Competitions

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2025

We share the top 100 wines made from kits and evaluated by experienced judges in the 2025 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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School of Wine

We take you behind the scenes of a collegiate wine competition hosted by Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California, with help from a

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Improving Through Competition

Wine competitions aren’t just for bragging rights. Receiving medals is great, but the notes from the judges are often the most important t

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2024 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition Results

View the winners from the 2024 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2023

We share the 100 best-performing wine kits in the 2023 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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U.S. Tasting Team

October 2022, a team of four super wine-tasting women (who are also amateur winemakers) traveled to Champagne, France, along with their coac

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2022 WineMaker International Amateur Competition Results

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Prepping Wine For Competition

If you’ve got a wine aging in your cellar you would like unbiased, expert opinions on, then entering it in a competition for judging is on

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2021

There were 499 kit wines judged in the 2021 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition. Many of these kit wines received medals and to

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2021 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition

An overview of this year’s wine competition, which received nearly 2,000 entries from across the U.S., Canada, and as far away as Australi

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2020

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2019

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How to Become a Wine Judge

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2019 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition Recap

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Benefit From Judge Feedback

Having your homemade wines judged by experts is a great way to get feedback and improve your winemaking. In order to do so, however, you nee

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Best of Show Tips

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2018 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition Recap

An overview of this year’s competition, which included 2,299 entries from winemakers in six countries, 48 American states, and 5 Canadian

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Top 100 Wine Kits for 2017

Here are the top 100 wine kits from the 2017 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition.

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2012 WineMaker Competition Winners

Find the winners from WineMaker’s 2012 International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Top 100 Wine Kits 2014

This past April 2014, over 50 experienced judges evaluated a total of 1,460 wine kit entries as part of the 2014 WineMaker International Ama

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Grand Champion: Dry Finish

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Award-Winning Red Winemakers Roundtable

Three amateur winemakers with shelves full of medals to their names for their homemade wines share advice for making great reds.

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Being a Wine Judge

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Entering Competitions: Tips from the Pros

Your friends and family think your homemade wines are the best, but are they right? The best way to find out is to enter your wine in a comp

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Grand Champion: Dry Finish