2010 Commercial Wine Competition
New Option: Submit your entry information (with payment) On-Line
We have conveniently added the ability for wineries to submit their entry information using our on-line form. You will find the link to the left. If you are not currently a PROFESSIONAL Member of the American Wine Society please consider joining (follow the Link at the top of the page JOIN US). If you are not interested in joining as a PROFESSIONAL MEMBER at this time you are welcome to submit your wines to the competition
Donating Wines: Information will be posted as soon as we are accepting shipments (you will be contacted as soon as it is available)
If you are donating wines to the conference please keep in mind that these DONATED WINES need to be SHIPPED SEPARATELY to the conference location. Please use the Bill of Lading link to the left for shipping information for DONATED WINES. We have provided the information in 2 versions:
- Microsoft Word (.doc) COMING SOON
- Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) COMING SOON
Commercial Wine Competition to be held on October 22-24, 2010
The American Wine Society (AWS) invites your commercial winery to compete in the 2010 AWS Commercial Wine Competition being held on October 22–24, 2010 at the Holiday Inn North Hills near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This Commercial Competition has been called one of the toughest wine competitions in North America, and winning a medal from the American Wine Society is an incredible marketing tool for your winery.
We look forward to announcing the competition results at our National Conference at different times from November 11-13. Entrants are encouraged to attend the conference in order to be announced and presented the medals in person at the National Conference. We will also post the winners information on this website in December.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Competition Chairs, as listed below:
Commercial Wine Competition Chairpersons
Jim Sperk (co-chair)
7962 Gallowae Ct.
Mentor, OH 44060
440-266-0394 (phone/fax)
competitions@americanwinesociety.org
Ed Boyd (co-chair)
1321 Center Rd.
Clinton, OH 44216
330-882-5699 (phone/fax)
competitions@americanwinesociety.org
The AWS-sponsored competition for commercial winemakers has been held annually since its successful trial program at the 1986 national conference. By 1997, the program had grown to where more than 1,000 wines were entered and three sessions were needed to complete the judging.
Today the competition requires year-long preparation, dedicated volunteers, and a refined system of computers and human resources to handle operational details. To cover costs of the program, participating wineries are charged an entry fee.
Winning winemakers receive AWS medals and publicity in the media and various journals. Judges are recruited from the AWS Wine Judge Training Program.
Our AWS Commercial Wine Competition requires the strictest of criteria and the certified judges who have participated in this prestigious competition have completed a rigorous 3 level course over a minimum of 4 year period of time. This intense curriculum includes a disciplined approach to wine fault identification, chemical analysis, winery operations, viticulture, wine history and appreciation and of course, extensive wine evaluation and rating. An AWS Wine Judge Training student may only fail one annual exam, and therefore many who judge competitions throughout North America, would not qualify to become an AWS Wine Judge. In past years ‘guest’ judges from wineries and throughout the wine industry have made up to 20% of our judging staff. In 2009, every judge on the panel was an AWS Wine Judge. We hope to continue this high level of excellence.
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