General Information
Entries begin July 1, 2020
Wine competition entries in 2019, included approximately 200 wines from all 6 New England States and New York.
Require two bottles (750ml or equivalent) per entry compared to the average wine competition minimum of a half a case or higher.
Judges from a variety of backgrounds sommeliers, educators, enologist, winemakers, writers, importers, retailers and industry consultants from throughout the East coast.
Each wine is judged on its own merit. Not by how it compares to other wines in the flight.
While we recognize that wines go through various stages of quality development, each wine entered is judged for what it is at the time of judging, not what it might become in the future.
Maintaining the integrity of the competition is of utmost priority, therefore, wines are blind judged in flights.
Each wine is identified only by a computer generated code number.
All flights are staged in a climate control room and distributed to the judging room.
Invited guest judges are comprised of restaurateurs interested in providing New England wines in their restaurants and we use the competition as an educational tool.
Entry Fees
Per Entry Fee – $40.00
SHIP TO
Eastern States Exposition
Mallary Complex
1305 Memorial Avenue
W. Springfield, MA 01089
All medal winners are displayed in the Wine and Cheese Barn during The Big E exposing New England Wines to a potential audience of over 1.8 million Fairgoers.
AWARDS
1. Best of Stateis given to one wine from each of the seven competing states that has the highest ranking. The wine must have been made in the state from which it was entered. Special individual medals and certificates will be provided to the winners.
2. Best Grown and Made in State: is given to the highest ranking wine from each of the seven competing states. The wine must have been produced from produce grown within the state from which it is entered and made within the state from which it is entered. This is to be denoted in the appellation area on the entry form.
3. Best Fruit Wine and Best Grape Wine is awarded to the highest ranking fruit wine and highest ranking grape wine respectively. All gold and double gold winners will be presented for best fruit wine and best grape wine. In the event of a tie, a runoff will be held.
4. Premier Exhibitor. Is awarded to the exhibitor who accumulates the highest total points on wine rankings. Not to exceed 5 wines. Exhibitors with more than 5 wines will be judged on the 5 wines with highest rankings.
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