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The Drinks Business Awards 2021 winners

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the 2021 Drinks Business Awards, which were announced yesterday at a buzzing ceremony at Asia House in London.

The Drinks Business Awards were conceived 18 years ago to celebrate outstanding achievements in drinks in an array of categories, from on-trade champions to pioneering PR companies.

A full report on each winning person, brand and business will appear in the October issue of db, while today we bring you a list of the winners in each category, starting with our awards for the leaders in drinks design. 

Design & Packaging awards

Best Design & Packaging for Wine

Winner: Denomination for La Noblesse

Special commendation: Barlow & Co for Marks & Spencer Found range

Special commendation: Della Vite and Buchanan Studio for Della Vite Proscecco Superiore DOCG

Shortlist

Argency for Seña 2019

Barlow & Co for Marks & Spencer Found range

Della Vite and Buchanan Studio for Della Vite Proscecco Superiore DOCG

Denomination for La Noblesse

Viña VIK for La Piu Belle and La Piu Belle Rosé

Oxford Landing

 

Best Design & Packaging for Fortified Wine

Winner: Denomination for Quinta da Pedro Alta White Port

Special commendation: Stranger & Stranger for Azaline Vermouth 

Shortlist

Denomination for Cockburn’s Tails of the Unexpected

Denomination for Quinta da Pedro Alta White Port

Omdesign for Kopke Port

Stranger & Stranger for Azaline Vermouth

Symington Family Estate and Alexandra Sousa Ribeiro for Graham’s Port

 

Best Design & Packaging for Spirits

Winner: Stranger & Stranger for Eminente Reserva Rum

Special commendation: Stranger & Stranger for Kastra Vodka

Special commendation: Stranger & Stranger for Stranahan’s 10 Year Old

Shortlist

Nude Brand Creation for Redbreast Irish Whiskey Bird Feeder bottle

Nude Brand Creation for Ripping Yarns Golden Spiced Rum

Stranger & Stranger for Eminente Reserva Rum

Stranger & Stranger for Kastra Vodka

Stranger & Stranger for Stranahan’s 10 Year Old

Lewis Moberly for Benriach

 

The Sparflex Award for Best English and Welsh Sparkling Wine Packaging

Winner: Hundred Hills 

Special Commendation: Busi Jacobsohn Wine Estate

Special commendation: Balfour Winery

Shorlist

Albourne Estate

Artelium Wine Estate

Balfour Winery

Busi Jacobsohn Wine Estate

Hundred Hills

 

Best packaging redesign

Winner wine: Yalumba for Oxford Landing

Winner Spirits: Benriarch

 

Best innovation in packaging

Winner: Nude Brand Creation for Redbreast Irish Whiskey Bird Feeder bottle

 

Marketing awards

Best launch of the Year

Winner: The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co for the Pinter 

Special commendation: Benchmark Drinks for Kylie Minogue Wines

Special commendation: Bosman Family Vineyards for Bosman Nero

Special commendation for spirits: White Claw 

Shortlist

Benchmark Drinks for Kylie Minogue Wines

Bosman Family Vineyards for Bosman Nero

Cockburn’s for Tails of the Unexpected

The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co for the Pinter

White Claw Hard Seltzer

 

PR Company of the Year

Winner: Smith & Vine PR

Special commendation: Phipps Relations

Shortlist

Clementine Communications

Gregory + Vine

Phipps Relations

Smith & Vine PR

 

Trade Campaign of the Year

Winner: The Wine Agency for ‘Wines of Portugal Month – June is for Indies!’

Special commendation: Eat Spain Drink Spain

Shortlist

Eat Spain Drink Spain

Pol Roger Portfolio for its Napa Valley agencies

Washington State Wine Commission for Sommlight

Slam Communications for Alsace Wines

The Wine Agency for ‘Wines of Portugal Month – June is for Indies!’

 

Consumer Campaign of the Year

Winner: Hardys Certainty Campaign and ‘Money Back Guarantee’ 

Special commendation: Slam Communications for Tío Pepe

Special commendation: The Hidden Sea

Shortlist

Bloom Gin

Hardys Certainty Campaign and ‘Money Back Guarantee’

Slam Communications for Tío Pepe

The Hidden Sea

 

Social Media Campaign of the Year

Winner: Clarity Comms for HobtoberFest

Special commendation: Chelsea & Co Agency for International Sherry Week 

Shortlist

Chelsea & Co Agency for International Sherry Week

Clarity Comms for HobtoberFest

Clementine Communications for Glen Moray Meets

Highland Park / Hydrogen for Inner Circle

Gallo for Dark Horse

 

Best Virtual Initiative

Winner: Domaine Jones for Vineyard Rambles

 

Drinks Event of the Year

Winner: The Whisky Exchange Virtual Whisky Show 2020

Special commendation: The London Wine Fair Digital Edition

Shortlist

Eminent Wines for the Royal British Legion Centenary Champagne

The London Wine Fair Digital Edition

The Whisky Exchange Virtual Whisky Show 2020

UAE Vine Festival

 

Best Contribution to Wine and Spirits Tourism

Winner wine: New Zealand Winegrowers

Winner spirits: Roe & Co. Distillery

Special commendation: Le Cassisium 

Shortlist

Casa Valle Viñamar

Chene Bleu

Le Cassisium

New Zealand Winegrowers

Roe & Co. Distillery

 

Retail awards

Independent Retailer of the Year

Winner: Cambridge Wine Merchants 

Special commendation: Vagabond Wines

Shortlist

Bon Coeur Fine Wine

Cambridge Wine Merchants

Vagabond Wines

 

Online Retailer of the Year 

Winner: Waitrose Cellar

Special commendation: The Whisky Exchange

 Shortlist

31 Dover

Marlo Wine

The Whisky Exchange

Waitrose Cellar

 

Fine Wine Retailer of the Year 

Winner: Cambridge Wine Merchants

Special commendation: Bordeaux Index

Shortlist

Bordeaux Index

Cambridge Wine Merchants

Independent Wine

Marlo Wine

 

Retail Buying Team of the Year

Winner: Waitrose & Partners

Special commendation: Majestic Wine

 

Retail Buyer of the Year

Winner: Becky Hull MW

 

Drinks Retailer of the Year:

Winner: Majestic Wine

 

Company awards

Drinks Company of the Year

Winner (international): Viña Concha y Toro

Winner (UK): Liberty Wines

 Special commendation: Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Shortlist

Bibendum Wines

Hallgarten & Novum

Liberty Wines

Spiritrade

Viña Concha y Toro

 

On-trade Supplier of the Year

Winner: Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Shortlist

31Dover

Bancroft Wines

Bibendum Wines

Hallgarten & Novum

Liberty Wines

 

Logistics awards  

Trading Platform of the Year

Winner wine: LiveTrade, Bordeaux Index

Winner spirits: Spiritrade

 

Logistics Company of the Year

Winner VinLog, Kuehne + Nagel

Special commendation: STI Internazionale

 

Best Supply Chain Initiative

Winner: Liv-ex

Special commendation: VinLog, Kuehne + Nagel

 

Personality awards

Young Achiever of the Year: Liam Manton

Woman of the Year: Carmen O’Neal

Man of the Year: John Colley

The Lifetime Achievement Award: Thierry Gasco

 

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