Major Wine Competitions in 2017

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On this page you can find a list of major wine competitions which will be held in 2017, these includes the Melbourne International Wine Competition, Feminalise World Wine Competition, The North Coast Wine Challenge, New York International Wine Competition 2017 and more.

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Feminalise World Wine Competition 2017

The Feminalise World Wine Competition is a unique concept: All world wines are exclusively tasted by professionals or seasoned oenophiles women. With a 25-year experience organizing wine tasting competitions, Didier Martin, the Founder, made a simple observation: the economical impact of women in the wine industry. This inspired him the novel idea of the Feminalise Competition in 2007 which goes global in 2015.

Date: April 06, 2017

Venue: Palais des Congrès - 19 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 21200 Beaune - France

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WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition 2017

Year after year the WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition is the largest of its kind in the world. Entries were received from all 50 American states, 6 Canadian provinces and as far as away as the Philippines and Croatia for the 2016 competition resulting in a total of 2,981 wines entered. Send us your best wines by March 3, 2017 to get valuable feedback from their experienced judges and see how your wines stack up against your fellow winemakers. All entrants will receive their judging notes back along with a list of the medal-winning wines. And you might even win a medal or two! Entry guidelines and forms can be found in WineMaker magazine or Download brochure with rules or Download entry form.

Date: April 06-09, 2017

Venue: Battenkill Communications, 5515 Main St., Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

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The North Coast Wine Challenge

THE NORTH COAST WINE CHALLENGE is a wine competition brought to you by Wine Competitions Management & Productions focused exclusively on wines produced in select California North Coast AVAs including Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Marin and parts of Solano County.

Date: April 11-12, 2017

Venue: Sonoma County, CA, USA

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North of the Gate Wine Competition 2017

The mission of the North of the Gate Wine Competition is to promote and highlight the world-class wineries of Northern California. Wines entered in this competition highlight the uniqueness of the region between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oregon border while the winners represent world renowned wines produced by farmers and winery professionals that call this bountiful landscape home.

Date: April 26-27, 2017

Venue: 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952, United States

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The American Fine Wine Invitational & Charity Wine Gala 2017

The American Fine Wine Invitational & Charity Wine Gala, has been bringing recognition to the best wines produced in America for the past ten years. This “invitational” accepts only up to 850 of the finest wines produced in the country to participate. The judging takes place each January at Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management in the Wine Spectator Restaurant Lab.

Date: April 28-29, 2017

Venue:  Design Center of the Americas 1855 Griffin Road Dania Beach, FL 33004 United States

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International Wine Judging 2017

In 30th Annual International Wine Judging 2017 approximately 2,000 wine samples are annually evaluated from over 15 countries and 30 states/provinces in this professionally conducted wine judging. The TASTERS GUILD panel of consumer-oriented judges is composed of eminently qualified individuals with extensive experience in tasting and judging vinifera, labrusca and hybrid grape varieties as well as miscellaneous “other than grape” wines and distillates. Judges include wine writers, retailers, wholesalers, educators, restaurateurs, winemakers, and experienced “judging certified” consumers from around the country.

Date: May 03-06, 2017

Venue: 1515 Michigan, NE,Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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New York International Wine Competition 2017

We are pleased to invite your winery to participate in their upcoming 6th Annual New York International Wine Competition this May 7th-8th 2017. This international wine competition will be held at the 3 West Club in the heart of New York City across from Rockefeller Center. After the success of running the New York International Spirits Competition in November 2010, vintners from around the world asked us to replicate this successful competition with wine. They were excited with the over 700 wine submissions they received in their first year in 2011.

Date: May 07-08, 2017

Venue: 3 West Club in New York City, located at 3 w. 51st st., New York

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Dan Berger’s International Wine Competition 2017

After 34 years of conducting one of the nation’s most respected wine competitions, wine columnist/ journalist Dan Berger has changed the name of his former Riverside International Wine Competition. In 2016, the event’s name changed to Dan Berger’s International Wine Competition which is now in its second year.

Date: May 09-10, 2017

Venue: Wine Country Shipping 7680 Bell Road Windsor CA 94952

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Bar Biz Wine Competition 2017

The 3rd Annual Bar Business Beverage Competitions will be held on May 19th, 2017 in Chicago, in partnership with The Alcohol Professor and the International Beverage Competitions Group. The competition will also be held in cooperation with the National Restaurant Show, the largest restaurant and hospitality show in the United States. Top winners will be showcased on the NRS exhibition floor, where over 45,000 trade attendees are expected to make an appearance. These trade-buyer-only competitions will be judged by some of the top on-premise tasters & mixologists from around the USA.

Date: May 19, 2017

Venue: CH Distillery Attn: Bar Biz 564 West Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60661

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Lone Star International Wine Competition 2017

TWGGA will host the 34th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition (LSIWC) on June 5-6, 2017 at the Grapevine Convention Center. Wines from around the world are judged in 30+ categories by a panel of restaurant owners, sommeliers, chefs, media, trade representatives and other wine experts from Texas and California. In 2016, 595 wines and 37 wine bottle labels were entered. Awards and medals were given to 542 wines and wine bottle labels

Date: June 05-06, 2017

Venue: Convention Center Drive, Grapevine, TX, United States

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Melbourne International Wine Competition 2017

The Melbourne International Wine Competition is the first major international wine competition with TRADE ONLY judges comprised of: buyers from the top retail stores, sommeliers, restaurant owners, hotel beverage directors, distributors and importers. Unlike other wine competitions, these judges have purchasing power and the ability to make a direct impact on brand sales.

Date:  June 11, 2017

Venue: RACV City Club, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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International Women's Wine Competition 2017

You may find it interesting that most of the wine consumed at home is primarily purchased by women. But as a winemaker, how do you know which wine she will choose? One way is to enter your wine in the International Women’s Wine Competition, judged entirely by wine industry professional women. Its mission? To uniquely identify specific wines that women will enjoy and ultimately purchase.

Date: June 20-21, 2017

Venue: c/o Wine Country Shipping 7686 Bell Road Windsor, CA 95492

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Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Wine Competition 2017

The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association (ASWA) has conducted a wine competition for many years. As the Vinifera Wine Growers Association (VWGA) the wine competition centered in the early years on wines from the State of Virginia. The organization realizing that good and sometimes great wines were being made outside of Virginia decided to change the focus of its wine competition to encompass the wines from the states on the Atlantic seaboard starting in 2005 and subsequently changed its name (2008) to reflect the more regional approach the organization was adopting. The goal of the Association is to make the public aware that the eastern seaboard is a quality wine-producing region.

Date: July 14-15, 2017

Venue: The Regency at Dominion Valley Country Club, Haymarket, VA

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Oregon Wine Competition 2017

The Oregon Wine Competition provides an excellent opportunity for winemakers to have a panel of six nationally renowned experts judge their wines
New for 2017… Wineries entering this year’s competition will enter online through the Oregon Wine Competition Enofile Online site. All wines entered into the competition are to be produced from 100% Oregon AVA grapes. Also, the wine(s) submitted should be commercially available.

Date: August 05-06, 2017

Venue: 525 East E Street Jacksonville, OR 97530

Read More Here: Oregon Wine Competition

Japan Wine Challenge 2017

Their key focus continues to be the development of consumer/wine lover awareness and understanding of wines, resulting in on-going increase in sales of quality wines in this very demanding market. Once the competition is finished each year, Japan Wine Challenge focus all their attention on getting the results out in timely manner, both on the website and through their emagazine, and to working with entrants worldwide through their medal seals and related promotions to develop demand for their wines in Japan and around the world.

Date: August 15-17, 2017

Venue: Japan Wine Challenge 2017 ?Yokohama Warehouse Shinagawa Futo Branch Attn: Ms. Yuka Abe ?5-4-12 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075

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BTN has listed all major Wine and Spirits Competitions that you as a brand owner can leverage from. Feel free to contact each competition directly.

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