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Harpers

Wiston Estate signs up Swig Wines as London on-trade distributor

English winemaker Wiston Estate is looking to cash in on booming on-trade sales of domestic fizz with a new distribution deal with Swig Wines. The South Downs producer’s entire range – including Wiston Estate Cuvee 2013, winner of the English Sparkling Wine Trophy at IWSC 2017 – is now available to the capital’s restaurants and bars through Swig.

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Bar Magazine

Ireland’s Blackwater gin lands in Britain

The classic Blackwater No 5 is a London dry gin which combines juniper with coriander, warm cinnamon, zesty lemon and eight other botanicals. It was the only Irish gin to be awarded Gold at the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) in 2017.

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Agenda.ge

8 Georgian wine companies get 41 awards at international wine competition

Eight Georgian companies have won 41 awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).

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Hvino News

41 Georgian wines received awards of International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2018

This year eight Georgian companies won 41 IWSC awards: 11 silver and 30 bronze medals: Badagoni, Château Mukhrani, GWS Winery, Tbilvino, Telavi Wine Cellar, Teliani Valley, Schuchmann Wines, Vaziani Winery.

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Master of Malt

The Nightcap: 25 May

The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) has launched a new initiative called Club Oenologique, a membership club that marks the 50th anniversary of the organisation.

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Sputnik News

For first time in 50 years, Crimean wine wins accolades in London

The Crimea-based Alma Valley winery took three medals at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) in London.

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Sputnik France

Un vin de Crimée médaillé pour la première fois depuis 50 ans à Londres

Pour la première fois depuis 50 ans, un vin de Crimée a obtenu une médaille lors d'un concours prestigieux qui se déroule tous les ans à Londres.

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Journal Hardmusica

Adega de Palmela arrecada mais duas medalhas

O concurso IWSC, The International Wine Spirits Competition galardoou os vinhos Adega de Palmela Reserva Branco 2015 e o Moscatel de Setúbal 10 com medalha de bronze.

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Alco Expert

"Lev Golitsyn" from "Sparkling Wines" (SPB) received "silver" for IWSC

The time has come for another argument for the skeptics - a series of wins of "Sparkling Wines" continued the silver medal of the English competition IWSC (International Wine & Spirits Competition)

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Bodegas Ayuso

Más medallas

Sigue la cosecha de premios de nuestro Finca Los Azares Tempranillo/Cabernet/Merlot 2014.

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Bar Magazine

English sparkling wines triumph with IWSC accolades

English sparkling wines have picked up eight Gold and Gold Outstanding medals in IWSC’s announcement of winning wines from the northern hemisphere.

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Harper's Wine & Spirit

Onwards and upwards

Brexit and political tussling over the UK's place in the world is taking place alongside the growing global conversation around quality UK wines and spirits. Adam Lechmere, general manager of the IWSC, believes that the competition's organisers have seen 100% growth in English wine entries over the past four years.

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Drinks Business

10 of the best jobs in drinks and how to get them: Wine or spirits judge

Tobias Gorn is a wine and cigar buyer (Boisdale Group), freelance shooting instructor and referee, director of spirits at Winefraud.com, and IWSC panel chair judge.

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The Drinks Business

This is what the drinks industry is saying about Scotland's minimum unit pricing

Adam Lechmere, general manager of the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), welcomed the decision to penalise drinks firms which produce “powerful cheap ciders and other horrible concoctions that are so obviously designed to get you drunk as quickly, cheaply and effectively as possible.”

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Zlata Rodionova

Morrisons’ £8 award-winning wine that is as good as bottles costing SIX times as much

An £8 Albarino from Morrisons was included on the "Top Ten Spanish Wines" list published by the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).

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Olly Smith

Winners by a nose, the 'Grand National' medallists that are all... thirst past the post!

Olly Smith in the Mail on Sunday reckons the IWSC is one of the most exciting wine competititions around: “Wine awards are looking for more tangible ways to engage with wine consumers. Adam Lechmere, the general manager at the International Wine and Spirit Competition tells me: ‘As we move towards our 50th anniversary in 2019, we are positioning ourselves as the premium wine competition with a range of exciting new projects in the pipeline – not least a new consumer club, the Club Oenologique, which will give wine and spirits lovers access to some of the thousands of wonderful drinks we taste every year.’ So while a gong goes some way to celebrate a wine’s pedigree, potentially more exciting is the contest to access these wines. The race is on to win the backing of wine fans.”

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Victoria Moore

China isn't just a consumer of prestige red wine - it's set to produce on a vast scale, too

If you’re still laughing at stories of Chinese wine drinkers ordering Lafite, and then diluting it with Coca-Cola, you’re out of date. Chinese taste has become more sophisticated, and more educated, and it’s happened very quickly. I recently tried some of them at an event put on by the International Wine and Spirit Competition.

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Sumilier

Time to chase China

Winemaking may have been the legacy of Benedictine monks in Medieval Europe who were also the nominated guardians of vines and cellars. But the original progenitors of wine - they are nowhere close in proximity. I attended IWSC’s first Chinese tasting in March 2018 where they revealed the medal winners of 2017.

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Xposé.ie

Easter wines: 7 top buys to enjoy with the Bank Holiday feasts

Drinks editor Sam Wylie-Harris presents her Easter parade for spring tables, including Toro Loco Barrica Reserva 2013, a real steal that’s been awarded a silver medal by the IWSC (International Wine & Spirit Competition).

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Vinetur

Mariano Braga nominado como "Wine Communicator of the Year"

El argentino Mariano Braga ha sido nominado este año 2018, por segundo año consecutivo, como el comunicador de vinos más destacado del mundo por la International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC).

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