Formerly Vintage Paso: Zinfandel Weekend, Spring Release Weekend is a three-day celebration of the next vintage when wineries release their new wines. Taste the new releases at an outdoor walk-around tasting in the historic Downtown City Park and enjoy wineries’ individual events like barbecues, vineyard tours, winemaker dinners, and more. There are two ticketed events […]

Now Accepting Entries! Online Entry Deadline: March 7, 2022 Sample Delivery Deadline: March 10, 2022 Enter your best spirits in the largest and most respected spirits competition in the Rocky Mountain region. All spirits are tasted double-blind by a prestigious panel of beverage professionals, sommeliers, and trade members. Enter Spirits Online   The 2022 Annual […]

EWE Workshops & Conference: Featuring 38 Speakers and 35 sessions, the EWE program will kick off March 22 with full-day Workshops featuring deep dives on Fruit Wines & Mead, Fining & Filtration, and Fortified Wines. The EWE Conference takes place over two days and will include 20 separate sessions in Enology, Viticulture and Money/Management. It takes place March 23-24.  […]

This monthly webinar series for Eastern growers and winemakers was launched in the Fall of 2019 and continued until April 2021. Organized by researchers at Cornell AgriTech, Virginia Tech Extension, and Penn State Extension, these webinars brought together university researchers, grape growers and winemakers across the country, and the decision was made for staff at […]

This challenge rates wines exclusively produced and bottled in select California North Coast AVAs including Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin and Solano County. Any bottled wine labeled with the above AVAs as their main source of grapes and whose winery is in California, is eligible for entry. Judging: April 5th & 6th, 2022 Entry […]

The Economic and Financial Conference for the Central Coast Wine Industry. Click HERE for list of speakers Click HERE for Agenda *Registration now open*    

Early announcements about B.E.V.NY for 2022 stated that the conference would be live on March 29 and virtual for March 30 and 31. However, organizers of the conference recently announced that, based on participant feedback, the annual conference will be fully virtual.  Each day will have sessions on business, enology and viticulture topics. While details […]

WiVi Central Coast, is the premier wine and viticulture symposium and trade show in Central California. Now the largest wine industry event south of San Francisco, WiVi boasts 45,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space with over 200 exhibits and hundreds of new products, product demonstrations, educational seminars and networking opportunities for winemakers, grape growers, winery owners […]

14th Annual Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition April 9 & 10, 2022 Enter Online Here! EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT deadline: February 25 Final entry deadline: March 18 Product deadline: April 1   Winemaker Challenge is one of the only wine competitions 100% judged by noted winemakers. All entries are judged blind. Silver, Gold and Platinum award […]

Entry Deadline: April 11, 2022 Judging – April 20-21, 2022 Welcome to the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition! Since 1985, it has been our mission to champion great wines. Our Competition consists of a two-day, blind-tasting event where judges representing all aspects of the wine industry evaluate the wines and award medals accordingly. At the conclusion […]

This monthly webinar series for Eastern growers and winemakers was launched in the Fall of 2019 and continued until April 2021. Organized by researchers at Cornell AgriTech, Virginia Tech Extension, and Penn State Extension, these webinars brought together university researchers, grape growers and winemakers across the country, and the decision was made for staff at […]

We are pleased to invite your distillery to participate in our upcoming New York International Spirits Competition. This international spirits competition will be held virtually in New York, and next year we return to the 3 West Club across from Rockefeller Center. The New York International Spirits Competition was the first competition to be founded in […]

Judging: May 3-4th,  2022 Deadline for Entries and Delivery:  April 25th

The 2022 International Cold Climate Wine Competition will be held on a NEW DATE of May 6, 2022. Bringing in new judges, improved procedures, and more Best of Show categories, this year's ICCWC will be better than ever!   5/6/2022 When: Friday, May 6, 2022 Where: United States Contact: George Martin info@mngrapes.org The 2022 INTERNATIONAL […]