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The worthy winners of The Spirits Enterprise Awards 2021 had been topped throughout a packed ceremony in London yesterday (18 November).
The Spirits Enterprise Awards ceremony returned to its in-person format yesterday and welcomed greater than 80 trade friends to The Membership at The Ivy in London.
Now in its third yr, the awards cowl the whole lot from retail and advertising, sustainability and innovation, to tourism, merchandise and the individuals behind the manufacturers customers know and love.
Every nomination was judged by an unbiased panel of judges, comprising: David T Smith, spirits author, guide and co-founder of the Craft Distilling Expo; Bernadette Pamplin, freelance spirits author, choose and founding father of the Underneath the Ginfluence weblog; Matthew Frazer, head of UK and Europe at Liquor Bottle Corks & Closures; Ivan Dixon, unbiased spirits guide; and Melita Kiely, editor of The Spirits Enterprise.
Kiely stated: “We had been delighted to have the ability to host our annual awards in individual once more and rejoice some actually sensible winners.
“This yr’s award-winners are testomony to the high-standard of labor that continues throughout the spirits trade.
“Regardless of all of the challenges of the worldwide pandemic, it’s nice to see a lot innovation, charitable endeavours, environmental development and collaborations occurring. Congratulations to all of this yr’s winners.”
The official sponsor of this yr’s awards was Liquor Bottle Corks & Closures.
Further sponsors of the awards ceremony had been: Ty Nant Pure Mineral Water, Marqués de Cáceres, and Glencairn Crystal, who supplied the trophies.
Scroll under to find all of this yr’s winners, and see the December 2021 version of The Spirits Enterprise journal for an in-depth write-up on The Spirits Enterprise Awards 2021.
Spirits Retailer of the Yr – Grocery store
Winner: Waitrose
Spirits Retailer of the Yr – E-commerce
Winner: 31 Dover
Runner-up: The Whisky Change
Particular Commendation: Mash & Grape
Spirits Distributor of the Yr
Winner: Mangrove
Runner-up: Emporia Manufacturers
Spirits Bottler of the Yr
Winner: Contract Bottlers Glasgow
Finest New Advertising and marketing Marketing campaign
Bloom Gin
Finest Occasion
Winner: The Whisky Change Digital Rum Present 2021
Runner-up: Cape Byron Distillery for The Water of Life – A Whisky Movie
PR Firm of the Yr
Winner: Chapman Poole
Runner-up: Fourteen Ten
Particular Commendation: The Story
Distillery Sustainability Award
Winner: Flor de Caña
Runner-up: Tomatin Distillery
Particular Commendation: Belvedere Vodka
Moral Award
Winner: Flor de Caña
Runner-up: Jägermeister for The Lesbian Bar Venture
Innovation in Manufacturing
Winner: Seven Tails Distillers for Seven Tails XO
Runner-up: Larsen for Larsen Aqua Ignis
Particular Commendation: By no means By no means Distilling for Argo Gin
Innovation in Packaging
Winner: NIO Cocktails
Runner-up: Sterling Reserve Mix 7 Gaming Pack
Particular Commendation: Ecospirits
Distillery Shopper Expertise Award
Winner: El Tequileño Tequila
Runner-up: The Glenturret
Finest Distillery Services
Winner: The Glenturret
Runner-up: Gemma McColl
Cultural Contribution to the Spirits Business
Particular Commendation: Swedish Gin – Drinks, Distilleries and Dreamers
Finest New Product
Winner: NIO Cocktails
Runner-up: 20 Whiskies that Modified the World from The Whisky Change
Particular Commendation: The Spirit of the Underground by Bimber Distillery
Alan Lodge Younger Worldwide Drinks Author of the Yr Award
Younger Achiever of the Yr
Winner: Charlotte Clark, proprietor of Pembrokeshire Gin
Runner-up: Gemma McColl, digital advertising govt at The Glenturret
Blender of the Yr
Winner: Victoria Eady Butler, grasp blender at Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey
Runner-up: Arnaud de Trabuc, founding father of Seven Tails Distillers
Distiller/Producer of the Yr
Winner: Tim Boast, By no means By no means Distilling
Runner-up: Alex Chasko, Teeling
Particular Commendation: Jorge Antonio Salles, El Tequileño Tequila
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Lesley Gracie, founder and grasp distiller of Hendrick’s Gin