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Show Time! Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2024 preview
Kicking off the 2024 drinks trade show calendar, Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris is back with a bang next February with its biggest show yet. Lucy Shaw caught up with Vinexposium’s CEO, Rodolphe Lameyse, to get the lowdown on what to expect
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in Georgia: deliberations from our judges
At the end of the IWSC Wine Judging in Georgia, our international experts shared their overall impressions of the wines they tasted.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges’ deliberations on Italian wines
After two excellent weeks of wine judging, the IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in London has come to a close with two days of Italian wines co-chaired by Mick O’Connell MW and Alistair Cooper MW. We sat down with our judges to find out their highlights on the final few days of the judging.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges’ deliberations on French wines
Our Wine Judging continues with two days of tasting a broad spectrum of French wines. We caught up with our judges to find out which flights stood out the most.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in Margaret River: judges' deliberations
For the second year in a row, the IWSC has taken its judging to Margaret River. After another excellent period of tasting and rating wines from Western Australia, the judging panel shared their highlights.
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IWSC reveals shortlists for 2024 Global Wine Producer Trophies
The IWSC is delighted to announce the shortlists for its inaugural 2024 Global Wine Producer Trophies.
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IWSC reveals shortlist for its 2024 Green Wine Initiative
The IWSC Green Wine Initiative Trophy recognises the myriad of ways winemakers are shifting their production methods and viticulture practises to be more sustainable. Discover our 2024 shortlist.
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IWSC 2025 Wine & Spirits Judging in Georgia: medal results revealed
Following our first Global Judging of 2025, we are delighted to reveal the medal-winning wines & spirits from Georgia and Armenia.
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IWSC Wine Judging in Franciacorta: Medal results revealed
Last week, our second Global Judging event of the 2025 season took place in Franciacorta, Italy. The event was held in partnership with the Franciacorta Consortium at their base in Erbusco.
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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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2022 Wine Judging - deliberations from our judges #4
Another day of judging our entrants from South America and so back to our expert these regions, and Master of Wine, Ali Cooper.
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Manchester wine merchants crowned ‘Independent Retailer of the Year’
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
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IWSC Supports M’Dala Trust
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
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IWSC to announce first 2018 results at London Wine Fair
Hundreds of northern hemisphere wine producers will be awarded with some of the highest accolades of the wine industry next week
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Alistair Cooper MW explains how he calibrates his palate for judging
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.
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Israeli wine is 'the quality representative of the eastern Mediterranean'
More than 200 Israeli and kosher wines were exhibited last week at Europe’s largest kosher wine tasting, the Kosher Food & Wine Experience
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Wine Communicator of the Year nominee: Ilkka Sirén
Our third Wine Communicator nominee Ilkka Sirén sits down with the IWSC to share more about his experiences working in the wine industry
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Taste IWSC winning wines at French Wine Discoveries
The UK market’s definitive French wine tasting returns to central London next month
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IWSC Wine Communicator 2020 shortlist: Anne Krebiehl MW
Anne Krebiehl MW has found a wide audience for her wine writing, while working vintages and studying for her MW examination
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IWSC Wine Communicator 2020 shortlist: Elaine Chukan Brown
Elaine Chukan Brown is a writer specialising in North American and New Zealand’s wines
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IWSC reveals the producers shortlisted for top wine trophies
IWSC unveils the final shortlists for the Wine Producer Awards, which recognise the best producers across the world.
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Sweet Wine Producer of the Year, 2020: Peller Estates
Making icewine is not easy, but when you get it right, the results are sublime. The winner of the IWSC Sweet Wine Producer of the Year is Peller Estates.
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In conversation with our 2022 Wine Communicator, Sarah Heller MW
Following our announcement last week that our Wine Communicator trophy had been awarded to Sarah Heller MW, the IWSC caught up with Sarah to find out a bit more…
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IWSC reveals shortlist for Wine Distributor of the Year award
The Wine Distributor of the Year award was created to recognise the wholesale, importer and distribution businesses leading the way in bringing consumers their favourite drinks. With recent obstacles, not limited to Brexit, shipping hiccups and covid, the businesses recognised for these awards are having to find new ways of working in a rapidly changing industry.
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