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IWSC’s Drinks Supermarket of the Year Awards
The IWSC is excited to launch its inaugural awards dedicated to the supermarket sector.
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IWSC at London Wine Fair 2024
Join us for a series of exciting, educational sessions hosted by our industry champion, Sukhinder Singh, IWSC Wine Judging Committee member Sarah Abbott MW, our Head Judge for Low & No Claire Warner, and IWSC Judge Ivan Dixon.
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Indomitable Spirit: Introducing IWSC’s Industry Champion for 2024
We caught up with Sukhinder Singh, co-founder of The Whisky Exchange and MD of Elixir Distillers, to find out how he plans to capitalise on his year in the spotlight, and get the lowdown on his ambitious distillery projects in Islay and Speyside.
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Emerging Talent in Wine 2024 shortlist
We are thrilled to reveal the shortlist for our 2024 Emerging Talent in Wine award - one of our broadest Emerging Talent categories – recognising exciting voices across sales, marketing, winemaking, viticulture, education and much more.
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IWSC Interview: Nate Gana
Ahead of the IWSC Worldwide Whiskey Awards, we caught up with Vancouver-based whiskey communicator and our regular judge Nate Gana to find out why the awards will be jointly held in London and Kentucky this year, and get the lowdown on the trends that will be shaking up the booming Worldwide Whiskey category this year.
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IWSC to hold its third Global Judging in South Africa
In 2024, for the third time, we will be taking our coveted awards to South Africa – to judge the country’s wines, as well as spirits in-situ.
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Forsyths: how the fourth-generation coppersmiths are going global
Gleaming pot stills are a timeless and iconic image of the whisky industry. There’s always been a certain romanticism surrounding them but none more so than when crafted by a family-run firm with a long tradition of coppersmithing such as Forsyths.
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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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Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris IWSC bottle collection
The IWSC is offering visitors and exhibitors attending February’s Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris the opportunity to ‘drop off’ bottles/cans entered to its 2024 awards.
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IWSC is going to Kentucky for its first global Whiskey & RTD judging
We are delighted to announce that in September 2024 our team of international experts will head to Kentucky to judge North American Whiskey & RTDs in situ.
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