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IWSC announces its Wine Supermarket of the Year 2022 shortlist
The IWSC Wine Supermarket of the Year award was created to recognise the supermarkets innovating and adapting to a rapidly changing market as well as excelling in communicating its wine offer to its customers.
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IWSC reveals shortlist for Wine Distributor of the Year award
The Wine Distributor of the Year award was created to recognise the wholesale, importer and distribution businesses leading the way in bringing consumers their favourite drinks. With recent obstacles, not limited to Brexit, shipping hiccups and covid, the businesses recognised for these awards are having to find new ways of working in a rapidly changing industry.
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IWSC reveals shortlist for its Spirits Distributor of the Year award
The Spirits Distributor of the Year was created to recognise the wholesale, import and distribution businesses leading the way in bringing consumers their favourite drinks. With recent obstacles, not limited to Brexit, shipping hiccups and covid, the businesses recognised for this award are having to find a new way of working in an ever-changing and increasingly competitive industry.
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Hemil Haria announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent in Spirits winner
With a record number of applicants entered into this year’s Emerging Talent in Spirits award, narrowing down the talent pool to just five shortlisted candidates was no mean feat. This award was created to recognise individuals working in spirits who go above-and-beyond their role, demonstrating dedication and passion for spirits beyond the scope of their day job. Following our announcement last week of our five
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Irem Eren announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent in Wine winner
With so many different roles within the wine industry, from marketing to buying, or sales to finance and many more, our Emerging Talent in Wine award recognises the dedication and commitment individuals put not only towards their day jobs, but also far beyond their roles, looking at how they involve themselves within wider aspects of the wine trade. Following our announcement last week of our
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Gabrielle Pharms announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent in Spirits Communication winner
Following our announcement last week of our four fantastic shortlisted candidates for this award, we are delighted to name our first winner of our Emerging Talent in Spirits Communication as Gabrielle Pharms.
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Sophia Longhi announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent in Wine Communication winner
The IWSC are delighted to name our first winner of our Emerging Talent in Wine Communication as Sophia Longhi.
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Courtney Francis announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent Bartender Award winner
Now in its second year, and delighted by the burgeoning number of entries, the IWSC is proud to announce the winner of its 2022 Emerging Talent: Bartender Award.
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Daniel Stojcic announced as IWSC's 2022 Emerging Talent in Wine Hospitality winner
Following two tumultuous years for the UK on-trade, the IWSC is delighted to once again be offering an award for Emerging Talent in Wine Hospitality. This award was created to recognise the dedication and hard work of an individual in the hospitality industry who is focussed on offering fantastic customer service, looking after colleagues within and finding innovative ways to draw customers back out to restaurants.
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2022 Spirits Awards - deliberations from our judges #2
As we wrap up the first week of our judging, today has been about grape spirits and vodka. We hear from Spirits Judging Committee member Joel Harrison who was overseeing the grape spirit judging, on his thoughts of how the day panned out.
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