- The
purpose of the competition is to allow members to compare their wines against
others, and to provide objective feedback to members on their wines, both by
the use of the club's scoring system and from descriptive comments and
suggestions from other club members.
- The Wine Steward will conduct
the competitions, and supervise the tabulation of the results.
- The specific
categories for each competition, and the rules governing which wines are
eligible for each category, are determined by the Board and interpreted as
necessary by the Wine Steward.
- In order to keep the
competitions to a reasonable size, a member may not enter more than one wine per
category.
- Entries should be
submitted in standard 750 ml wine bottles. (Dessert wines may be entered in 375
ml bottles.) No labels or other identifying markings should appear on the
bottle, other than the club’s standard entry label, so that the identity of the
winemaker will not be known during judging.
- Club wine competitions
are for amateur wines only. Wines produced in commercial facilities which
are licensed to produce wines for sale are not eligible for club competitions.
- For each category, one
or more Table Judges will be designated by the Wine Steward.
- The total score for
each wine will consist of the score of the Table Judge (or average score of the
Table Judges) for that wine, multiplied by 2/3, plus the average score of all
other members and guests for that wine, multiplied by 1/3.
- Table Judges, members
and guests may not judge wines in a category in which they (or a family member)
have submitted a wine. Also, since knowing who submitted a particular
wine makes it difficult to score that wine objectively, no one should submit a
score for a wine if they know the identity of the winemaker.
- Some categories may
contain fewer entries than others, and some groups (tables) of judges and
members may finish their judging before others. Table judges, members and
guests who have finished judging the wines in their own categories should not
disturb those still judging by loud talk, laughter or interrupting them to ask
questions about the wines in their category.
- The intent of the club
is that wines are to be judged in good faith, anonymously and
objectively. If the Wine Steward has reasonable cause to believe
that any Table Judge, member or guest has intentionally skewed their scoring of
one or more wines, in order to improperly influence the results of the
competition, the Wine Steward may exclude any scores submitted by such person
from the official tabulation of results.
- After the judging and tabulation of scores, the Wine Steward will award
ribbons or other suitable indicators to the First Place, Second Place and Third
Place wines in each category (based on the scores as described above), provided
that wines awarded First, Second and Third place ribbons have earned scores of
at least 12, 11 and 10 points (respectively).
For example, if the highest-scoring wine in a category earned a score of
at least 11 but less than 12, it would be awarded a Second Place ribbon, and the
next highest-scoring wine would be awarded a Third Place ribbon (assuming it
had scored at least 10 points). If the
highest-scoring wine earned a score of at least 10 but less than 11, it would be
awarded a Third Place ribbon.
- The Wine Steward will act as the final authority on interpreting the above rules and policies during wine competitions, and is empowered to resolve any disputes or disagreements which may arise, related to the rules or the conduct of the competition.
Adopted November 20, 2016 Revised November 19, 2017
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