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2016 Shortlists Announced
We're delighted to announce the Shortlists for all Producer, Importer, Retailer and Achievement Award categories for 2016! 2016 sees the introduction of a number of new awards including Supermarket of the Year, Innovator of the Year and Retail Wine/Spirits Buyer of the Year. We will be announcing and presenting the winners of each category at the IWSC Annual Awards Banquet on November 16th at Guildhall, London.
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Australia & New Zealand Wine Results Announced, along with Final Wine Trophies!
After 7 months of tasting, the International Wine & Spirit Competition judges have finally finished deliberating, sipping and sniffing in order that we can announce the final wine trophies, along with the wine results for New Zealand and Australia.
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South America & South Africa Results Released!
The International Wine & Spirit Competition’s expert judges, along with our award winning operations team have been hard at work sipping, swirling, sniffing and scoring and the final results for South Africa & South America are now available.
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Spirit news
IWSC Annual Spirit Tasting
On the 27th July 2016 the worshipful Company of Distillers and the IWSC hosted the 9th annual Spirits Results & Tasting at the historic Vintners' Hall in London.
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Spirit news
Whiskies and Gin Soar in a Record Year for IWSC Spirit Entries
We are pleased to announce the 2016 Spirit results and trophies, revealing a record year for entries into the Competition, with a 17% increase in entries, lead by the Scotch, Worldwide Whiskey and Gin categories. The top 200 winners will be showcased at the annual Spirits Showcase event, run in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Distillers.
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Results released for France, Italy, Spain and Northern Hemisphere Trophies
The International Wine & Spirit Competition’s (IWSC) expert panel of judges have been blind-tasting, debating and scoring French, Italian and Spanish wine submissions for the past few months and today sees the medal results announced for these regions alongside the much-anticipated Northern Hemisphere wine trophies for Champagne, Rioja, Madeira, Sherry, Port and Cava.
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Wine news
New Business, Wine & Retailer Categories for 2016
The IWSC is very excited to introduce some brand new awards into the 2016 competition including Innovator of the Year and Specialist Multiple Retailer of the Year.
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Independent and Online Retailer Awards
Voting is now open for the 2016 IWSC Independent Retailer of the Year and Online Retailer of the Year Awards. Voting will close June 20th.
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IWSC Results Announced!
Today sees the announcement of the first set of IWSC results at the London Wine Fair and it is a sparkling week for English wines as the IWSC awards 7 Gold's for homegrown producers!
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IWSC Masterclasses at the 36th London Wine Fair
The IWSC is returning to the London Wine Fair for 2016 with a stellar line up of talent presenting masterclasses on wine and spirits at stand U50.
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