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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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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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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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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

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The International Wine & Spirit Competition is now open for entries.

Enter today for your chance to win a coveted IWSC Award. As well as receiving a marketing kit and full PR support, winning wines and spirits are showcased at international trade events. Read more to find out about our brand new website.

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Shortlist announced for Wine Communicator of the Year 2018

A raft of talented nominees went forward for one of the industry’s most sought after accolades - the IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year 2018, sponsored by Veronafiere

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Wine Communicator of the Year nominee: Mariano Braga

The IWSC catches up with Wine Communicator nominee Mariano Braga to find out more about his impressive career in wine

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Wine Communicator of the Year nominee: Tom Cannavan

Wine Communicator nominee Tom Cannavan tells the IWSC about his journey into wine, favourite regions, and the highlights of his career

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The 2018 IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year celebration

Tom Cannavan was presented with the 2018 IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year award on Saturday night at Vinitaly’s dramatic opening dinner in Verona.

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Clara Rubin: Outstanding Achievement in the Wine Industry

Clara Rubin co-created and wrote the first-of-its-kind wine-service education programme, Veraison

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Riedel to sponsor Wine Importer of the Year Trophy

As exclusive glassware partner of the IWSC, Riedel has also been announced as official sponsor of the Wine Importer of the Year award

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Local South African wine company signs international exclusive with IWSC

WS Media, publishers of the highly popular e-zine Wine Extra and organisers of The Wine Show, have signed an exclusive agreement to be the South African media partner of the prominent International Wine and Spirits Competition.   The agreement gives TWS Media exclusive access to IWSC judging sessions, tastings and results announcements. In addition, TWS Media will also be showcased by the IWSC on various

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Top-rated IWSC wines showcased at Wine Paris

Ten wines from regions all over France were available for tasting by thousands of trade visitors at Wine Paris

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Wine trade rallies around South Africa in new campaign

People across the world will raise a toast to South Africa this weekend, as Wines of South Africa launches a new social media campaign

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IWSC announces its Wine Supermarket of the Year 2022 shortlist

The IWSC Wine Supermarket of the Year award was created to recognise the supermarkets innovating and adapting to a rapidly changing market as well as excelling in communicating its wine offer to its customers.

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2022 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges #10

After a few days away, he’s back. Overseeing our New Zealand judging, we hear from Dirceu Vianna Junior MW on how the day panned out…

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2022 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges #12

Overseeing the judging of Italian wines today we hear from Alistair Cooper MW about how the day has gone.

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The IWSC announces new Green Wine Initiative accolade

Ahead of the launch of Green Wine Future’s 2022 conference, the IWSC, together with Green Wine Future, is proud to share news of a new international sustainability accolade.

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IWSC announces the winner of it's 2023 Wine Distributor Trophy

Following the announcement of the 2023 shortlist for it's Wine Distributor Trophy, host David Kermode shares 2023 winner of the IWSC’s Wine Distributor Trophy.

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2023 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges - days 9 & 10

As we come to the end of our 2023 Wine Judging, we took an opportunity to gather further highlights from this year’s awards from our Wine Judging Committee members.

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IWSC 2023 Green Wine Initiative Trophy: shortlist announced

Our international judges have reviewed over a dozen applications from wine brands with a strong commitment to sustainability, and we are delighted to share the shortlist.

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