Forms should arrive at SIWC Committee office before Friday 18th May, 2012.
Sample wines should arrive at SIWC official warehouse between Monday 7th May and Friday 25th May, 2012. Late arrival samples will charge the extra fee as 20 euro per bottle.
Select the wines you wish to enter into the SIWC 2012.
Complete the entry forms, wine category sheet and return the entry form by fax to +86-21- 3126 3592, / email siwc@wineshanghai.com.
Full payment must be received with the entry form to confirm participation.
All wines must be labeled to show the name of the region and the geographical area of origin of the wine, in addition to the year in which the grapes used were harvested. Non-vintage wines may be given an award only if the previous point is adhered to, but in this case, no award stickers may be attached to the wine’s container unless the wine is of recognized VQPRD (or its equivalent) standard or above.
The wine must be made 100% from grapes grown in the country in which the wine is bottled, with the exception of those cases of cross regional and inter-national blends recognized by the appropriate nations.
The entry fee is EURO 150 on each specification wine.
Entrants may submit as many wines as they wish.
Payment for the entry fee must be by telegraphic transfer. Entries will not be accepted without payment in full.
The entry fees include participation in the Challenge, certificates and information listing on the SIWC 2012 Awards Directory for participants' winning wines.
Three bottles (750ml/bottle) of wine must be submitted for every entry - two bottles for tasting and one spare to allow for an out of condition sample, breakages, corkage, etc.
Each bottle must stick with the small note as: Sample Only, Not For Sale. And the outside of the cases must mark as: SIWC 2012.
If you have a local distributor/agent, you may to arrange with them to deliver the wines to us. Please indicate your local Chinese agent on the entry form.
Consignee:
Ms. Carrie Poon
No. 5, 17/F., Rear Block, Wah Fat Ind. Bldg.
10-14 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Ching, Hong Kong,
Tel: 852-67519984
After the shipment done, please kindly email send the copy of the relative documents (AWB, Invoice, Packing List) to us: siwc@wineshanghai.com.
Note: The freight and delivery costs must pre-paid by the submitter. Entrants are entirely responsible for the arrival of their wines in time for the SIWC 2012 tasting date.
Stickers of the SIWC logo, medals and trophies are available to Award winners. Any unauthorized use, reproduction or alteration of the logo, trophies and medals is strict prohibited.
Please note that the judges may, at their discretion, not award trophies in certain categories or they may create trophies in recognition of outstanding wines.
Every wine submitted is organized and numbered by the organizer.
- All bottles of wine are covered with opaque bags.
- Wines are poured to ensure similar wines are tasted together.
- Translated to the classic 100-point scale used by most wine industry publications, any wine with a score of 83 points or better will make it to the Medal Category.
- The average score given by the board determines the color of the medal awarded to each wine.
- If two or more board members decide a wine does not deserve a medal, the wine is eliminated.
Translation of Medal Category into the 100-point scale
-* Bronze: 83-86 points.
-* Silver: 87-90 points.
-* Gold: 91+ points.
