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| Enter the 2002 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition! |
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| The best homemade wines from across North America and around the world will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in 51 categories awarded by a panel of experienced wine judges. Enter your wines and compete against the continent's best home winemakers! You can gain international recognition for your winemaking skills and get valuable feedback on your wines from the competition's judging panel. |
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Entry Deadline: November 8, 2002.
A rundown of categories and rules can be found below.
 To download an entry form, click here.
Categories:
Special Best of Show Medals will be awarded thanks to the following sponsors:
Grand Champion
Best of Show Red
Best of Show White
Best of Show Country Fruit
Best of Show Kit/Concentrate
Best of Show Dessert
Best of Show Sparkling
Best of Show Mead
Category Medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) will be awarded thanks to the following sponsors in 51 categories:
1. White Native American Varietal (Logic, Inc.)
2. White Native American Blend
3. Red Native American Varietal (Assembly Required)
4. Red Native American Blend (Red Star Yeast)
5. Blush/Rosé Native American
6. Red or White Native American Late Harvest and Ice Wine (Brew By You)
7. White French American Hybrid Varietal (Leener’s Brew Works)
8. White French American Hybrid Blend (Mayer’s Cider Mill)
9. Red French American Hybrid Varietal (Double A Vineyards)
10. Red French American Hybrid Blend (VinBrew Supply)
11. Blush/Rosé French American Hybrid (Mayer’s Cider Mill)
12. Red or White French American Late Harvest and Ice Wine (Wyeast Laboratories, Inc.)
13. Chardonnay (Brewmaster)
14. Chenin Blanc
15. Gewürztraminer (St. Louis Wine & Beermaking)
16. Riesling (Hobby Beverage Equipment)
17. Sauvignon Blanc (Great Fermentations of Indiana)
18. Other White Vinifera Varietals (Corvallis Brewing Supply)
19. White Vinifera Bordeaux Style Blends (Brew King)
20. Other White Vinifera Blends
21. Cabernet Franc (E.Z. Cap)
22. Cabernet Sauvignon (Maltose Express)
23. Merlot (Grape & Granary)
24. Shiraz/Syrah (The Perfect Sommelier)
25. Pinot Noir (Brew Your Own Brew)
26. Sangiovese (Bader Beer & Wine Supply)
27. Zinfandel (Grapestompers.com)
28. Other Red Vinifera Varietals (Valley Oaks Vineyards)
29. Red Vinifera Bordeaux Style Blends (Brew King)
30. Other Red Vinifera Blends (Crosby & Baker, Ltd.)
31. Blush/Rosé Red Vinifera
32. Red or White Vinifera Late Harvest and Ice Wine (Keystonehomebrew.com)
33. White Table Wine Blend - Any Grape Varieties
34. Red Table Wine Blend - Any Grape Varieties (Fermentationfrenzy.com)
35. Blush Table Wine Blend - Any Grape Varieties
36. Grape & Non-Grape Table Wine Blend (Winemakers’ Cellar)
37. Apple or Pear Varietals or Blends (The Wine Smith)
38. Stone Fruit - Peach, Cherry, Blends, etc.
(E.C. Kraus)
39. Berry Fruit - Strawberry, Raspberry, Blends, etc. (Country Wines)
40. Other Fruits (Strange Brew Beer & Winemaking Supply)
41. Traditional Mead (National Honey Board)
42. Fruit Mead (National Honey Board)
43. Herb and Spice Mead (National Honey Board)
44. Flower or Vegetable (Flyingbarrel.com)
45. Port Style (Wyeast Laboratories, Inc.)
46. Sherry Style
47. Other Fortified
48. Sparkling Grape, Dry/Semi-Dry (Beernut.com)
49. Sparkling Grape, Sweet
50. Sparkling Non-Grape
51. Sparkling Blend of Grape and Non-Grape
Rules & Regulations
1. Entry deadline is Friday, November 8, 2002.
Wines are to be delivered to:
WineMaker
5053 Main St., Suite A
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Ph: (802) 362-3981
2. Send two (2) bottles per entry. Still wines must be submitted in standard 750 ml wine bottles. Ice wines or late harvest wines can be submitted in 375 ml bottles. Still meads can be submitted in 12 oz. or 22 oz. beer bottles. Sparkling wines must be in champagne bottles with proper closure and wire. All bottles must be free of wax, labels and capsules. The second bottle is a back-up in case the first has spoiled or leaked.
3. Entry fee is $15 U.S. dollars (or $23 Canadian dollars) for each wine entered. You may enter as many wines in as many categories as you wish. Make checks payable to “WineMaker.” Only U.S. or Canadian funds will be accepted. On your check write the number of entries and the name of the entrant if different from the name on the check. Entry fees are non-refundable.
4. All shipments should be packaged to withstand considerable handling and must be shipped freight pre-paid. Line the inside of the box with a plastic trash bag and use plenty of packaging material, such as bubble wrap, around the bottles. Bottles shipped in preformed styrofoam cartons have proven reliable in the past. Mark outside of the box with “Test Samples.” Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles. It is not against any Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulations or federal laws to ship your entries via a privately owned shipping company such as UPS or FedEx Ground for analytical or test purposes. But it is illegal to ship alcoholic beverages via the U.S. Postal Service. Private shipping companies may refuse your shipment if they are informed your package contains alcoholic beverages. Entries mailed internationally are often required by customs to provide proper documentation. It is the entrant’s responsibility to follow all applicable laws and regulations. Packages with postage due or C.O.D. charges will be rejected.
5. Each bottle must be labeled with the following information: Your name, category number, wine ingredients, vintage. Example: K. Jones, 9, 75% Baco Noir, 25% Foch, 1999. If you are using a wine kit for ingredients please list the brand and product name as the wine ingredients. Example: K. Jones, 22, Brew King Selection International French Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000. A copy of the entry form, listing each of your wines entered, must accompany the two bottles and payment for that entry.
6. It is entirely up to you to decide which of the 51 categories you should enter. You should enter each wine in the category in which you feel it will perform best. Wines must contain a minimum of 75% of designated type if entered as a varietal. Varietals of less than 75% must be entered as blends. Judges will not classify or re-classify your entry.
7. Wine kits and concentrate-based wines will compete side-by-side with fresh fruit and juice-based wines in all listed categories.
8. The origin of many Native American grapes is unknown due to spontaneous cross-breeding. For the purposes of this competition, however, the Native American varietal category will include, but is not limited to, the following grape families: Aestivalis, Labrusca, Riparia and Rotundifolia (muscadine).
9. For sparkling wine categories, dry/semi-dry is defined as <3% residual sugar and sweet as >3% residual sugar.
10. Contest is open to any amateur home winemaker. Your wine must not have been made by a professional commercial winemaker or at any commercial winery. No employee of WineMaker magazine may enter. Persons under freelance contract with Battenkill Communications are eligible. Judges may not judge a category they have entered. Applicable entry fees and limitations shall apply.
11. All wines will be judged according to their relative merits within the category. Gold, silver and bronze medals within each category will be awarded on point totals and will not be restricted to the top three wines only (for example, a number of wines may earn enough points to win gold). The “Best of Show” awards will be those wines clearly superior within those stated categories and the “Grand Champion” award surpasses all other wines in the competition.
12. All entrants will receive a copy of the judging notes for their wines, along with a copy of the results.
13. All wine will become the property of WineMaker magazine and will not be released after the competition.
14. All decisions by competition organizers and judges are final.
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