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The week in pictures
The International Wine and Spirits Competition held its annual banquet on 14 November, handing out gongs to the best writers and businesses in the industry.
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CGTN
Chinese wine, spirits seek recognition at international competition
A Ningxia-based boutique winery won the award at this year's International Wine & Spirit Competition as Chinese wine and spirits are seeking recognition at one of the world's most prestigious spirit competitions.
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The Drinks Association
De Bortoli wins Winery Innovator of the Year at IWSC
A revolutionary new screw cap has scored De Bortoli Wines the trophy for Winery Innovator of the Year at the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition.
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Ridgeview
Ridgeview Crowned Winemaker of Year in the International Wine & Spirit Competition
Ridgeview are delighted to have been awarded the coveted trophy of Winemaker of the Year in the prestigious International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018.
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Just-Drinks
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018 - The Trophy Winners, Spirits
Last night, the International Wine & Spirit Competition rounded off its 2018 awards. Here are the competition's spirits trophy winners for this year.
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InPublishing
Launch: Club Oenologique
Club Oenologique, a new wine, spirit and lifestyle magazine officially launches today.
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PR Newswire
Delicato Family Vineyards Named USA Wine Producer Of The Year At 2018 International Wine & Spirit Competition
Delicato Family Vineyards announced today that it is the exclusive recipient of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's USA Wine Producer of the Year award.
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Tapi
Tigre Blanc® and Bartolomeo® take home IWSC awards in the Design & Media section
Both packagings were awarded for the whole: from the bottle to the closure. And of course here at Tapì we designed and manufactured the closures, with an aluminium screwcap for Tigre Blanc® and a closure in natural wood from the Signature Essence line for Bartolomeo®.
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Ipswich Star
Adnams vodka wins big at International Wine and Spirit awards
Suffolk brewer Adnams has been crowned Vodka Producer of the Year at an international wine and spirit awards.
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Hospitality Industry
Delicato Family Vineyards Named USA Wine Producer Of The Year At 2018 International Wine & Spirit Competition
Fourth Generation Family-Owned California Winery Receives Top Honor at London Event for Fifth Time.
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Adnams
Adnams wins Vodka Producer of the Year at the IWSC 2018
Following a second Trophy win for Adnams Longshore Vodka at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), as well as silver medals for Adnams East Coast Vodka and Rye Hill Vodka, Adnams is thrilled to have been awarded Vodka Producer of the year at the annual IWSC banquet and awards ceremony.
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Scotch Malt Whisky
William Grant Makes It A Double At The IWSC Awards 2018
William Grant & Sons portfolio of whisky, gin and other spirits picked up an impressive amount of awards at the 2018 International Wine & Spirits Competition.
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Cronache di Gusto
International Wine & Spirit Competition, Cantina di Soave produttore dell'anno - I PREMI
C'è come sempre (ed è una piacevole consuetudine) un pizzico di Italia alla premiazione del concorso International Wine & Spirit Competition che quest'anno ha raggiunto l'edizione numero 49.
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Philstar
World's best spirits showcased in Manila
Glenmorangie, one of the most awarded whiskies, took pride in its Glenmorangie Signet, the 2016 Whisky of the Year. The brand also showcased its Glenmorangie Lasanta 12, a gold medal awardee in the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
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From the Grapevine
Step inside Tishbi, where the wine – and chocolate – are flowing
Tishbi also produces brandy, and Oshra tells us that in 1996, their first year of production, a Jonathan Tishbi three-year-old brandy won the gold medal for worldwide Best Brandy and the Domecq Trophy at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London.
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WineLand
Diemersdal’s ‘Frozen’ Sauvignon Blanc a finalist in IWSC’s Winery Innovator of the Year
A Sauvignon Blanc made by fermenting juice that had been frozen during harvest five months earlier has led to Diemersdal Wine Estate in Durbanville being one of two finalists in this year’s Winery Innovator in the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC).
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Whisky Intelligence
Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky worth the wait!
Featuring lavender grown locally to the distillery, the gin was named Best London Dry in the World Gin Awards 2016 and secured the top Gold Outstanding medal in the IWSC the following year.
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Harpers
The week that was
Adam Lechmere, general manager at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), pointed out this morning, as net exporters, spirits and beer are thought of as “inherently British industries”, while the British wine industry “doesn’t get viewed in the same way given its position as a net importer”.
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Brand South Australia News
City bar to ride on Riverland success
The North Adelaide expansion comes just two years after the distillery began operating out of Twenty Third Street in Renmark, a century-old landmark in the Riverland. Since then, Twenty Third Street Distillery’s signature gin has taken home awards in the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, 2017 International Wine & Spirit Competition and the 2017 New York International Spirits Competition, among others.
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Food for Thought
Tullamore Dew Sees 9% Sales Rise
In 2017, Tullamore Dew was awarded Brand Innovator of the Year at the Icon of Whiskey Awards for its dedication to new innovations such as Tullamore Dew XO Rum Cask, whilst this year the brand won the Worldwide Whiskey Trophy at the International Wine & Spirits Competition for its 18 Year Old Single Malt – an award not won by an Irish whiskey since 2009.
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