The Toast of the Coast Wine Competition
Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
General Information
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
Toast of the Coast is a wine competition and festival produced by the San Diego County Fair. Our competition recognizes and promotes wineries that are producing the finest quality wines. Top performing wineries will be invited to participate in The Toast of the Coast Wine Festival. Here’s where The Toast of the Coast is different: we will PURCHASE the wine that is poured at the festival at regular wholesale prices. Select top performers will also be poured by the glass in several locations throughout the San Diego County Fair.
Open to any licensed winery national and international. Wines may be entered only by a representative of the winery.
Distributors are responsible for gaining winery permission for entry submittal. All wines entered must be currently available for commercial sale to the general public.
CATEGORIES
Blended Red Wines
Blended White Wines
Dessert/ Fortified Wines
Mead
Natural Wines
Other
Red Varietal Wines
Rose Wines
Sparkling Wines
White Varietal Wines
Entry Fees
Per Entry Fee – $85.00 (when entering 1 – 4 wines)
Per Entry Fee – $75.00 (when entering 5 – 9 wines)
Per Entry Fee – $65.00 (when entering 10 Plus wines)
SHIP TO
The Toast of the Coast Wine Competition
Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
Please ship one of the following sets of bottle quantities for judging:
Six (6) 750ml bottles
Nine (9) 375 ml bottles
Four (4) 1.5 liter bottles
Two (2) 3-liter or larger boxes
All wines entered must be received by Friday, February 7, 2020 to be judged.
AWARDS
Double Gold Medals are reserved for the finest wines as agreed on unanimously by the assigned three judge panel. These wines score 94 points or higher on a 100-point scale. Gold Medals are reserved for wines that show exceptional complexity and depth of aroma, flavor and finish. These wines score between 90 and 93 points on a 100-point scale. Silver Medals are awarded to wines displaying character beyond the norm as agreed upon by two or more judges. Special Awards–in addition to medals, special awards will be given for Best of State, Best of County, Best of Country, Best of Variety and Best of Appellation Awards as merited. One wine will be designated “The Toast of the Coast” for the year.
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