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IWSC Low & No Alcohol: awards grow by almost 400% as mindful drinking continues to gather pace
Mindful drinking movement is showing no sign of slowing with IWSC entries up 389% vs last year
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Leading experts announced for judging panel of IWSC Low & No Awards
The IWSC is proud to announce an industry-leading judging panel for its Low & No Awards
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Results are out for the world’s first 100% fermented fruit tasting
The results are out for the world's first tasting of 100% juice, not-from-concentrate ciders, perries and fruit wine.
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Top Low & No Spirit
January, or rather ‘Dry January’ is here once again. It is a month that, along with ‘Stoptober’, punctuates the UK’s annual calendar as an opportunity to cut out alcohol consumption, something that’s often much needed after Christmas’ overindulgence.
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Top Low & No Wine
The wine world changes at a glacial pace but in one area there have been dizzyingly fast developments: we’re talking about ‘low and no alcohol wine’, as it’s known. You’ll have noticed that most big supermarket branches now have a section dedicated to wines that have reduced alcohol, or have been stripped of their alcohol entirely.
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