An annual celebration of excellence in the off-trade, the Drinks Retailing Awards 2025 saw Manchester-based retailer Reserve Wines take home the Independent Wine Retailer…
An annual celebration of excellence in the off-trade, the Drinks Retailing Awards 2025 saw Manchester-based retailer Reserve Wines take home the Independent Wine Retailer…
The 2024 International Beer Challenge (IBC) is now open for entries, as organisers look to welcome packaged beers from all over the world. The competition, now in its 28th year, comprises both Taste and Design and Packaging awards. The Taste Awards feature around 80 categories to cater for the diverse range of beers on offer.
London Wine Fair has announced that a selection of new and returning exhibitors are due to attend the live event on June 7 – 9 in London Olympia, followed by the digital event on June 20 – 21. Around 400 exhibitors will be at The Fair, including winemakers and importers. A handful of industry sessions and masterclasses…
The International Cider Challenge is the most authoritative, respected and influential cider competition in the world. The ICC is the premier event in promoting and rewarding outstanding quality cider. It is the ideal way to benchmark your cider against its competitors and enhance your customer base and stockists. The competition is founded on a rigorous and independent judging process, which serves to reward…
Cider buyers for Tesco and Sainsbury’s are among the judges for the International Cider Challenge. Tesco cider buyer Kathryn Clarke and Sainsbury’s Gareth Roots join OLN’s Independent Cider Retailer of the Year Louise Smith, of the Jug & Bottle, beer writer Pete Brown, Aston Manor sales and marketing director Gordon Johncox, and Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider & Perry. There will also be three representatives…
Majestic picked up the coveted High Street Chain of the Year award for the fourth year running. Cheshire-based Corks Out won Independent Wine Retailer of the Year, London’s Whisky Exchange made it a hat-trick by winning Independent Spirits Retailer of the Year for the third year in a row and Naked Wines took home awards for Innovation of the Year and Online/Direct Mail Retailer of…
Off Licence News editor Rosie Davenport and broadcaster Olly Smith will present the industry’s leading lights at a glittering ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel. Here are the finalists hoping to pick up a prestigious gong. Innovation of the Year: Majestic, Naked Wines, Sainsbury’s; Drinks Wholesaler of the Year: Booker, Gordon & MacPhail; Drinks Buying Team of the Year: Majestic, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose; Convenience Store of the…
Waitrose picked up the prize for best multiple spirits retailer, with the international retailer award going to World Duty Free. The trophy for the supreme champion product was awarded to Japanese single malt whisky Yamazaki 1984. Producer Suntory also scooped the distiller of the year award, the first time in the event’s 15-year history that the two awards were won by the same company. The…
