Best of the East and Midwest
We’ve redrawn the map for the 36th annual International Eastern Wine Competition, making it truly an Eastern-Midwestern affair.
The explosion of wineries and vineyards east of the Rockies has been nothing short of phenomenal in the last decade, and the 2012 IEWC shines the spotlight on these producers and growers with a competition just for them.
Produced by Vineyard & Winery Management, IEWC is one of the largest and longest-running wine competitions in North America, judged by knowledgeable wine professionals and media from the East, Midwest and beyond. IEWC includes the Riesling Championship, which honors the best Riesling in the competition.
Entries are now limited to wineries located in the Eastern and Midwestern regions of the United States, and eastern Canada:
Eastern and Midwestern United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Eastern Canada: Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
Judging Panel Includes...
• Tina Caputo, editor-in-chief, Vineyard & Winery Management magazine
• Michael Franz, editor, WineReviewOnline.com
• Paul Lukacs, author of “The Great Wines of America” and “American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine.”
• Elin McCoy, wine columnist, Bloomberg News and ZesterDaily.com
• Dave McIntyre, wine columnist, the Washington Post; co-founder of DrinkLocalWine.com
• Jeff Siegel, Texas journalist, blogger and co-founder of DrinkLocalWine.com
• Marguerite Thomas, East Coast Watch columnist, Vineyard & Winery Management magazine; author of “Wineries of the Eastern States” and “Visiting East Coast Wineries.”
• Jim Trezise, president of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation; president, International Riesling Foundation
Gain Consumer Exposure
Bottlenotes has joined forces with Vineyard & Winery Management as an official new media partner for all six of our wine competitions. Bottlenotes is the premier online community for wine enthusiasts with a following of 250,000 registered users, over 25,000 Twitter followers and over 65,000 Facebook fans. Bottlenotes will provide an exclusive winery benefit to all IEWC entrants who enter online, by publicly posting award winners on bottlenotes.com. This is free to our customers! Should your wines medal, a virtual icon will flag your wine as an award-winner.
NEW! Super Saver Discount
Enter your wines early to take advantage of our new pricing discount and save $10 per entry. Super Saver discount ends January 9, 2012. Entry deadline: February 9, 2012.
Super Saver ends: January 9, 2012
Entry deadline: February 9, 2012
Questions: 800.535.5670
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