New Initiatives for LIWF
2012
Discovery Tasting at LIWF
The LIWF is delighted to
welcome the International Wine Challenge Discovery Tasting to this
year's Fair. The Discovery Tasting provides buyers with the
opportunity to taste, at their leisure, without interruption, any
style of wine from anywhere in the world that is looking for an
importer and has entered the IWC.
Hundreds of wines will be available and are grouped by
country/style and split into three sections depending on where they
are seeking buyers from; On Trade, High Street & Supermarkets
and Independent Off Trade. The Discovery Tasting is guaranteed to
be a major draw for these extremely key buying sectors attending
the LIWF.
Further information can be found by clicking
here.
Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux
The opening day of the LIWF also sees
some of the most prestigious Bordeaux châteaux fly in to London for
a dedicated tasting hosted by the Union des Grands Crus de
Bordeaux. This exclusive event provides an exciting
opportunity for buyers to taste the 2008 Bordeaux vintage, adding
an even more compelling reason to visit the Fair.
The following châteaux will take part:
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Château Rahoul - Graves
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Château Bouscaut Pessac - léognan
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Château Carbonnieux Pessac - léognan
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Domaine de Chevalier Pessac - léognan
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Château La Louvière Pessac - léognan
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Château Larrivet Haut - Brion Pessac - léognan
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Château Latour - Martillac Pessac - léognan
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Château Malartic - Lagravière Pessac - léognan
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Château Olivier Pessac - léognan
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Château Pape Clément Pessac - léognan
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Château Canon La Gaffelière Saint - Emilion Grand cru
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Château Dassault Saint - Émilion Grand Cru
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Château - Figeac Saint - Émilion Grand cru
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Château Franc Mayne Saint - Émilion Grand cru
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Château Grand Mayne Saint - Émilion Grand cru
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Château La Couspaude Saint - Émilion Grand Cru
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Château La Gaffelière Saint - Émilion Grand cru
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Château Beauregard - Pomerol
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Château Clinet - Pomerol
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Château Gazin - Pomerol
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Château Clarke Listrac - Médoc
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Château Fonréaud Listrac - Médoc
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Château Fourcas Dupré Listrac - Médoc
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Château Fourcas Hosten Listrac - Médoc
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Château Chasse - Spleen Moulis -en - Médoc
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Château Maucaillou Moulis -en - Médoc
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Château Beaumont Haut - Médoc
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Château Belgrave Haut - Médoc
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Château Cantemerle Haut - Médoc
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Château Coufran Haut - Médoc
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Château de Camensac Haut - Médoc
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Château La Lagune Haut - Médoc
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Château La Tour Carnet Haut - Médoc
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Château Greysac - Médoc
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Château Angludet - Margaux
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Château Cantenac Brown - Margaux
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Château Dauzac - Margaux
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Château du Tertre - Margaux
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Château Giscours - Margaux
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Château Kirwan - Margaux
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Château Labégorce - Margaux
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Château Lascombes - Margaux
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Château Marquis de Terme - Margaux
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Château Monbrison - Margaux
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Château Prieuré - Lichine - Margaux
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Château Beychevelle Saint - Julien
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Château Lagrange Saint - Julien
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Château Langoa Barton Saint - Julien
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Château Léoville Barton Saint - Julien
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Château Léoville Poyferré Saint - Julien
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Château Clerc Milon - Pauillac
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Château d' Armailhac - Pauillac
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Château Grand - Puy Ducasse - Pauillac
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Château Lynch - Bages - Pauillac
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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - Pauillac
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Château Cos Labory Saint - Estèphe
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Château de Pez Saint - Estèphe
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Château Lafon - Rochet Saint - Estèphe
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Château Ormes De Pez Saint - Estèphe
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Château Bastor - Lamontagne - Sauternes
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Château de Rayne Vigneau - Sauternes
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Château Doisy Daëne - Sauternes
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Château Doisy - Védrines - Sauternes
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Château Guiraud - Sauternes
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Château La Tour Blanche - Sauternes
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Château Lafaurie - Peyraguey - Sauternes
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Château Sigalas - Rabaud - Sauternes
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The UK Sommelier of the Year
We are delighted to announce that The UK Sommelier
of the Year competition will be running at the show this year on
Wednesday 23rd May. The competition has been organised and run by
The Academy of Food and Wine Service since inception in 1980.
The AFWS has been successful in attracting many wine waiters and
sommeliers that wouldn't usually have the confidence to enter such
contests. The competition not only requires the entrants to test
their product knowledge, they must also demonstrate their ability
to serve correctly.
The competition will generate plenty of excitement and flair and
promises to attract over 180 of the top sommeliers from around the
country.
Some of the past winners are listed below:
2011 Yohann Jousselin, Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury
(pictured)
2010 Christopher Delalonde, Sarment Wines, London
2009 Laura Rhys, Hotel Terravina, Southampton
2008 Gearoid Devaney, Tom Aikens Restaurant, London
2007 Nicolas Clerc, Milestone Hotel, London
2006 Claire Thevenot, Hotel Du Vin, Winchester
2005 Matthew Wilkin, Capital Hotel, London
Small Independents Pavilion
Attracting sommeliers and independent retailers to
Fair has never been more important - they have the buying power
that many producers and importers are keen to tap into.
Now, in the form of a new feature called the Small Independents
Pavilion, specialist producers and importers can display boutique
and niche wines to precisely this audience.
No doubt the feature will also prove popular with buyers from
all sides of the trade, and watch this space for news of an
important new feature aimed at the independent sector as we team up
with a major magazine to launch a new joint promotion!
