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Each week we publish stories about the best wines and spirits, our experts, upcoming events, and beverage industry news. And, don't miss our new IWSC Insights series, where we take an in-depth look into drinks businesses and markets around the world. Looking for recommendations? Visit our consumer website Club Oenologique to read our top 10s and reviews.
Wine news
IWSC Judges heading to China: "We can't wait to meet Chinese wine producers!"
Ahead of our Global Wine Judging event in China in August, our international judges, Susie Barrie MW, Antony MW and Isa Bal MS, shared their thoughts on the quality of Chinese wines and their expectations of the upcoming judging.
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Wine news
IWSC announces medal results of 2024 Wine Judging in Margaret River
Following an eventful week of tasting hundreds of Western Australian entries and visiting local wine producers, the IWSC is thrilled to announce the results of its 2024 Wine Judging in Margaret River.
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Wine news
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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Wine news
IWSC 2024 Turkish Wine Judging: medal results announced
We are thrilled to reveal the medal results of the IWSC’s second Turkish Wine Judging in partnership with Tuğrul Şavkay Turkish Wines Competition.
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Wine news
IWSC 2024 Turkish Wine Judging: judges' deliberations
In our first Global Judging event of the summer, our international judges headed to Istanbul to judge the wines of Turkey. We caught up with our experts to hear their thoughts on the wines tasted.
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Spirit news
IWSC 2024 Spirits results revealed
Following 2 weeks of Spirits Judging, the IWSC are delighted to reveal the medal results.
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Alternative drinks
IWSC reveals the 2024 Alternative Drinks medal results
Following our Alternative Drinks Judging on 23 – 24 May, we are delighted to reveal the medal results.
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Alternative drinks
IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on Low & No
With our last day of judging all about Low & No, we caught up with our judges to hear more about this exciting, and rapidly evolving category
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Alternative drinks
IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on RTDs (Ready To Drink)
The Ready To Drink (RTD) category continues to grow at the IWSC, with so many diverse flavours, cocktails and spirit mixers entered, our judges were delighted to taste their way through the hundreds of entries across two days of judging.
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Alternative drinks
IWSC 2024 Alternative Drinks Judging: Judges’ deliberations on Vermouth
On the first day of the IWSC Alternative Drinks judging our experts tasted their way through a variety of styles of vermouth. We caught up with our judges to hear about the standout flights.
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