San Francisco, California
General Information
JUDGING CRITERIA
The judging panel of the Sommeliers Choice Awards will consist entirely of top sommeliers, wine directors and on-premise buyers at U.S. restaurants, bars, pubs, and clubs. In some cases, these sommeliers may also be wine consultants for on-premise establishments. They may also have a buying role in addition to working on the restaurant floor.
Medals will be awarded to those wines that meet very specific judging criteria, with a goal of identifying wines that should become additions to restaurant wine lists. Wines will be judged by Food Parability, Typicity, Value, Quality, and Package.
SCORING SYSTEM
The top two questions that sommeliers will be attempting to answer as they judge wines is: “Would we stock this?” and “Will the consumer buy the 2nd glass”.
F (Food Parability Score) T (Typicity Score) Q (Quality Score) Value Score (V) Package Score (P) = Sommeliers Choice Awards Final Score.
A separate weighted score will be given for each of the parts of the judging process. The scores will be added up to give a final score from which individual prizes will be awarded.
Double Gold – 96 points and above
Gold – 90-95 points
Silver – 80-89 points
Bronze – 70-79 points
Entry Fees
Per Entry Fee – $90.00 (Now thru 01/31/2020)
Per Entry Fee – $125.00 (02/01/2020 thru 02/18/2020)
Per Entry Fee – $145.00 (02/19/2020 thru 02/28/2020)
The delivery address will be informed by e-mail when the payment is completed. Delivery address is in Oregon.
Please send your samples (3 bottles per entry) to SCA warehouse before April 20, 2020.
Goods receiving time: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.
*Wines that arrives after the deadline date will not be accepted and refunds will not be issued.
Warehouse Closes For Samples – April 20, 2020
AWARDS
Gold Medal – Silver Medal – Bronze Medal
Wine of the Year – White Wine of the Year – Red Wine of the Year
Sparkling Wine of the Year – Rose Wine of the Year – Wine (by the Glass) of the Year
White Wine (by the Glass) of the Year – Red Wine (by the Glass) of the Year – Sparkling Wine (by the Glass) of the Year
Rose Wine (by the Glass) of the Year – Wine of the Year by Country – Wine (by the Glass) of the Year by Varietal
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