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Each week we publish stories about the best wines and spirits, our experts, upcoming events, and beverage industry news. And, don't miss our new IWSC Insights series, where we take an in-depth look into drinks businesses and markets around the world. Looking for recommendations? Visit our consumer website Club Oenologique to read our top 10s and reviews.

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IWSC Drinks Supermarket of the Year 2025: the top award goes to...

On Thursday, 13th February, UK supermarkets gathered to discover who had won the IWSC Outstanding Drinks Supermarket Award 2025.

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IWSC Drinks Supermarket of the Year 2025: Results Revealed

The UK's top supermarkets gathered in London on 13th February to hear the results of the inaural IWSC Drinks Supermarket Awards.

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Drinks Supermarket of the Year awards: judges' deliberations

Following the final judging session for the inaugural IWSC Drinks Supermarket of the Year Awards, we caught up with the panel to find out their key takeaways.

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From Vineyard to Bottle: BevZero's Essential Tools for Winemakers

With winemakers the world over grappling with surplus stock due to a drop in global consumption, dealcoholisation specialist BevZero is on hand to help turn excess wine into on-trend no and low-alcohol line extensions that will grab the attention of a new generation of consumers. We caught up with business development director, Irem Eren, to find out more… Growing in tandem with the wellness movement,

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Paris Can’t Wait! Wine Paris 2025 preview

Kicking off the 2025 drinks trade show calendar in style, Wine Paris returns to the City of Light in February with its biggest show to date. Lucy Shaw caught up with Vinexposium’s CEO, Rodolphe Lameyse, to find out what’s in store Against a turbulent backdrop of geopolitical, economic and environmental instability, the need for the drinks industry to rally together and strengthen its ties has

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IWSC 2025 Wine & Spirits Judging in Georgia: medal results revealed

Following our first Global Judging of 2025, we are delighted to reveal the medal-winning wines & spirits from Georgia and Armenia.

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IWSC Wine and Spirits Judging in Georgia: judges' deliberations

Kicking off our 2025 Global Judging events, we headed to Georgia for the IWSC Wine and Spirits Judging in the country. Following the first 2 days of judging, we caught up with the panel to find out their highlights so far.

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IWSC 2024 Producer Trophy Results Announced

After a fantastic night of celebration at the iconic Roundhouse for the IWSC’s 2024 Producer Trophy announcements – discover all the evening’s worthy winners

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IWSC 2024 Awards Celebration: photo gallery

View and download images from our 2024 Awards Celebration at the iconic Roundhouse, London.

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Meet the Champion: Philipp Reinstaller

Fresh from winning the UK Sommelier of the Year competition, which was held in London last week, we caught up with 2024 champion Philipp Reinstaller – head sommelier at Mauro Colagreco at Raffles at The OWO – to find out how he kept his nerve during the final, why he has his sights set on the world title, and which celebrity he served Krug to...

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