The World Drinks Awards are the global awards recognising spirit drinks and the many styles within these categories. There are two separate strands to these awards – one is for taste and the other is for design excellence.
06.05.25
The shortlist of winners for the World Drinks Awards Global Dinner has officially been announced
25.04.25
For the first time, the country winners for Germany will be announced in Berlin, Germany on 10 July 2025 in association with the Deutscher Brauer Bund
17.04.25
The World Whiskies Awards 2025 has revealed the Icons of Whisky winners for this year’s awards in India
15.04.25
The World Drinks Awards is happy to announce that the round one winners for the World Drinks Awards 2025 have been revealed
01.04.25
We spoke to recent winners of the World Whiskies Awards (Rest of World) 2025 who told us why they entered the competition and how an award win will help their...
25.03.25
The World Whiskies Awards is excited to announce that the Global winners of the World Whiskies Awards 2025 and the Icons of Whisky 2025, have been revealed
20.03.25
Tastings for the World Drinks Awards will take place until 16 April 2025
19.03.25
Entries for the World Beer Awards will be open until 29 April 2025
25.02.25
The World Whiskies Awards is proud to announce that the Ireland winners and the Icons of Whisky Ireland 2025, has been revealed
14.02.25
The World Whiskies Awards is excited to announce that the USA winners and the Icons of Whisky USA 2025, has been revealed
27.01.25
The World Whiskies Awards is pleased to announce that the category winners and the Icons of Whisky Rest of World 2025, has been revealed
17.12.24
Andrew Lennie, brand ambassador for Whyte and Mackay and promoter of Fettercairn single malt scotch whisky, discusses his role and what winning an award has meant to him
05.12.24
The World Whiskies Awards is pleased to announce that the category winners and the Icons of Whisky Scotland 2025, has been revealed
03.12.24
The World Gin Awards 2025 officially began last week with the first round of regional tastings in Norwich
15.10.24
The first round of judging is currently underway for The World Whiskies Awards 2025.
07.10.24
We spoke to previous winners of the World Drinks Awards to find out how winning an award has influenced their brand and their words to those unsure about entering.
20.09.24
The World Drinks Awards is proud to announce that the list of country and category winners for the World Drinks Awards France 2025 for gin and whisky, have been revealed!
03.09.24
Our sponsors Hellmann and Larkfire, discuss their thoughts on the World Whiskies Awards and why sponsoring it is beneficial to their work in the drinks industry.
29.08.24
The World Drinks Awards is proud to announce that the list of winners for the World Cider Awards 2024 have been revealed!
Our sponsors Kavalan and IPL Packaging discuss their sponsorship of the World Whiskies Awards and how doing so is important to their company values.
22.08.24
With the World Whiskies Awards 2025 now open for entries, we asked previous winners about their thoughts on how winning an award could improve your brand image.
08.08.24
The World Beer Awards is excited to announce that the winners list for 2024 has been revealed!
18.07.24
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15.05.24
The winners of the World Drinks Awards 2024 have been revealed, bringing an exciting competition full of exceptional products to a close.
07.05.24
The World Beer Awards and World Cider Awards 2024 entry deadlines have now been extended to 17 May.
29.04.24
The World Beer Awards 2024 entry deadline is fast approaching. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 7 May and once entries are submitted, products will then need to be shipped...
18.03.24
The global winners in the Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards 2024 competitions were announced at a gala dinner in London along with the latest inductees to the Whisky...
08.03.24
With the winners of each category announced, the number of exceptional products on display proved this to be another competitive year for entrants at the World Gin Awards. The...
21.02.24
Icons of Gin and World Gin Awards 2024, plus new Gin Hall of Fame inductees, announced at gala dinner in London
20.02.24
The biggest and best names in the vodka industry have been awarded the title of World’s Best in the World Vodka Awards.
09.02.24
The Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards returned to Louisville for their regional America legs, along with the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame inductions of Joseph Magliocco and Freddie Johnson.
01.02.24
The World Whiskies Awards has revealed the next set of category winners and medallists in its 2024 competition, with only the US winners now left to be revealed.
19.01.24
The World Vodka Awards has announced the country winners in its 2024 competition.
18.01.24
The World Gin Awards has announced the medallists and country winners in its 2024 competition.
