Almost 2,000 bottles later, the winners of the Sommelier Wine Awards 2012 have been announced

This year's Sommelier of the Year contest will be held at the LIWF in May

Entries open for the 2012 Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year competition

With the shortlist of hopefuls drawn up, Chris Losh sat in as the judges deliberated over the winners of the 2011 Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year

With barely a barblade between the two teams after the first set of tasks, our contestants locked horns again on Centre Stage at Imbibe Live to see who would be this year’s Champions. Chris Losh joins a noisy crowd to watch the showdown

This year’s Imbibe Live event at Earls Court saw over two dozen sommeliers tasting some of the top wines from this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards competition to find out which bottles received the ultimate accolade. Chris Losh recorded the results

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Entries were up, along with quality – so whittling entries down to a shortlist for this year’s Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year was tough work. Chris Losh supervised

The search for the best young sommelier and chef team is now on

Entries for the 2011 Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year competition are now open.

Entries for the 2011 Champagne Piper-Heidsieck UK Sommelier of the Year competition are now being welcomed – with the awards determined to broaden their appeal.

The UK finalists for the competition have been announced

The second annual competition was held at the Maison de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon in London

The great and the good of the pub, hotel and restaurant trade gathered in London this week to discover the winners in Imbibe’s first Wine List of the Year competition, run in association with Louis Roederer Champagne.

Imbibe was the proud recipient of the Louis Roederer Chairman's Award last night, where it was recognised as a 'publication that truly engages with it's audience'.