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Piper-Heidsieck awarded the IWSC’s 2022 Sparkling Wine Producer Trophy

With their expressive wines, impressive commitment to sustainability and constant desire to innovate, Champagne house Piper-Heidsieck are the worthy winners of this year’s IWSC 2022 Sparkling Wine Producer Trophy, sponsored by Denomination Design.

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2023 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges - days 1 & 2

Our 2023 Wine Judging is well underway, kicking off this year with our sparkling wine category. We caught up with our Wine Judging Committee member, sparkling and Champagne expert, Essi Avellan MW to find out what the highlights are from this year’s judging.

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2023 Turkish Wine Judging – deliberations from our judges

Last week, an international team of the IWSC judges headed to Istanbul to judge Turkish wines in-situ. Following the tastings, we caught up with our judges.

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2023 Austrian Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges

The IWSC and 13 of its international experts headed to Austria to judge this year’s Austrian wines in-situ.

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2023 South African Wine Judging – deliberations from our judges

This week a selection of IWSC’s international judges have joined forces with local judges in Stellenbosch to judge South African wines in situ. We caught up with the judges live from the tasting room, to get a sneak peek into the highlights from the flights of wines tasted so far.

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Familia Torres awarded IWSC’s 2023 Low & No Wine Producer Trophy

We’re delighted to award Familia Torres the IWSC 2023 Low & No Wine Producer Trophy, sponsored by BevZero.

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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in South Africa: judges' deliberations

The third IWSC Wine Judging in South Africa has been a resounding success. We caught up with the judges to find out their highlights and to see what styles surprised them

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IWSC reveals medal results of 2024 Austrian Wine Judging

Last week the IWSC headed to Vienna for our second Austrian Wine Judging. The panels tasted more than 350 entries and today, we are delighted to reveal the medal results.

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IWSC announces shortlists for 2024 Wine Producer Trophies

The IWSC is thrilled to reveal the shortlists for its coveted 2024 Wine Producer Trophies.

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IWSC announces the shortlist for 2025 Wine Communicator Trophy

We are delighted to reveal the shortlist of brilliant wine communicators that impressed our judges with their talent and dedication.

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Rebecca Palmer: How Wine Judging Enriches Professional Excellence

As Associate Director and Head of Merchanting Buying at Corney & Barrow Ltd and an IWSC Judge, Rebecca Palmer shares why judging is vital for career development in the wine industry.

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Entries now open: Wine and spirits judging in China.

Don’t miss out and put your Chinese wines, rice wines and spirits on the global stage with the world’s oldest international wine and spirit competition.

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2022 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges #9

For the first two days of this week we’ve had Alex Hunt MW overseeing the judging of our wine entrants from Australia. We managed to grab a few moments of his time to hear how judging has been going….

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New Europe: Top wines from VINOcom, Croatia

Discover Wine Director Christelle Guibert’s top picks from Zagreb’s most popular international wine festival

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Judge profile: Mariano Braga

Mariano Braga is a wine writer and sommelier who has worked as a journalist, wine critic and judge, restaurant owner and wine educator over the last 16 years

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Alex Hunt MW: Judging wine well is a curious and fascinating challenge

As Purchasing Director at Berkmann Wine Cellars and member of IWSC's Wine Judging Committee, Alex Hunt MW explores the complex skill set required for excellence in wine evaluation.

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Food and Wine matching session to be hosted by Ewan Lacey at the London International Wine Fair

The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) will host a unique food and wine matching session presented by Ewan Lacey (as seen on Channel 4’s Cookery School) at this years London International Wine Fair. The tasting, which takes place at 14:00 on Thursday 24th May (Stand G25), will see a number of IWSC medal winning wines matched with popular foods and flavours including olives,

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International Wine & Spirit Competition announces tasting changes for 2011

Noted as the world’s most prestigious, independent wine competition, the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), is now accepting entries from all countries for 2011. With an unrivalled reputation for the rigor and validity of its judging process, the IWSC is proud to be the only competition of its kind that conducts a fully blind tasting where judges see only numbered glasses, followed by