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The Drinks Business Awards 2020 shortlist
Following three impassioned days of socially distanced judging on Microsoft Teams, we are delighted to reveal the shortlisted entries for The Drinks Business Awards 2020.
From those in the retail sector to importers, designers and PR gurus, the db Awards recognise and reward top performers across the international drinks industry.
In addition to the categories listed below, a number of major awards will be announced at the ceremony, which we will bring you details of soon.
These awards are:
Man of the Year
The Wonderworks Woman of the Year Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Young Achiever of the Year
Drinks Retailer of the Year
Retail Buyer of the Year
Fine Wine Retailer of the Year
Best Supply Chain Initiative
Trading Platform of the Year
Best Sustainable Packaging
Best Design & Packaging for Beer and Cider
Best Contribution to Wine and Spirits Tourism
Shortlists for the design & packaging awards
Best Design & Packaging for Spirits
Edrington-Beam Suntory UK for Maker’s Mark 46 VAP
Mirabeau for Mirabeau Rosé Gin
Seven Tails Distillers for Seven Tails XO
Stranger & Stranger for Merser & Co. Double Barrel Rum
Stranger & Stranger for No. 3 Gin
Best Design & Packaging for Wine
Bravo Design for The Vinoneers’ Orpheus & the Raven
Denomination for Wakefield The Legacy Cabernet Sauvignon
Omdesign for Blandy’s MCDXIX, The Winemaker’s Selection
YG Design for Viña San Pedro Tayú 1865
The Sparflex Award for Best English and Welsh Sparkling Wine Packaging
Black Chalk
Gwinllan Llaethliw Vineyard
Hoffman & Rathbone
Ridgeview Oak Reserve
Simpsons Wine Estate
Shortlist for the company awards
Drinks Company of the Year
Bibendum Wine
Concha y Toro
Hallgarten & Novum Wines
Liberty Wines
Majestic Wines
Logistics Company of the Year
Gliding Eagle
Hillebrand
Kuehne + Nagel
London City Bond
STI Internazionale Spa
The Bevica On-Trade Supplier of the Year Award
Bibendum
Hallgarten & Novum
Liberty Wines
Speciality Drinks
Shortlist for the retail awards
The LCB Independent Retailer of the Year Award
Cambridge Wine Merchants
Davy’s Wine Merchants
Jeroboams
Vagabond Wines
Online Retailer of the Year
Honest Grapes
The Bottle Club
Wanderlust Wine
Retail Buying Team of the Year
Majestic Wine
Marks and Spencer
Waitrose
Shortlist for the marketing awards
Best Launch of the Year
Clementine Communications for Wild Life Botanicals
Invivo Wines for Invivo X Sarah Jessica Parker
R&R Teamwork for Blackbook Winery
PR Company of the Year
Chapman Poole
Clarion Communications
Clementine Communications
Phipps
Trade Campaign of the Year
Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I for Save Pub Life
Cube Communications for Wines of Bordeaux
Live & Breathe for Asahi Discover Karakuchi
Slam Communications for Alsace Wines
Consumer Campaign of the Year
Cono Sur Licence to Chill
Trivento Real Life Bold Discoveries
Villa Maria The Value of Conversation
Social Media Campaign of the Year
Chelsea Consulting for Sherry Week
New Zealand Winegrowers for Sauvignon Blanc Day
Viña San Pedro for Nine Lives Wine
Drinks Event of the Year
Madeleine Waters and Rachel Davey for Virtual Press Trip to Lebanon
Majestic relaunch
The Whisky Exchange for The Whisky Show 2019
Waitrose Drinks Festival
Wine Australia for Australia Redefined