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IWSC judging blog: What to expect from the Northern Hemisphere wine results
Find out what our judges thought of the wines from Asia, China, Japan, Turkey, Georgia, Hungary, Croatia and Lebanon. Which countries are set to win IWSC medals in 2021?
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2022 Wine Results: Could Peloponnese Rosé be the new Provence Rosé?
Announcing the winners of its 2022 wine awards, the IWSC is delighted to share the results of its first dedicated rosé judging.
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2022 Wine Judging: deliberations from day 2 of judging in South Africa
A very quick catch up with Alistair Cooper MW following the second day of tasting in South Africa.
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Georgia: discover what our judges got up to during our recent wine judging in Georgia
Here we hear from Megan about what the team of judges got up to during their visit to this historic country considered to be the 'cradle of wine'.
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IWSC news
Luma Monteiro announced as winner of IWSC’s 2023 Emerging Talent in Wine Communication Trophy
In 2022 the IWSC launched its Emerging Talent in Wine Communication Trophy. This year marks the second year the title will be awarded.
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Join the IWSC for our series of events at the 2023 London Wine Fair
The IWSC will be on stand K50 throughout the three days of the London Wine Fair, hosting a series of events which you can sign up for on the London Wine Fair website.
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Alternative drinks
IWSC announces shortlists for new Low & No Wine and Spirits, RTD & Mixer Producer Trophies
The IWSC announces the shortlists for its 2023 Alternative Drinks Producer Trophies
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South African Wine: competing against the classics with its unbeatable value
During our recent in-situ judging in Stellenbosch, we gathered our on-trade and off-trade judges, Maggie Macpherson, Samantha Glanfield and Luke Harbor, as well as head judge, Dirceu Vianna Junior MW, to find out their expert advice on what the future of South African wine looks like.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in Georgia: judges’ impressions of Armenian wines
At our first Global Judging event of the 2024 Awards, we were delighted to welcome entries from Georgia, as well as from Armenia. Following the tasting, we caught up with our judge Cat Lomax to hear her feedback on Armenian wines.
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Daria Kholodilina announced as IWSC’s 2024 Emerging Talent in Wine winner
Following the shortlist announcement, we are delighted to reveal the winner of this prestigious award – Daria Kholodilina.
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Beatrice Bessi announced as IWSC’s 2024 Emerging Talent in Wine Hospitality winner
We are thrilled to announce the winner of our Emerging Talent in Wine Hospitality award – Beatrice Bessi, Head Sommelier at Chiltern Firehouse, London.
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Cassandra Charlick announced as IWSC’s 2024 Emerging Talent in Wine Communication winner
We are delighted to share that the winner of our Emerging Talent in Wine Communication award is Cassandra Charlick.
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Vilafonté named as the winner of IWSC 2024 Red Wine Producer Trophy
We are delighted to announce that Vilafonté, a leading South African winery is the winner of our 2024 Red Wine Producer Trophy.
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Spirit news
Hubei Lihua Village Wine Industry Co. wins IWSC’s 2024 Baijiu Producer Trophy
We’re excited to announce that the IWSC 2024 Baijiu Producer Trophy has been awarded to Hubei Lihua Village Wine Industry Co., Ltd.
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The Secret to Breaking Into the UK Wine Scene: Sommeliers and the IWSC
To succeed in the UK drinks market, you need more than a great wine - you need the right advocates. The IWSC has spent decades building strong relationships with this influential community, helping producers like you get noticed - and poured - in the right places.
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Alternative drinks
Quality without compromise: BevZero’s role in the low & no wine revolution
With the low & no category going from strength to strength around the globe, the expertise of dealcoholisation specialist BevZero has never been more in demand.
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IWSC news
IWSC announces its 2012 president
MAURICIO González-Gordon, head of the Spanish wine and sherry producer González Byass, has been appointed the 36th president of the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC). The chairman of the family-run company joins a prestigious group of IWSC presidents including Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Gino Gallo and Wolf Blass. Jerez-based González Byass was founded in 1835 by González-Gordon’s great great grandfather Manuel María
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Tom Cannavan’s top 10 wines for Christmas and New Year
With Christmas just around the corner, Tom Cannavan – the IWSC’s Wine Communicator of the Year and editor of wine-pages.com – selects his top tipples for the festive season
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Future 50 Q&A: Leonid Fadeev
MW student Leonid Fadeev heads up Russian winemaking start-up Cote Rocheuse alongside his website Vine & Wine
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Top-rated Riesling from around the world
Riesling is the ultimate white grape for many in the wine trade, but the wine-drinking public has yet to fully embrace Riesling’s charms
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South Africa 2022: discover what our judges got up to after they'd finished each day's judging...
A full schedule for our South Africa wine judging, here David Kermode reflects on what our wine judges got up to when they weren’t judging.
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Joe Fattorini Announced as Wine Communicator of the Year Winner 2017!
IWSC is pleased to announce Joe Fattorini as Wine Communicator of the Year for 2017! Fattorini was picked as the outstanding candidate from a prestigious shortlist for his work on The Wine Show
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IWSC celebrates excellence in wine and spirits at its 48th Awards Banquet
The stars of the wine and spirits worlds converged last night in the heart of the City of London for a gala dinner to celebrate the winners of the International Wine and Spirit Competition
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Discover some of the most exciting wine regions with Sud de France
Meet 25+ producers at the Sud de France Annual Trade Tasting in London next week
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Craft distiller, Adnams triumphs in the Gin category at the 44th International Wine & Spirit Competition
Adnams Copper House Distilled Gin wins prestigious Gin Trophy Five other Adnams spirits awarded medals Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer and distiller, has won the prestigious Gin Trophy at this year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), less than three years after its Copper House Distillery first opened its doors. Judges at the IWSC, one of the world’s most respected spirits competitions, awarded Adnams’ Copper
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