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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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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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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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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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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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The IWSC 2024 Wine Results are out
Following two weeks of the IWSC 2024 Wine Judging, today we are delighted to reveal the medal results.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges’ deliberations on Italian wines
After two excellent weeks of wine judging, the IWSC 2024 Wine Judging in London has come to a close with two days of Italian wines co-chaired by Mick O’Connell MW and Alistair Cooper MW. We sat down with our judges to find out their highlights on the final few days of the judging.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges’ deliberations on Australian wine
Our Wine Judging continues with tasting entries from one of the world’s biggest wine-producing countries. Following two days of judging Australian wine, we spoke to our experts about the standout regions and grape varieties from Down Under.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges’ deliberations on New Zealand and Canadian wines
As we launch into the final days of the IWSC 2024 Wine Judging, our expert judges have been tasting through the many flights of New Zealand and Canadian wines.
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IWSC 2024 Wine Judging. Judges' deliberations: Champagne, Asian and Central & Eastern European wines
Our second week of wine judging kicked off with another thrilling day of popping corks as our panels judged Champagne led by Essi Avellan MW, followed by Asian and Central & Eastern European wines overseen by Sarah Abbott MW. We sat down with our judges to find out what impressed them.
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