{"id":20117,"date":"2015-06-16T19:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20117"},"modified":"2015-06-16T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:18:30","slug":"international-wine-challenge-iwc-shortlist-success-for-ls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/06\/international-wine-challenge-iwc-shortlist-success-for-ls\/","title":{"rendered":"International Wine Challenge (IWC) shortlist success for L&#038;S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again L&amp;S is on many shortlists for the <strong>International Wine Challenge Merchant of the Year Awards<\/strong>. We are delighted to feature not only on the hotly competitive list for <strong>Regional Merchant of the Year for London<\/strong>, but also on a shortlist (of only two) for the nationwide <strong>&#8216;Large&#8217; Merchant of the Year<\/strong>. &#8216;Large&#8217; within these rules is more than 3 outlets, so with our four, we are <em>as small as is possible<\/em> to qualify for this.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, and despite being &#8216;generalists&#8217; who import wine from wherever we find a price\/quality ration which will appeal to our customers, we have also been shortlisted for <strong>Merchant of the Year in three <em>specialist<\/em> categories: Italy, Champagne and Sparkling, and <em>En Primeur<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My congratulations to all the team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20123 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IWC-Shortlist-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"IWC-Shortlist-Banner\" width=\"498\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again L&amp;S is on many shortlists for the International Wine Challenge Merchant of the Year Awards. 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