{"id":346,"date":"2011-10-27T08:07:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batchat.net\/?p=346"},"modified":"2011-10-27T08:07:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T12:07:57","slug":"upcoming-wine-and-spirits-tasting-events-and-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/upcoming-wine-and-spirits-tasting-events-and-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Wine and Spirits Tasting Events and Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a complement to the list of events just published, here’s a list of Tasting Competitions<\/p>\n

Micro Liquor Spirit Awards:<\/span><\/strong>: Eligibility: Product sells less than\u00a050,000 9-liter cases annually in USA.\u00a0 Deadline Oct. 17, 2011.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.microliquorawards.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

New York International Spirits Awards:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 New York, Oct. 16, 2011. www.nyispiritscompetition.com<\/a>.
\nIndie Spirits Competition:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>November 11, 2011 San Francisco. http:\/\/indiespiritsexpo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Spirits Competition:<\/span><\/strong> 2012 dates TBD.\u00a0 Entries usually due mid Feb, event Mid-Mar. http:\/\/www.sfspiritscomp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Wine Competition. <\/span><\/strong>Entries due May 25, 2012. Event June 15-17, 2012. http:\/\/www.sfwinecomp.com\/<\/a>
\nUltimate Beverage Challenge:<\/span><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.ultimate-beverage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimate Spirit Challenge: <\/span><\/strong>Mar 5-9, 2012, entry deadline Feb. 17, 2012 http:\/\/www.ultimate-beverage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimate Wine Challenge<\/span><\/strong>: April 23-27, 2012, entry deadline April 6, 2012. New York. http:\/\/www.ultimate-beverage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimate Cocktail Challenge<\/span><\/strong>: June 4-8, 2012, Entry deadline May 18, 2012.\u00a0 This has been expanded in 2011 to include two sections, \u201cClassic Cocktails\u201d and \u201cSignature Cocktails\u201d.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.ultimate-beverage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Beverage Testing Institute:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BTI conducts a series of tastings of both wine and spirits by category throughout the year. They also run a value wine competition and\u00a0 packaging competitions for spirits and wine. http:\/\/www.tastings.com\/trade.html <\/a><\/p>\n

The Wine Trials:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is actually a book published annually and focusing on generally available wines retailing at under $15.\u00a0 There is no fee to participate.\u00a0 Deadline for entries usually in October.\u00a0 www.fearlesscritic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

IWSC (International Wine and Spirits Competition):\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>2012 deadlines TBD. http:\/\/www.iwsc.net\/news1\/488<\/a><\/p>\n

International Spirits Challenge:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Put on by Drinks International Magazine, Entry deadlines vary by category but generally April\/May.
\nhttp:\/\/www.internationalspiritschallenge.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Spirit Masters<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Run by Drinks Business\/Spirits Business Magazine. 2012 dates TBD, but usually end June. http:\/\/www.thedrinksbusiness.com\/content\/view\/10862\/444\/<\/a><\/p>\n

SIP Awards:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

www.sipawards.com<\/a>, Deadline for submission May, 2012.<\/p>\n

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As a complement to the list of events just published, here’s a list of Tasting Competitions Micro Liquor Spirit Awards:: Eligibility: Product sells less than\u00a050,000 9-liter cases annually in USA.\u00a0 Deadline Oct. 17, 2011.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.microliquorawards.com\/ New York International Spirits Awards:\u00a0 New York, Oct. 16, 2011. www.nyispiritscompetition.com. Indie Spirits Competition:\u00a0 November 11, 2011 San Francisco. http:\/\/indiespiritsexpo.com\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,74,109,133,138,160],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bti","tag-iwsc","tag-microliquor","tag-san-francisco-wine-and-spirits-competition","tag-sip-awards","tag-ultimate-beverage","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7k1BV-5A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}