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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.

Alternative drinks

The IWSC announces 2024 Alternative Drinks trophy winners

Our judges gathered to retaste all of the 2024 gold-winning alternative drinks, selecting the best of the best for this year's trophy winners.

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IWSC announces shortlists for 2024 Alternative Drinks Producer Trophies

The IWSC is thrilled to reveal the shortlist for its Alternative Drinks Producer Trophies. Both Low and No, and RTD are some of the fastest growing categories in the IWSC, with continued innovation every year

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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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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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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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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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IWSC Judges' Picks for Dry January: best non-alcoholic cocktails & aperitifs

Continuing our Dry January series, we are excited to highlight the best ready-to-drink non-alcoholic cocktails and aperitifs from our recent judging.

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IWSC Judges’ Picks for Dry January: low & no alcohol spirits

Celebrating the growing quality of low & no drinks, this dry January we are showcasing the best-performing low & no alcohol spirits from our 2023 judging.

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IWSC Judges’ Picks for Dry January: low & no alcohol wines

To mark dry January, we highlight the best low & no alcohol wines from our 2023 judging.

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Double Dutch Drinks awarded IWSC’s 2023 Mixer Producer Trophy

We’re delighted to award Double Dutch Drinks the IWSC 2023 Mixer Producer Trophy.

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