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hangingditch, an independent wine specialist in Manchester, has scooped the prestigious title of ‘Independent Retailer of the Year’ from the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).   The eclectic store which, in the three years since it opened has already notched up a string of awards, beat off competition from around the country to win the hotly-contested title.   Judges were impressed by hangingditch’s range

Following the successful round of the 2011 judging of South African Wine entries (in Paarl), the Competition donates wine for the M’Dala Trust Fundraising Golf Day.   The M’dala Trust is an organization that provides regular and meaningful support to destitute or needy Zimbabwean pensioners resident in the Western Cape.   Leon Jacobs, Chairman of the M’Dala Trust, “I write on behalf of the Trustees

Hundreds of northern hemisphere wine producers will be awarded with some of the highest accolades of the wine industry next week

As a member of the IWSC's Wine Judging Committee, Alistair Cooper MW shares insights into the essential process of aligning judges' palates for consistent and fair wine evaluation.

French Wine Discoveries is the UK market’s definitive trade tasting of French wine

The IWSC has completed its search for the world’s best wine communicator

Some 30 producers were presented with certificates at the London Wine Fair, where winning wines were celebrated in exclusive tastings and masterclasses

Waitrose and the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) have started their 2014 worldwide search to find the next big star in the wine industry, for the annual Julian Brind Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement.   The late Julian Brind MW, was a leading light in the wine trade and an integral part of the Waitrose wine team for over forty years. The award was

2012 has seen the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) receive its highest ever number of Northern Hemisphere wine entries.   The Competition has seen an increase in entries year on year, with 2012 seeing France scoop the most awards at the prestigious wine and spirit competition.   Old world countries dominated; France’s 827 medals were made up of four ‘Gold Outstanding’, 31 Gold medals,

The IWSC’s French wine results have been announced today, with a raft of Gold medals awarded to producers throughout the country

Melissa Monosoff’s experience working with food has given her a unique perspective and personality expressed in her wine communication

As we wrapped up our first week of wine judging, we caught up with John Hoskins MW to hear how the entrants were looking from Burgundy and Beaujolais, as well as Canada and Corsica!  

This year, we’re pleased to award the IWSC 2022 Sweet/Fortified Wine Producer Trophy to one of Spain’s most renowned bodegas, González Byass.

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...

Each year the IWSC recognises individual bottles, awarding gold, silver and bronze medals to wines entering our Wine Awards. Looking beyond these bottles, we are also keen to recognise the creativity of the companies bringing these drinks to the customer. These companies are distinguished through our Business Awards.

As we launch into our 5th and 6th day of wine judging our judges have been tasting through flights of wine from Italy, Portugal as well as some fortified wines.

We are diving into the final week of our wine judging, with plenty more countries still to taste, but these last two days have been focused on wines from France and Australia.

This week the IWSC headed to Mendoza to judge Argentinian wines in situ. Following the tasting, we caught up with our judges to hear which styles and flights impressed them the most.

We are delighted to award Cherubino with our highly coveted Outstanding Wine Producer Trophy, sponsored by Encirc . One of the leading wineries of Western Australia, Cherubino’s rise to the fine wine producer Olympus has been truly remarkable, said our judges. 

At the end of the IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in Georgia, we sat down with our experts, David Kermode, Will Hill, Cat Lomax, as well as Head Judge Alistair Cooper MW, to hear their opinions of the Georgian wines tasted and the country's future on the global wine stage.

Following our highly successful Global Judging in 2023, this year, the IWSC is thrilled to announce its return to Austria.

Our 2024 Wine Judging has kicked off with a day of tasting rosé and fortified wines from across the world. We caught up with our judges to hear their deliberations following the first day of tasting.

As we launch into day 3 of our 2024 Wine Judging, our expert panels of judges were taking on the 3rd largest wine producing country, Spain.

After another excellent judging in Austria, we caught up with our experts to hear about their highlights and what styles and grapes surprised them.

Last week our team of international judges headed to Xinjiang for the IWSC’s first Wine Judging in China. Today, we are delighted to announce the medal results.