The distillery’s Red Gum Single Malt won gold in the 2021 International Wine and Spirit Competition, awarded 95 points in the Worldwide Whisky category

Forbes

The Best Ciders According To The International Wines And Spirits Competition

The International Wines and Spirits Competition (IWSC) has added ciders, perries and fruit wines to its categories of wines and spirits that it judges

Asia One

Hinch Distillery wins gold at International Wine and Spirit Competition 2021

Northern Ireland's newest distillery, Hinch, has beckoned a prestigious Gold Medal awarded for its Imperial Stout Finish Irish Whiskey, one of three whiskeys in their Craft & Casks range

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