New Awards Highlights

We are delighted to share a number of recent awards highlights with you, including several top medals for our agency producers in this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, as well as a special recognition for C&C Wines by the industry…

Harpers Top 50 Drinks Wholesalers 2022

We are thrilled to have been placed at no. 29 in the Harpers 2022 Top 50 Drinks Wholesalers list, which celebrates the leading companies in this vibrant sector of the drinks industry.

In the words of Harpers itself: “gaining a place on the Top 50 list is no mean feat, with reader-nominated entrants being whittled down from a long list by our panel of judges, applying several clear criteria to the entries then requested from those companies.

Company ethos, service, portfolio, training and social and environmental aspects of sustainability were all taken into account, along with innovation and investment in all shapes and forms, to inform the decision-making process.

The result is a list that shines the spotlight on 50 of the very best drinks wholesalers in the UK, each of which firmly deserves its place as one of the most go-ahead, innovative, successful and popular operators in this influential market”.

We are incredibly grateful to all of our team for their dedication and hard work, and to those who nominated us!!

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022

Congratulations to all of our agency producers for their wins at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, with the highlights from our portfolio as follows…

BEST IN SHOW

Deep Woods Estate, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (97 points)
Margaret River, Western Australia

“The world’s greatest red wines often seem infused with a sense of refinement and ease when mature, no matter how dense and impenetrable they appear in youth. This hallmark of this finely crafted Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River is that, youthful as it is, it’s able to convey both density and refined ease simultaneously. In colour it’s dark black-purple, and you’ll find remarkable fruit concentration and closeness of texture in the mouth. Yet the aromas are warm, open and resonant, pure and unthrusting, and such is the clarity of organisation of the palate, finesse of the tannins and delicacy of that fruit that it already drinks with the serenity of a fully mature wine. Fine craftsmanship here.”

GOLD

Tenuta Scuotto, Taurasi DOCG 2017 (95 points)
Campania

Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo Cannubi DOCG 2018 (96 points)
Barolo, Piedmont

Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo Coste di Rose DOCG 2018 (96 points)
Barolo, Piedmont

SILVER

Deep Woods Estate, Reserve Chardonnay 2020 (93 points)
Margaret River, Western Australia

Orma 2019 (90 points)
Bolgheri, Tuscany

Marchesi di Barolo, Peiragal Barbera d’Alba DOC 2019 (92 points)
Barolo, Piedmont

Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo Tradizione DOCG 2018 (91 points)
Barolo, Piedmont

Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo Sarmassa DOCG 2018 (92 points)
Barolo, Piedmont

Sartarelli, Balciana Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore 2019 (94 points)
Marche

Kellerei St Pauls, Schliff Sauvignon Blanc 2020 (93 points)
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol