Shipping your samples

The IWC strongly recommends using the Hellmann Consolidated shipping service, but private shipping is still an option.

 

See Approved Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Shipping Agents list at the bottom of this page.


Number of samples required


We require 4 bottles per wine entry. Wines will be tasted up to three times and on different days. An extra bottle is necessary to allow for an out of condition sample. If IWC Discovery Tasting is selected for a wine entry, please send 6 bottles.

IWC entrants have three shipping options:

1- Consolidated shipping – Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.

2- UK Distributor – If you have a UK distributor you can arrange to send your samples from there.

3- Private shipping arrangements (eg DHL, UPS, FEDEX). Please note, you will be responsible for all arrangements and transportation costs. The samples must be sent Duty Paid e.g. paying customs’ costs, taxes and duties associated with sending your samples.

Sending your samples – IWC Delivery Labels

1- Use the IWC delivery label and airway bill emailed when you submit your wine entry. Each IWC delivery label has a unique entrant barcode which will allow the IWC to inform you when your wines have been processed.

2- If you are using a private courier please stick your official IWC labels on the side of your boxes. This is to prevent courier companies sticking labels over IWC address labels.

3- If you are using a private courier please mark "Shipper accepts charges" on your couriers' shipping forms to ensure that all costs get charged to you. If the above is not completed, then the samples will be stopped in Customs and may not arrive in time for the competition.

Hellmann Consolidated Shipping

Important notice: From 1 January 2021, producers will be required to include an invoice on the outside of the case that includes the following information:

Number of bottles
Type of wine
Bottle size
ABV%
Value, shown as USD 1.00 per bottle (this is for customs purposes only)

To avoid delay in shipment, it is essential that suppliers provide the above information at the time of delivery to Hellmann

1 - Many entrants will be able to save money by using our consolidated shipping offer, which you can select during the entry process. The cost is £58 per entry and covers: all charges associated with duty, storage, carriage, UK clearance and taxes on samples supplied. For this you must use an approved Hellmann Worldwide Logistics shipping agent from the list below and use the Hellmann IWC delivery label on your boxes.

2 - You must contact your local Hellmann Beverage Logistics agent prior to sending them your samples before the Hellmann shipping deadline.

3- It is the responsibility of the entrant to pay all delivery charges up to the point where their local Hellmann Worldwide Logistics approved shipping agent receives the samples.

4 - European depots can only accept shipments from the same country

5 - Submitters using a Hellmann Worldwide Logistics agent for shipping their samples will have to attach 5 copies of the airway bill which will be sent to them by email after submission of their entry.

6 - Late arrivals will not be accepted and neither credits nor refunds will be issued if the forms or wines fail to arrive on time.

7 - UK Duty. All wines entering the UK are liable for duty. Current duty rates for still wines are £2.23 per bottle (75cl), sparkling wine £2.86, fortified wines £2.98 plus VAT. The fee for the IWC Global Shipping Service includes these charges.

Payment of Duty

The commissioners of HMR&C require evidence of payment of duties and VAT as enshrined in The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 and enforced by The Customs & Excise Management ACT 1979. Procedures to achieve this are stipulated in the Customs Tariff and Public Notice covering alcoholic products. It is an offence to avoid payment of these taxes on samples. Further guidance may be obtained from HMR&C National Advice Service – telephone +44 (0)845 0109 000.


Shipping your samples from France with Hellmann 


All wine to be duty paid in France and tendered to Hellmann consolidation centres as Duty Paid. The bottles need to have a “ Marianne“ sticker

Please do not open an AED/ADD

The entrant will receive no certificates of shipment to confirm export

The entrant must provide an invoice showing the value of the wine as €1.00

The invoice should be inscribed in both English and French as follows: “We declare that duties and taxes have been paid on the mentioned wines in France. The wines are entered into the globally renowned International Wine Challenge in the United Kingdom to promote French Wine on a global platform. We confirm the wines are for commercial tasting and  have no commercial value. Nous déclarons que les droits et taxes sur les vins mentionnés ont été payés en France. Les vins participent à l'International Wine Challenge un concours de renommée mondiale, située au Royaume-Uni, dont le but est de promouvoir le vin français sur une plateforme mondiale. Nous confirmons que les vins sont destinés à la dégustation commerciale et n'ont aucune valeur commerciale.“

Approved Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Shipping Agents

AUSTRALIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
196B Welshpool Road
Welshpool
WA 6986
Australia
Contact: Sean  Guyon
Telephone: 08 9353 4655
Email:sguyon@hellmann.com
Contact: Molly Hoban
Telephone: 08 9353 4655
Email:mhoban@hellmann.com

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
27 Aberdeen Street
Port Adelaide
South Australia
5015
Contact: Kate Size
Telephone: 61 8 8245 2955
Email:FEA-ADL@hellmann.com
Contact: Dina Begic
Telephone: 61 8 8245 2955
Email:FEA-ADL@hellmann.com

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
57-73 Lambeck Drive
Tullamarine
Victoria
3043
Contact: Joanne Giddings
Telephone: 61 3 9335 3555
Email:melexpair@hellmann.com
Contact: Sally Cox
Telephone: 61 3 9335 3555
Email:melexpair@hellmann.com
AUSTRIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Building 263/2/2
Vienna Airport
Vienna, Austria
1300
Contact: Robert Paetzold
Telephone: 431 7007 36896
Email:robert.paetzold@hellmann.com
BRAZIL  (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Rua Florestopolis, 87
Cidade Parque São Luiz
Guarulhos, SP
CEP: 07171-030
Contact: Naomi Nogueira
Telephone: +55 11 2445 5130
Email:nepereir@hellmann.com
Contact: Kaoane Victorino
Telephone: +55 11 97184 1332
Email:Kaoane.victorino@hellmann.com
Contact: Gabriel Nogueira
Telephone: +55 11 2445 5130
Email:NaomiGabrielle.PereiraNogueira@hellmann.com
CANADA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
1375 Cardiff Blvd Unit #1
Mississauga
L5S 1R1
Canada
Contact: Alwyn Lobo
Telephone: +1 905 565 3343
Email:Alwyn.Lobo@hellmann.com
CHILE (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Avda Americo Vespucio # 1309 Oficina 310
Edificio Centro Aeropuerto Enea
Pudahuel
Santiago de Chile
Contact: Eduardo  Ruz
Telephone: 0056 987095675
Email:eduardo.ruz@hellmann.com
Contact: Alejandro Munoz
Telephone: 0056 987095696
Email:alejandro.munoz@hellmann.com
CROATIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o RCM spedicija d.o.o.
Jankomir 25
10090 Zagreb

Contact: Ivana Miholić
Telephone: +385 99 3891 049
Email:ivana.miholic@spedicija.hr
Contact: Zvonimir Juran
Telephone: +385 99 5420798
Email:zvonimir.juran@spedicija.hr
FRANCE (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Perrenot Bekaert
1 Alle du Cardo
ZAC Antiparc
62223 Athies
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o SNTN
ZI Les Iscles
Quartier Cabane Vieil
13550 Noves
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Perrenot Buchaca
LA MERIDIENNE
123 rue KONRAD ADENAUER
34500 BEZIERS - France
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Perrenot Champagne
26 Rue de Charles Marie Ravel
51520 Saint Martin sur le Pre
France
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Perrenot Bordeaux
12 Route de Villandraut
33210 Langon
France
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o SNTLM
ZAC Les Gaulnes
Boulevard Marcel Dassault
69330 Jonage
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Transport Perrenot Robineau
D323
La Belle Inutile
72370 Soulitre
Contact: Ingrid Owczarek
Telephone: 0321 607571
Email:bekaert.arras@perrenot.eu
GERMANY (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 22
Polch
56751
Germany
Contact: Stefan Baltes
Telephone: 0049 2654 9488740
Email:stefan.baltes@hellmann.com
GREECE (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Carel SA Transport & Logistics,
Kalochori,
Thessaloniki
54627
Contact: Ersie  Michou
Telephone: 0030 2310 538539
Email:emichou@carel.gr
Contact: Alexandra Aggelkou
Telephone: 0030 2310 538539
Email:aggelkou@carel.eu
HUNGARY (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Lorinci ut B1
Airport Business Park
Building B3
Vecses Hungary 2220
Contact: Adam Zaborszki
Telephone: 3629789282
Email:Adam.Zaborszki@hellmann.com
Contact: Máté Salamon
Telephone: 3629789270
Email:mate.salamon@hellmann.com
Contact: Rita Szabados
Telephone: 3629789282
Email:rita.szabados@hellmann.com
ITALY (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Via Eugenio Montale16/18.
Novegro di Segrate
20054
Italy
Contact: Eleonora  Baracco
Telephone: 02 75623 241
Email:eleonora.barraco@hellmann-network.com
Contact: Vittorio Massa
Telephone: 02 75623 241
Email:Vittorio.massa@hellmann-network.com
JAPAN (Deadline to receive your samples: 14 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
148-15 IWAYAMA SHIBAYAMA-CHO
SANBU-GUN CHIBA 289-1608 JAPAN
GLP NARITA 1F (C/O SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE) NARITA LOGISTICS BRANCH OFFICE
Tokyo 289-1608
Contact: Shigeru Yazawa
Telephone: +81 3 58392683
Email:shigeru.yazawa@hellmann.com
Contact: Eriko Umekawa
Telephone: +81 3 58392683
Email:eriko.umekawa@hellmann.com
NEW ZEALAND (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
2 Landing Drive
HPL Warehouse
Mangere, Auckland Airport
Auckland, New Zealand, 2022
Contact: Gemma Jameson
Telephone: +64 9 921 2604
Email:afe-nz@hellmann.com
NORTH MACEDONIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Quehenberger Logistics Macedonia Dooel
Ulica 8, br. 4 Kojlija
Skopje
North Macedonia, 1043
Contact: Igor  Stojanovski
Telephone: 389 22 555580
Email:igor.stojanovski@quehenberger.com
PORTUGAL (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)
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Hellmann Beverage Logistics
c/o Rangel Fashion Armazam Fashion
Rua Da Serra 654
Maia
4425-390
Contact: Joaquim Augusto
Telephone: 00351 967830259
Email:joaquim.augusto@rangel.com
ROMANIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Airport Plaza Building
1a Drumul Garii Odai Street
Otopeni, Romania
O75100
Contact: Roxana Rata
Telephone: +40 312288200
Email:Roxana-elena.rata@hellmann.com
SERBIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
c/o Transfera d.o.o.
Druga logistička 14
Novi Banovci
22304
Contact: Srećko Ristić
Telephone: 00381605177001
Email:srecko.ristic@transfera.com
Contact: Stefan Radivojevic
Telephone: 00381646472513
Email:stefan.radivojevic@transfera.com
SLOVENIA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
RCM d.o.o.,
PE Hrpelje-Kozina
Oic - Hrpelje 47
6240 Kozina
Contact: Ožbej Kladnik
Telephone: +386(0)5 68 02 303
Email:ozbej.kladnik@rcm.si
Contact:  RCM Kozina
Telephone: 00386 56802303
Email:operativa@rcm.si
SOUTH AFRICA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
3rd Floor Execujet Business Center
Tower Road, Airport Industria 2
Cape Town
7490
Contact: Michelle Gordon
Telephone: 270 611 686 284
Email:michelle.gordon@hellmann.com
SPAIN (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)
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Hellmann Perishable Logistics
Gediba, C/ Rio Vinalopo, 27
Quart de Poblet,
Valencia, Spain
46930
Contact: Inaki  Santos
Telephone: +34 618 653780
Email:inaki.santos@hellmann.com
SWITZERLAND (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


ATS-Hellmann Worldwide Logistics AG
Steinackerstrasse 28
Kloten
CH-8302

Contact: Walter Zach
Telephone: 044 8158013
Email:walter.zaech@ats-hellmann.ch
TURKEY (Deadline to receive your samples: 17 March 2023)


Hellmann ww Lojistik Ltd Sti/Warehouse
Beylikdüzü OSB Mah. Mermerciler Sanayi Sitesi
7. Cd. No:5
34524 Beylikdüzü/İstanbul

Contact: Mr. Dursun
Telephone: (0212) 875 30 44
Email:Fatih.celen@hellmann.com
USA (Deadline to receive your samples: 03 March 2023)


HPL-APOLLO Perishable Logistics
Suite D, 701 DNA Way
South San Francisco
CA 94080
USA
Contact: Dale Low
Telephone: 1-510-219-0138
Email:dlow@hplapollo.com
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