Big and Bold Competition (unofficial)

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Folks,

I am pleased to officially announce the Big and Bold red wine competition! This competition will award medals to any Big and Bold red wine (grape) scoring enough points on the UC Davis scale. Awarded medals will be mailed back to the participants along with scoring sheets.

Only medal winners will be announced publicly.

I really like the UC Davis method. If everyone sends in wine that scores enough points, then everyone will receive a gold medal!

To make sure that the word gets out, I have posted this announcement in both the competition and the general chit-chat forums.

The date for the competition is 10/11/2014. You can send your entries as soon as you want and they will be properly cellared (to give the wine a chance to get over "bottle shock").

To make shipping cheaper, all entries are to be sent to just one address (Joeswine and I will meet prior to the competition to divide the entries).


So spread the word and lets hope for a great turn out!!!


Here is the list of (unofficial) rules


1) Contest open to ANY big bold red wine made from grapes.

2) Entries open to all winemaking methods (wines made from kits, pail juice, or fresh grapes) and will be judged together (no separate categories based on how the wine was made).

3) UC Davis scoring method will be used. The following link is the scoring sheet that will be used.

http://www.musingsonthevine.com/MusingsUCDavisForm.pdf

4) Medals will be awarded and mailed out to the entrants based on the following point scale.

18-20 Gold
15-17 Silver
12-14 Bronze

Note: Awards will be made based on a wine's own merits. As a result, there can be multiple gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded in any given category.

4) The exact categories within the competition will depend on the number of entries received. If we receive, say, 3 entries of Cabernet, then we will have Cabernet as its own varietal category. A category of "Other Reds" will be used otherwise.

5) A wine should have 80% varietal content to be considered as that varietal.

6) Entries need to be 2 (two) bottles with a minimum volume of 375ml and should include varietal or style of wine, vintage year, and winemaking talk.com name. Since both judges are located in the same state, entries can be shipped in ONE box to ONE address, thus saving on freight costs.

7) Judges (johnT, Joeswine, et al) will not compete.

8) Judging will be held on October 11, 2014, and we are currently accepting entries. Entries will be properly cellared until the date of judging.

9) If interested, please let me know by responding to this post and I will PM you the address information.
 
JohnT, I will bite on this one. Please send me shipping info.
 
Like I said, I'm in! Shipping info recieved! I'll check my stocks for possible entries!

<maybe that will drown out some of those crickets>
 
I'm still trying to decide what to submit. One of my better (if not best) kit wines will have its 2nd birthday this weekend. I haven't had a bottle in several months and inventory is low. I plan to crack one this weekend and will decide if I want to give up a bottle. ;) There are one or two others in the running as well.
 
I have to check but I might have some big & bold on my shelf, which may be unlabeled.

Now what are the chances someone slips you some welches :try


PM me the shipping info, please
 
Constance

ok don't be afraid I'm not in this one so you have a good chance of winning:slp lets hear from the crew,blaisman9,julie,shoobiedo,rocky,WOLFMAN.thiqpen,just to name a few we have always talked about the big reds now it's time to see ,what about you geek you should have something in the bottle by now ,duster,deezel ,how about the people that have followed( when good wines gone bad), time to come out and play, this can be a great event for all of us ,who has some good cab to show off or sangiovese big and bold or a deep hearted merlot smooth and rich, amarone anyone? the king of Italian reds. PINO NIOR the prince of grapes imagine the possibilities,time to play.:pic are you in?:mny
 
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