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The IWSC brings its international awards to Austria

Following successful ‘in situ’ judging in South Africa and Georgia, the IWSC will be bringing its awards to Austria in May 2023.

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Wine award entrant bottle collection at Wine Paris

Continuously looking for ways to support entrants to our awards, the IWSC is offering visitors and exhibitors attending February’s Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris the opportunity to ‘drop off’ bottles entered to its 2023 wine awards

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Overview of the IWSCs wine judging in Georgia

Last month the IWSC visited Georgia for the first of its 2023 wine judging. Discover what our judges Sarah Abbott MW, Megan Clarke, Cat Lomax, Maggie Macpherson, and Salvatore Castano got up to in this great short film summarising the trip...

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Georgia: discover what our judges got up to during our recent wine judging in Georgia

Here we hear from Megan about what the team of judges got up to during their visit to this historic country considered to be the 'cradle of wine'.

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IWSC kicks off 2023 award year with 16 gold medals from Georgia

Announcing the first of its 2023 medal results, the IWSC is delighted to share the results following a dedicated tasting of wines from Georgia.

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Georgia's new amber wave

The IWSC is delighted to be visiting Georgia this October to judge its local wines ‘in situ’. Ahead of the visit, we will be sharing some content written by Judging Committee member, and Master of Wine, Sarah Abbott.

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IWSC to take its global awards to Georgia

The IWSC has announced it will be taking its globally respected wine awards to Georgia this October. Following its successful local judging in South Africa and Conegliano-Valdobbiadene earlier this summer, the IWSC is now inviting producers in Georgia to enter its awards.

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IWSC announces support of old vine regeneration in Turkey

The IWSC is proud to share details of environmental work it is doing in partnership with the Old Vine Conference to support the Heritage Vines of Turkey project.

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Shortlist for IWSC's Old Vine Trophy announced

Following the completition of its 2022 wine judging, the IWSC is delighted to share the shortlist for its Old Vine Trophy, created in partnership with the Old Vine Conference.

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