07.12.23
The winners of the Whisky Magazine Awards Scotland 2024 have been revealed at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
23.11.23
The winners of the Icons of Whisky Ireland, which celebrate the best people and places in the island's whisky industry, were announced at an event in Dublin.
08.11.23
We caught up with Brindiamo Group founder Jeff Hopmayer..
11.09.23
We are delighted to share the exciting news that Oakbank is once again sponsoring the prestigious World Drinks Awards 2024.
24.08.23
The title of World’s Best has been awarded after an extensive judging process.
The title of World’s Best has been given to seven different ciders across seven categories.
10.05.23
Gin today, gone tomorrow. Another unforgettable World Gin Awards has ended. We’d like to raise our glasses to everyone who attended, with a special shout out to our gincredible winners!
Another historic World Whiskies Awards dinner is in the books. The awards took place on March 30th at the idyllic Merchant Taylor’s Hall.
27.07.22
The World Drinks Awards held its Spirits Tasting last night, in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Distillers, where over 200 country and world winners were poured and tasted.
06.12.21
The Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards returned to Edinburgh for their regional Scotland legs, where two new inductees were also welcomed to the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame
10.09.20
The 2020 World Beer Awards results are in.
05.05.20
They are here! The 2020 winners.
21.04.20
VAN RYN’S CROWNED WORLD’S BEST BRANDY
14.04.20
2020 Winners announced
09.04.20
New World Gin Awards 2020 tasting set available
26.03.20
Dewar’s, Archie Rose and Spirit of Hven amongst this year’s world’s best
27.02.20
Cruxland, Sky Wave and Hayman’s amongst this year’s World’s Best Gins
06.12.19
The winners of this year’s Independent Bottlers Challenge were announced in Edinburgh on 6 December at the annual Whisky Magazine Awards Scotland Lunch.
10.10.19
Last day to enter the World Gin Awards 2020 is 11 October.
The last day for entries into the World Vodka Awards is 11 October!
19.09.19
CAMBA, VOTUS AND MIRA AMONGST WINNERS OF THE 2019 WORLD BEER AWARDS
A great year to #RethinkCider with the World’s Best
18.04.19
The 2019 World's Best Liqueurs are here
The 2019 World's Best Rums are here
The 2019 World's Best Brandies are here
The 2019 World's Best Premixes are here
10.01.19
We are delighted to announce the first round winners for World Gin Awards 2019!
07.12.18
Winners announced
20.09.18
We are delighted to announce the World’s Best Ciders 2018. The first and second round results were published on 15 August, following the final tasting in London.
Our international and highly respected judging panel has identified the best beers in each of the nine categories of the annual World Beer Awards. Over 2,300 beers from more than...
12.09.18
The 2018 Independent Bottlers Challenge is now open for entries. With three new categories- American, Irish and Japanese - we are looking forward to a...
01.09.18
The 2019 World Gin Awards are open for entries. The World Gin Awards are the global awards selecting the very best in all internationally recognised styles of gin....
15.08.18
The 2018 country and style winners for our World Beer Awards have now been announced!
15.02.18
The results of the 2018 World Gin Awards were announced on 15 February at the Honourable Artillery Company London at the Gin Magazine Awards Dinner. The event was attended...
01.02.18
The Round 1 winners of the 2018 World Whiskies Awards have been announced following the final tasting on 1 February.
30.08.17
‘Hops for Heroes’ – World Beer Awards Celebration Raises Money for a Veterans Nonprofit Recently, at Jack Rose Dining Saloon with the support of the World Beer Awards, Procurus,...
11.08.17
After a fantastic day of judging yesterday in London we are delighted to say that the country winners and world's best style winners have now been announced.
After a fantastic day of judging on 10 August in London we are delighted to say that the country winners and world's best style winners have now been announced.
09.08.17
Not long to go. We are now looking forward to the final tasting of the World Beer Awards 2017 with more than 80 brewers and judges joining us in London...
Not long to go. We are now looking forward to the final tasting of the World CiderAwards 2017 with brewers and judges joining us in London on 10 August....
18.05.17
Kopke and Carpano amongst the winners of the World Fortified Wine Awards
17.03.17
The World Beer Awards 2017 are now open for entries!
31.01.17
Welcome to the World Fortified Wine Awards, celebrating the best Port, Sherry, Madeira and Vermouth in the World. Entries are now open on our brand new website!
The shortlist of winners for the World Drinks Awards Global Dinner has been announced