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IWSC partners with WinesDirect
The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) has signed a partnership deal with wine comparison website WinesDirect to promote medal-winning wines to consumers. WinesDirect’s IWSC page will include Trophy, Gold, Silver, and Best in Class wines sold in the UK, along with tasting notes, stockists and prices. Medal-winning wines can be searched for by colour, price, country, region, grape variety or retailer. “This
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Independent Retailer of the Year 2010 - Woodwinters
Independent Retailer of the Year 2010 Woodwinters wine merchant in Scotland was nominated nationwide by consumers to pick up this prestigious award. Set up by husband and wife team, Cara winters and Douglas Wood, they have two stores in Edinburgh and Bridge of Allon but serve a UK-wide and international community (mainly France and Spain) via their wine delivery system. The key to their
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IWSC Interview - Allen Gibbons MD
Each month we put the spotlight on a member of the IWSC team. This month it’s our very own Managing Director, Allen Gibbons . How long have you been the MD? I became MD of the group two years ago, although I’ve been a Director of the IWSC for four years. What is it like running the Competition? Running the Competition, any
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New Trophy Sponsor for IWSC Italian Wine Producer
The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) are pleased to announce a new sponsor. The Istituto Regionale della Vite e del Vino are now sponsors of the IWSC Italian Wine Producer of the Year until 2013. After the three big Italian wine producing regions of Veneto, Piemonte and Tuscany, Michele Shah (IWSC Italian Agent) comments that “the new star to seriously follow is Sicily”.
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New global players use London as launch pad
New players in the global wine market will descend on ExCeL for the London International Wine Fair in May. Russia will exhibit for the first time, with a generic pavilion hosting eight wineries from the country’s largest wine producing region of Krasnodar. In addition, Abrau Durso – Russia’s leading sparkling winery – will return after a successful 2010 launch, on a separate stand. In
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Visit of Corkwise Laboratory – March 10th 2011 (Sabrina Belkadi)
As part of the Waitrose / IWSC sponsored WSET Diploma scholarship, I was given the unique opportunity to visit the Corkwise Laboratory which specialises in the technical analysis of wines. The process of technical analysis not only meets a legal requirement for all wines and spirits being commercialised, but it also helps producers during the winemaking process as well as importers and distributors at every
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SA wines to be judged locally
According to Frances Horder, the IWSC competition director this decision has been coming a long time. “Allowing the first part of the judging process to be held in South Africa expands the market for us but also reduces the financial costs for SA wine producers to ship wines to the UK.” Previously all SA wines have been judged at the homebase near Guildford in
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IWSC Goes Local
Frances Horder, competitions director of the International Wine & Spirits Competition, is currently braving 40°C-plus temperatures in Paarl, South Africa, organising logistics. That’s because – for the first time ever – the IWSC will be judging South African wines in South Africa. “Three years ago we were looking to expand the competition and decided to judge American wines in America – a sort of
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Free shipping for ProWein 2011 IWSC entrants
The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) is offering FREE shipping of entries back to the competition cellars in the UK to companies exhibiting at ProWein, who enter the 2011 Competition. The offer is open to Northern Hemisphere Wines (Canada, Germany, Austria and Italy only). Four bottles (of wine or spirit) per entry can be dropped off at the Schenker Stand ( Hall
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IWSC Announce new Chairman of Technical and Judging Committee
The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), the world’s most prestigious wine and spirit competition, is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Goodband MW as the new Chairman of the Technical and Judging Committee. Philip said of his role “I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with an exceptional team to enhance the already high reputation of the IWSC”. Philip
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