The Drinks Business Asian Awards in Pictures

After gruelling judging and much anticipation, the winners of the inaugural Drinks Business Asian Awards were unveiled yesterday at a ceremony held at the Renaissance Harbour View hotel in Wanchai.

The Asian edition of our successful Drinks Business global awards recognises top companies and leaders in Asia’s wine and spirits field. Hosted by editor-in-chief of the drinks business, Patrick Schmitt MW, the awards honoured 17 companies and key trade personalities that have demonstrated outstanding corporate performance and exemplary leadership skills across Asia in Hong Kong, mainland China and even Vietnam.

The categories included Best Drinks Event, Best Social Media Campaign, Best Launch, Best Consumer Campaign, Best Trade Campaign, Best On-Trade Supplier, Best Online Retailer, Best Retail, Fine Wine Retailer, Best Drinks Company of the Year, Young Achiever of the Year, and Man of the Year.

Over the following pages are the results from this year’s awards, click through to see all the winners. A full report on each winner, brand and company will appear in our print edition and website in the coming days.

Best Drinks Event

Winner: The Fine Wine Experience Burghound Symposium 2017

Commended: Elite Wines Vietnam for the Rothschild Grand Cru Wine & Champagne Dinner

Best Social Media Campaign

Winner: Rosé Revolution powered by The Flying Winemaker

Best Launch

Winner: Perrier-Jouet Pop-up by Pernod Ricard Hong Kong & Macau. The award was received by David Rose from the drinks business on behalf of Pernod Ricard.

Commended: “90+ Club” by Treasury Wine Estates

Best Consumer Campaign

Photo source: Tersina Shieh

Winner: Riesling Weeks by Wines of Germany

Best Trade Campaign

Winner: Discover South Africa by Wines of South Africa

On-Trade Supplier of the Year

Winner: Kerry Wines

Commended: Links Concept

Best Online Retailer

Winner: Cru Asia

Best Retail

Winner: Sichuan 1919 Wines & Spirits Scm. Co. Ltd.

Commended: Cheers Wines

Fine Wine Retailer of the Year

Winner: COFCO Wine & Wine

Best Drinks Company of the Year

Winner: Treasury Wine Estates

Commended: Berry Bros & Rudd Asia

Young Achiever of the Year

Winner: Sarah Heller MW

Man of the Year

Winner: Castle Li, general manager of COFCO Wine &Wine and Great Wall

Woman of the Year

Winner: Ivy Ng, publisher of the drinks business Hong Kong

Spain’s leading Cava producer Codorníu was the official wine sponsor at our drinks business Asian Awards and the brand’s 1551 expression was on pour during the ceremony. The sparkling wine was created to commemorate the year Codorníu was founded.