The Library Collection is now open for entries

The aim of the Library Collection is to demonstrate the merits of premium wines and their cellaring potential.

Each year the tasting focuses on 10 year old and 5 year old wines. The 2010 tasting will review the 2000 and 2005 vintages.

Winemaker of the Year 2010 - Shortlist Announced

The IWC is proud to announce the Shortlist of finalists for the IWC 2010 Winemaker of the Year. Please CLICK HERE to review the whole list.

The winners will be announced at the IWC Awards Dinner & Dance at the Hilton Park Lane on 7th September 2010, along with the Champion Wines and Merchant of the Year.

IWC Merchant of the Year Awards 2010 - Shortlist

The IWC is proud to announce the Shortlist of finalists for the IWC 2010 Merchant Awards. Please CLICK HERE to review the whole list.

The winners will be announced at the IWC Awards Dinner & Dance at the Hilton Park Lane on 7th September 2010, along with the Champion Wines from around the world.

The IWC Awards Dinner & Dance - 7 Sept 2010

SOLD OUT

Tickets have now SOLD OUT for the wine trade's event of the year. . Any further requests will be placed on a waiting list. Please contact iwc@william-reed.co.uk to go on to the waiting list

The Global Wine Conference 2010

Harpers Wine & Spirit and the International Wine Challenge are pleased to announce the launch of our new, one-day conference for the global wine industry, taking place on the day of the IWC dinner, at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The conference will bring together international wine producers, retailers, suppliers and distributors to discuss the challenges facing the global wine industry with a strong emphasis on how greater collaboration, knowledge sharing and consumer insights can help the sector move forward.

Our expert panel speaker includes Dan Jago, category director BWS, Tesco, Justin James, head of BWS at Sainsbury's, Justin Howard-Sneyd, global wine director, Direct Wines, Simon Thomas, deputy MD, wine, Pernod Ricard and will be chaired by wine consultant and former head of Western Wines, Mike Paul.

To book your place at this exciting event, or view more information, please visit www.globalwineconference.com

IWC Announce 2010 Trophy Winners and Great Value Awards

The world’s most prestigious and influential independent wine competition, the International Wine Challenge (IWC), has unveiled the results of the 2010 Trophy and Great Value Wine Awards today at the Lords Nursery Pavilion. 111 wines were awarded a Trophy this year, along with 14 Great Value Wines judged for their style, availability and price.

France had the honour of coming first for the second year running, with 21 wines being awarded a Trophy, in second place Australia (12), closely followed by Portugal (11). Meanwhile Germany, Italy and New Zealand were each awarded 8. Also Japan’s Sake category achieved an impressive 14 Trophies.

The Trophy stage is the final round for these award-winning wines. Having already achieved a Gold medal through the Challenge’s rigorous judging process, the wines are tasted once more by an elite panel of judges against others in the same category, to determine if they are worthy of a Trophy in addition to their Gold medal.

Click to view all TROPHY WINNERS and GREAT VALUE AWARDS.

2010 Trade Tastings & Networking Dinners in Asia

Singapore (17 Aug 10) - Co-hosted by Lisa Perrotti Brown MW
Hong Kong (24 Aug 10) - Co-Hosted by Lionel Lau, MD, Millennium
Shanghai (26 Aug 10) - Co-Hosted by Fongyee Walker (MW Exams)
Seoul (6 Oct 10) - Co-Hosted by Kim Hyuck, Director, Podo Plaza

Present your IWC Medal Winner Wines to an influential group of each region’s leading buyers and importers.
For further information or to register please visit www.iwctastings.com

International Wine Challenge Announce 2010 Medal Winners

All members of the wine trade, including producers and entrants, should use the Trade Search tab when searching for results.

The world’s most prestigious and influential independent wine competition – the International Wine Challenge (IWC) – announces the results of the 27th Challenge at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF).
With a record number of 46 wine producing countries entering the 2010 Challenge, the competition enjoyed a 15% increase in entries year on year with standards higher than ever. Of the 4,026 medals awarded there were 326 Golds, up 14% on last year, 1,445 Silvers, up 14% and 2,255 Bronzes 9% up on 2009. Also 3301 wines were commended, up 26% year on year.

Also there was an unprecedented number of entries from Japan this year with a total of 405 Sakes entered with an extra 14 Gold, 40 Silver and 74 Bronze medals also awarded.

France takes poll position, retaining its No.1 nation status with 75 Gold medals and an impressive 947 medal haul. The top three Gold medal countries have mirrored 2009 with Australia second to France with 65 and Portugal third collecting 35. The overall medal tally board also matched the previous year’s results with France out front and Australia achieving 602 and Italy 394.

The IWC iPhone app

Just go to your iTunes account, iPhone or iPod and search 'Best Wines' and you will find the IWC app!

There are two versions available, the full app (£4.99) with more than 3500 award winning wines listed or the free sample app showing about 500 wines Australian wines.

Once again, the IWC leads the way with a new development to bring information on the winners of the world’s most carefully-judged wine competition to an ever-wider public. This time, it is to a young, iPhone-toting generation, people who rely on hand-held devices to provide them with instant information on restaurants, maps, live sport scores, music downloads, and, now, the best wines to buy and where to buy them.

The IWC's guide to the World's Best Wines 2009-2010

For the first time, the results of the challenge are now available in a pocket wine book. Along with the tasting notes from our experts, the World's Best Wines is packed with practical information on how to choose the best wines from your local supermarket, off-licence or wine merchant. Available at all good book shops and on Amazon .

Find me an IWC 2010 award winning wine

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Click here to read Silvena Rowe's, last year's Sake Contributor Award winner, diary of her trip to Japan courtesy of the Sake Samurai Association and the IWC.

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Promote your award winning wines!

Promote your exceptional wines not only in the UK, but all over the world. In 2009, this IWC website had visits from 157 different countries from people looking for IWC award winning wines. Make sure they can find your wine on shelves by putting a medal sticker on the bottle!

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What the retailers say...

''At Waitrose, we know that our customers appreciate any help they can get in deciding which wine they should buy. An endorsement from an independent and well-respected wine competition like the International Wine Challenge can be exactly what they need to make a wine stand out from the pack, or to help them choose between two similar options. If a wine has won a medal, we strongly recommend to our producers that they should make this visible to our customers through a sticker on the bottle.”
The Waitrose Wine Buying Team

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