2011 Winners

The International Wine Challenge is proud to announce the winners for the 2011 IWC Merchant Awards as follows:

Regional Merchants of the Year Winners

Eastern England - Cambridge Wine Merchants Ltd

South & South East England - Hennings Wine Merchants

London - Lea & Sandeman

Central England - The Classic Wine Shop

Central England South - Bennetts Fine Wines

South West England - Red & White Wines

North East England - House of Townend

North West England - D.Byrne & Co.

Wales - Mumbles Fine Wines

Scotland - Valvona & Crolla

Northern Island - James Nicholson Wine Merchant

Specialist Merchant of the Year Winners

Alsace - The Wine Society

Argentina - Las Bodegas

Australia - Noel Young Wines

Austria - Noel Young Wines

Bordeaux - Berry Brothers & Rudd

Chile - The Wine Society

En Primeur - Farr Vintners

Germany - O.W. Loeb & Co. Ltd

Italy - Enotria

Languedoc Roussillon - Terroir Ltd

New Zealand - The New Zealand House of Wine

Portugal - Laithwaites Wine

Regional France - Les Caves de Pyrène

South Africa - Enotria

Spain - Indigo Wine

Champagne - D. Bryne & Co.

England - Artisan & Vine

Loire - Les Caves de Pyrène

Rhone - Yapp Brothers Ltd

Fortified -Cambridge Wine Merchants

Burgundy - O.W. Loeb & Co. Ltd

National Award Winners

Agent of the Year - Mentzendorff

Direct Merchant of the Year - Laithwaites

Generic Campaign of the Year - Wines of Chile

Corporate Social Responsibility - Bibendum

On Trade Supplier of the Year - Liberty Wines

Wine Club of the Year - The Wine Society Wine

Educator of the Year - Wine Unearthed

Wine List of the Year - Armit

Small Independent Merchant of the Year - Artisan & Vine and D. Byrne & Co

Large Independent Merchant of the Year - Corks Out

Innovator of the Year - Naked Wines

High Street Chain of the Year - Majestic Wine Warehouses

Supermarket of the Year - Waitrose

Merchant of the Year - The Wine Society