{"id":20326,"date":"2015-07-17T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20326"},"modified":"2015-07-17T17:06:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:06:59","slug":"ls-success-at-the-2015-iwc-merchant-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/ls-success-at-the-2015-iwc-merchant-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#038;S success at the 2015 &#8216;IWC&#8217; Merchant Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Charles collected our newest trophy &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0the <strong>Merchant of the Year for London<\/strong> award at this year&#8217;s prestigious IWC (International Wine Challenge) awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20334\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IWC_Merchant_Awards_2015_Charles.jpg\" alt=\"IWC_Merchant_Awards_2015_Charles\" width=\"494\" height=\"329\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Charles Lea and Sam Harrop MW<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to win back London, which we held for four years between 2009 and 2012. \u00a0Of course we were very pleased to have been crowned &#8216;<em>Champagne and Sparkling Specialist<\/em>&#8216; for 2014, and &#8216;<em>En Primeur Specialist<\/em>&#8216; the year before, but having the award for London back is very satisfying and testament to the hard work put in by the whole team.<\/p>\n<p>This crown, together with the wealth of short-listings we were proud to receive this year (including En Primeur, Italy, Champagne &amp; Sparkling and Large Independent) shows the depth and range which L&amp;S can offer, always with the knowledge and commitment to serve our customers at the highest level, to back up the wine selections.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20333\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-IWC-Award.jpg\" alt=\"2015 IWC Award\" width=\"387\" height=\"489\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Charles collected our newest trophy &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0the Merchant of the Year for London award at this year&#8217;s prestigious IWC (International Wine Challenge) awards ceremony. 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