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Distell Group’s Nederburg Wines captured the South African Wine Producer of the Year award at this week’s 2016 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC).

William Grant & Sons have just seen a very successful run at the prestigious 47th annual International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), held each year in London.

HUNTER Valley wines have helped the McGuigan company win the International Winemaker of the Year title for a record-breaking fourth time.

As the contest calls for entries to its 2017 spirits tasting, research from the Kedge Business School has uncovered the real value that the IWSC stamp of approval has on your business, and why it remains the one to win in the drinks trade.

The annual event, held last night at London’s Vintners’ Hall, saw more than 200 of the competition’s top-awarded spirits showcased to guests and judges, amid a record number of entries, in the history of the competition, from all over the globe.

KWV announced as Brandy Producer of the Year at International Wine and Spirit Competition. Also claims Worldwide Brandy Trophy.

Chinese wine has been recognized for the first time by the International Wine and Spirit Competition, known in industry circles as the "Oscars for wine". China is now one of the world's biggest consumers of wine. The domestic industry is still little known overseas, but that hasn't stopped it from growing rapidly. CGTN's Zhang He reports.

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

We are about to enter awards season where black ties and ball gowns will become as common on a night out as a pair of sandals or sunglasses in high summer. This year’s awards nights, however, will have a fair few newcomers in the audience from a wider range of countries as Eastern Europe, in particular, targets the major competitions as a platform to help change the wine industry’s perceptions about its wines.

Two major international wine awards – namely the International Wine Challenge (IWC) and the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) – found these two samples worthy winners...

In a further boost for English producers, the Ridgeview estate in Sussex was this week awarded the coveted trophy of the world’s best winemaker in the International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018. This is the first time in the IWSC’s 49-year history that the award has been presented to an English producer.

Red wine fans will love Asda’s Extra Special Yarra Valley Pinot Noir, usually £9. Just right for Easter lunch, it’s won Decanter and IWSC awards.

Serious recognition on a global scale is coming in now too, as the three major international competitions (International Wine Challenge, International Wine & Spirit Competition and Decanter World Wine Awards) have bestowed a huge number of awards on English wines, mainly sparklers, this spring.

Foxhole Spirits is delighted to announce that HYKE Gin has won Gold in the ‘Gin-Contemporary’category at the2019 International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).

Its Bacchus 2018 white wine has won three bronze medals at the International Wine And Spirits Competition (IWSC), the Wine GB awards and the regional competitions for producers from the Midlands and the North.

In the Scotch whisky category, traditionally one of the competition’s largest and most competitive segments, a total of 38 single malt Scotch whiskies were awarded the coveted Gold Outstanding medal.

In the Tequila and Mezcal category, one of the competition’s fastest growing segments, a total of three Tequilas and six Mezcals were awarded the coveted Gold Outstanding medal. The winners ranged from iconic brands like 1800 to new, emerging Mezcal brands like Mezcal Amores or Casa Lumbre.

Copalli Rum, a Belizean rum brand, has proudly taken home two prestigious awards at the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) 2023.

Each year, the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the beverage world, brings back all its individual wine winners across various categories to determine the best of the best.

Among the multitude of wines vying for recognition from the two countries, only five dry wines, four from Spain and one from Portugal, earned prestigious Gold medals at the 2024 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) judging.

France dominated the 2024 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), rosé wine judging. Producers from Provence winning three of four Gold medals out of a total of more than 200 medalists.