This competition was a wierd one.
They used the UC Davis scoring system to judge the wine in each category, but then limited the awards to the top three. They further limited awards based on the UC Davis score.
In other words, you could enter a gold level wine, but then receive nothing (if other gold level wines score higher). This is bad.
On the other had, you could be the only entry in a category, and also not win anything. In this case, they would only award you a medal based on the score. (I guess this is good).
Has anyone else entered a competition like this?