Curious Vines has opened applications for its 2027 Education Support Programme Awards, continuing its work of providing equity and creating “greater opportunity to strengthen wine industry diversity” via education.
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This year’s Golden Vines competition and auction has raised over £1.25 million for the Gérard Basset Foundation, achieving what it called one of the “strongest fundraising results” in its history.
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Only two weeks remain to enter the Harpers Design Awards 2026, which are open to all drinks brands and design agencies looking to highlight their outstanding product designs across a wide range of categories.
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The annual Be Inclusive Hospitality (BIH) Spotlight Awards – which recognise exceptional black and ethnic minority talent across the UK’s hospitality, food and drink sectors – has announced its finalists for this year.
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There is now just over one week until nominations for Harpers’ 50 Best Indies 2027 list close on 6 August.
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Leading fine wine and rare spirits awards The Golden Vines is returning to London for its sixth edition this November.
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The Harpers Design Awards 2026 are now open to all drinks brands and design agencies looking to highlight the presentation and functionality of their products in a wide range of categories.
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Applications for Vinexposium’s 2027 V d’Or Business Awards are now open.
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Well-known wine competition the International Wine Challenge (IWC) has announced a new structure that will see it evolve into four regional wine competitions across the following geographies: Americas; Asia Pacific; Europe; and the UK.
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The Wine GB Awards winners has been unveiled by the trade body, with still wine entries and medals surpassing sparkling for the second year on the trot.
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Importer Armit Wines was among the businesses to receive accolades at the recent first edition of the Wines Experience Market Shapers Awards.
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Wine writer Andrew Jefford has earned the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) Lifetime Achievement Award at the third edition of the V d’Or – Vinexposium’s business awards – at a ceremony at Le Trianon in Paris.
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WSET has announced that independent, family-run Champagne house Laurent-Perrier has become its newest Gold Partner.
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In Harpers’ annual celebration of all things design, deserved winners demonstrate the best of packaging style and sophistication. Our Design Awards 2025 showcases innovation across drinks categories from canned wine curiosities to remarkable redesigns.
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Let’s get one thing out of the way: awards are not magic. They don’t instantly make your bottle fly off shelves or guarantee a global listing. But they can shift the conversation, open doors, and, if used smartly, add real commercial leverage.
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Applications for the 2026 V d’Or Awards, Vinexposium’s Business Awards, are now open.
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The annual Vinexposium Business Awards, which reward the most “inspiring” sustainability initiatives in the wine and spirits industry, are now open to entries for 2026.
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The 40th anniversary of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino saw three new members added to the historic group in honour of their promotion of wines from Spain in the UK trade.
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Be Inclusive Hospitality has announced that nominations for its BIH Spotlight Awards are now open.
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At the WSET’s annual ceremony honouring its Diploma graduates from the 2023/24 class, NHS doctor Jo Kitley (pictured, centre) was awarded the event’s highest award. Kitley was awarded the Vinters’ Cup, given to the graduate who achieves the highest mark across all areas of the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines.
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