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Harpers Awards announces its finalists for 2014

Published:  28 April, 2014

Restaurants, bars, sommeliers, multiple grocers, drinks websites, independent wine merchants, suppliers and brand owners will all come together on June 2 in the hope of winning a trophy at the Harpers Awards 2014.

The finalists for the 2014 Harpers Awards are announced this morning and are a roll call of some of the biggest names in the UK wine and spirits retail and hospitality sectors. Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose and Aldi will be vying for the major multiple retail awards along with specialist players such as the Whisky Shop.

The awards will also see leading independent retailers such as Cambridge Wine Merchants, Corks Out, Oxford Wine Company, Le Vignoble and Loki Wines competing.

It will also include new awards for online retailing across the multiple, independent and standalone online sectors, including Naked and Virgin Wines.

The on-trade categories see newcomers such as The Chiltern Firehouse, Merchants Tavern and the Remedy Bar competing for Launch of the year.

Other major on-trade names up for a Harpers Award include Vinoteca, Byron, The Connaught, Grain Store, Burger & Lobster and The Harwood Arms.

The on-trade personality of the year will feature Richard Bigg of Camino, Scott Collins founder of Meat Liquor and Charlie Young and Brett Woonton of Vinoteca.

The Harpers Awards are unique in the industry in that they bring all channels of the trade together to celebrate success right across the wine and spirits, retailer, supplier and hospitality sectors.

All will be revealed on June 2 when the awards ceremony takes place at a new venue for the event, London's Hurlingham Club, a short trip from the London Wine Fair taking place that week at its new home in Olympia.

HARPERS AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS  

Best Drinks Offer of the Year - Bar          

-          Oskar's Bar, Dabbous

-          The Blind Pig, Social Eating House

-          The Remedy Wine Bar

 

Best Drinks Offer of the Year - Restaurant          

-          Grain Store

-          10 Greek Street

-          28°:50°  Wine Workshop & Kitchen

 

Best Drinks Offer of the Year - Pub        

-          Harwood Arms

-          The Craft Beer Co

-          The Oast House (The New World Trading Co)

 

Best Drinks Offer of the Year - Hotel

-          ME London

-          The Boundary

-          The Connaught

Best Drinks Offer of the Year - Group/Chain      

-          Burger & Lobster

-          Byron

-          Vinoteca

 

Best Launch of the Year               

-          Chiltern Firehouse

-          Merchants Tavern

-          The Remedy Wine Bar

 

Best Sommelier/Front of House of the Year      

-          Eddie Hart, Quo Vadis

-          Jon Cannon, Restaurant Story

-          Leah Kirkland, Trinity

 

Best On-trade Personality of the Year  

-          Charlie Young/Brett Woonton, Vinoteca

-          Richard Bigg, Camino

-          Scott Collins, Meat Liquor

 

Best Distributor/Supplier to Independents        

-          Bancroft Wines

-          Bodegas y Viñedos Codorníu Raventos

-          Hatch Mansfield

-           PLB Group

-          World Wine Agencies (Hayward Brothers)

 

Best Top Merchant Online Retailer of the Year

-          Corks Out

-          Roberson Wine

-          Vini Italiani

 

Best Top Merchant Wholesaler of the Year

-          Fine Wines Direct UK

-          Roberson Wine

-          The Oxford Wine Company

 

Best Top Merchant of the Year (Up to three stores)       

-          Bottle Apostle

-          Le Vignoble

-          Loki Wine

-          Taurus Wines

Best Top Merchant of the Year (Over three stores)        

-          Cambridge Wine Merchants Ltd

-          Corks Out

-          Vino Wines

 

Engaging the Consumer Award

-          "Call Time on Duty Campaign",  Wine & Spirit Trade Association

-          Concha y Toro UK with Casillero del Diablo

-          I heart wines (Copestick Murray)

-          Virgin Wines

 

Best Standalone Online Drinks Retailer of the Year        

-          Naked Wines

-          Virgin Wines

Best Multiple/Specialist Online Drinks Retailer of the Year       

-          Morrisons

-          Tesco Wine By The Case

 

Best Overall Agent/Distributor of the Year         

-          Bibendum

-          Liberty Wines

-          Matthew Clark

-          Off-Piste Wines

 

Best Multiple/Specialist Drinks Retailer of the Year      

-          Aldi

-          Morrisons          

-          The Whisky Shop            

-          Waitrose

A Special Achievement Award will be announced on the night which will be chosen by the Harpers team. 

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