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The shortlists for the IWSC Business Awards highlight outstanding retailers who form the backbone of the UK industry – and the judges had a hard task choosing the winners

Only the best of the best managed to secure a medal in this year's IWSC Design Awards. Here are the results.

With so many different roles within the wine industry, from marketing to buying, or sales to finance and many more, our Emerging Talent in Wine award recognises the dedication and commitment individuals put not only towards their day jobs, but also far beyond their roles, looking at how they involve themselves within wider aspects of the wine trade. Following our announcement last week of our

Following two tumultuous years for the UK on-trade, the IWSC is delighted to once again be offering an award for Emerging Talent in Wine Hospitality. This award was created to recognise the dedication and hard work of an individual in the hospitality industry who is focussed on offering fantastic customer service, looking after colleagues within and finding innovative ways to draw customers back out to restaurants.

Highlighting the consistent quality of supermarket wines, this year 80% of the wines selected for entry into the IWSC received a medal. While only five gold medals were awarded to supermarket wines, the multiple retailers received an impressive number of silver and bronze accolades.

Over the past few days, several IWSC judges have been in the Northeast of Italy in Conegliano Valdobbiadene, tasting entrants from the very heart of the Prosecco Superiore DOCG.

Having recently shared its shortlist for this year’s Wine Communicator Trophy, sponsored by Vinitaly, the IWSC is delighted to announce the winner of this prestigious accolade.  

The uncrowned king of the Austrian grapes, Grüner Veltliner, has once again proven its right to reign over the country’s winemaking at the IWSC in-situ wine judging in Korneuburg.

On day 4 of our Wine Judging, our experts tasted and assessed sparkling wines from around the world.

We are pleased to reveal that Kopke (Sogevinus Fine Wines) is the winner of our 2024 Sweet/Fortified Wine Producer Trophy.

We are thrilled to award La Chablisienne, one of the forefront winemaking cooperatives in Chablis, the IWSC 2024 White Wine Producer Trophy.

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Vino Joy News, the only English-language media platform dedicated to the wine industry in China and Asia.

Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Clarence Dillon’s great-grandson and Domaine Clarence Dillon’s President, has been named as the 2011 President of the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC).   In the annual tradition which dates back to 1977, HRH Prince Robert has taken up his term in office, replacing Prinz Michael zu Salm-Salm of the distinguished Salm-Dalberg family of Germany, in supporting the efforts of the

Display your award winning wines at the IWSC winners showcase stand at the London Wine Fair 22nd – 24th May 2017.To take part please tick the box on the entry form.

IWSC Wine Communicators Joe Fattorini and Jancis Robinson join forces for the second season of popular TV show The Wine Show

Two of the most entertaining men in wine are teaming up for the first time next week, and you can see them in action

Only the best of the best managed to secure a medal in this year's IWSC Design Awards. Here are the results.

The role of the supermarket as the gatekeeper to consumers’ drinking choices cannot be underestimated, and these two UK shops have raised the stakes in what is possible in drinks retailing.

The IWSC are delighted to name our first winner of our Emerging Talent in Wine Communication as Sophia Longhi.

During this year’s London Wine Fair, we gathered some of our 2022 Emerging Talent entrants together with Laura Richards, Digital Editor for Club Oenologique, to discuss what can brands do to adapt to the ever-changing communication landscape and the future of wine communication.

Following the IWSC judging in Margaret River, Australia, our international experts, Alistair Cooper MW, Beth Pearce MW, Freddy Bulmer and Melania Battiston came together to share their insights on the quality of Margaret River wines, as well as their future on the international stage.

This year, South African wines scooped over 520 medals leaving our judges in awe of the incredible quality on show.

Athens, Greece. Sat 10 Mar 2018 - Mon 12 Mar 2018

Results revealed for northern hemisphere wines at London Wine Fair on 20 May