2006 Awards – Past Winners

THE WINNERS 2005

Man of the Year
Roger Gabb
Chairman, Western Wines

Woman of the Year
Caroline Whitfield
CEO, Blackwood Distillers Plc

Young Achiever Award
Alexander Anson
trading director, Thresher Group

On-trade Business Person
Robin Hutson
founder and MD, Hotel du Vin

Best Trade Campaign
Think Red, Think Côtes du Rhône
Inter Rhône / Sopexa UK

Best Consumer Campaign
Tio Pepe sponsorship of Hell’s Kitchen,
Gonzalez Byass

Best Design & Packaging
Errazuriz, Hatch Mansfield

Logistics Company of the Year
Kuehne & Nagel

Retail Award
Sainsbury’s

Responsible Drinking Message Award
Waitrose

Best PR Campaign
Banks’s Seven Wonders of the West Midlands, Vital PR

Best Customer Service
Laithwaites

Award for Business Excellence
Cobra Beer

Best Launch
Macallan Fine Oak, The Edrington Group

Outstanding Achievement
Tony Laithwaite, joint chairman, Laithwaites
 
Special Contribution
Graham Hines, director, Wines from Spain UK

THE WINNERS 2004

Man of the Year
Patrick McGrath MW
MD, Hatch Mansfield

Woman of the Year
Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle
Casa Lapostolle

Newcomer Award
Caroline Abbott
PR manager, Constellation Wines Europe

On-trade Business Person
Pamela Gregory
Mitchells & Butler

Best Trade Campaign
Wines of Chile UK – 2003 launch

Best Consumer Campaign
Vladivar Vodka
Union Advertising/Whyte & Mackay 

Best Retail Campaign
Marks & Spencer

Best Launch
Jon, Mark and Robbo’s Whisky

Best Design & Packaging
Millers Gin
The Reformed Spirits Company 

Best Logistics Company
FFG Hillebrand

© db May 2006