The International Wine Challenge 2013 awards recognised both the best regional merchants and specialist merchants of the year for their excellence in promoting certain wine countries around the world. Here is the full list of winners announced at last night's awards ceremony at London's Grosvenor House hotel:
The International Wine Challenge 2013 awards recognised both the best regional merchants and specialist merchants of the year for their excellence in promoting certain wine countries around the world. Here is the full list of winners announced at last night's awards ceremony at London's Grosvenor House hotel:
The IWC Regional Wine Merchants of the Year 2013 Award recognises the top merchant in a region within the UK and they were:
Central England North: Tanners Wine Merchants
Central England South: Oeno
Eastern England:Cambridge Wine Merchants
London: Roberson Wine
North Eastern England: House of Townend
Northern Ireland:James Nicholson
North Western England: D Byrne & Co
Scotland: Valvona & Crolla
South & South East England: Hennings Wine Merchants
South West England: Christopher Piper Wines
Wales: Mumbles Fine Wines
The IWC Specialist Wine Merchants of the Year 2013 Award recognises the best merchants in the UK for selling wines from a specific wine region and they were:
Alsace: The Wine Society
Argentina: Ruta 40
Australia: Noel Young Wines
Bordeaux: Farr Vintners
Burgundy: Flint Wines
California: Roberson Wine
Chile: The Wine Society
Eastern Europe: Laithwaite's Wine
England: Waitrose
En Primeur: Lea & Sandeman
Germany: Howard Ripley
Italy: Liberty Wines
Languedoc Roussillon: Terroir
Loire: Yapp Brothers
New Zealand: The New Zealand House of Wine
Portugal: The Wine Society
Regional France:Yapp Brothers
Rhone: Berry Bros & Rudd
South Africa:Hanford Wines
Spain: Berry Bros & Rudd
Champagne & Sparkling Wine: Waitrose
Fortified Wine:Cambridge Wine Merchants
The IWC Regional Wine Merchants of the Year 2013 Award recognises the top merchant in a region within the UK and they were:
Central England North: Tanners Wine Merchants
Central England South: Oeno
Eastern England:Cambridge Wine Merchants
London: Roberson Wine
North Eastern England: House of Townend
Northern Ireland:James Nicholson
North Western England: D Byrne & Co
Scotland: Valvona & Crolla
South & South East England: Hennings Wine Merchants
South West England: Christopher Piper Wines
Wales: Mumbles Fine Wines