Entry Rules
Deadline
Online or Paper Entry deadline is February 15, 2007.
Entry Fees
FOUNDING MEMBERS
$65 per entry until 2,500 reached. Deadline extended to March 7, 2008.
2007 Founding Members, click here for special savings.
NEW CONTESTANTS
ORIGINAL PRICING -- $85 per entry for entries placed after January 1, 2008 – February 15, 2008.
Entries close on Friday, February 15 OR BEFORE if the competition is sold out.
Late Entries - LATE FEES WAIVED
NWWC is proud to accept Visa and Mastercard for mail-in or fax-in entries. For online entries, PayPal accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
Competition Notes
- The Open Competition will be limited to 2,000 entries.
- The Women Winemaker’s Challenge will be limited to 500 entries.
- Entries may be made online, by paper, fax or email.
- Click here to enter online with your credit card.
- Click here to download the paper entry form for offline entry.
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL WINES ACCEPTED
Table, sparkling, fortified, fruit and specialty wines produced in any of the wine producing regions of the world that meet the applicable legal requirements for sale in the United States are eligible for entry.
All wines entered into this competition must be generally available for purchase either in restaurants, retail settings, or online.
Entries must be listed on the official entry form, either directly online or downloaded from this web site.
When using the paper form, please complete the entire form and sign at the bottom of the page to certify that the statements on the form are correct. Failure to complete the form properly may result in disqualification.
An official entry shall consist of four (4) bottles, each bottle no less than 750 ml. or more than 32 oz. in volume.
An official entry of wines, such as dessert wines, that are bottled only in 375 ml. bottles will consist of six (6) bottles, each no less than 375 ml.
Include a digital copy of the label for each entry in the online entry form, or one label or a copy of a label for each entry with the paper entry form.
Wines that are marketed under different labels may be entered in only one category per year.
Any wine that is delivered to the competition without a full and proper label will be disqualified from the judging. We will not accept wines with laboratory, temporary, photocopied or altered labels, and your entry fee will not be refunded.
Please specify on the entry form how many gallons of a specific wine were produced. This information will be listed on the winners results that will be mailed to U.S. wine buyers.
WINE SHIPMENT - EXTENDEDTO MARCH 7, 2008
Call 707-568-3900 for wine shipment details.NWWC
c/o Sonoma Storage Emporium
4201 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Office Hours for drop offs: 9 AM-5PM 6 days a week.
Sonoma Storage Emporium Website:
PLEASE MARK ALL BOXES
"NWWC" on all sides
If shipping multiple boxes, please mark boxes as "1 of x, 2 of x, etc." so we know how many to look for.
Questions? Call the Competition for answers before you ship!707-568-3900.
Shipments will be accepted Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. If wines are shipped to an address other than the one above, the entries will be disqualified and entry fees will not be returned. Please do NOT ship any wines to any other address.
DISCLAIMERS - PLEASE READ
The competition, its service contractors, and any officer, staff member, sponsor or director of the same shall not be responsible for the safety of the wines from theft or damage by fire, accident, vandalism or other causes.
The competitor expressly waives and releases any claim or demand that he or she may have against any of them by reason of any damage to, or loss of, any wine entered in the competition.
In the event that the judging is not held, a portion of the fees will be refunded, based on the amount paid minus a pro rata share of the expenses for establishing and maintaining entry files. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Competition shall not be liable for failure to perform caused by an act of God, fire, flood, wind, rain, storm, electrical failure, strike, labor dispute, riot, insurrection, war or other causes beyond its control.