Entries Open February 12th

WHY ENTER?Find out what sets this competition apart

WHY ENTER?

Open to all licensed British Columbia wineries and recognizes a wide variety of wine styles.
Eighteen professionally recognized judges from our key wine markets across North America.
The judging process is first class ensuring competitive integrity, with well-established wine judges, a full blind judging and proper time allotted for discussion and consensus.
Following the awards ceremony, results are immediately posted on www.thewinefestivals.com, the leading BC Wine Tourism website and distributed electronically through various media channels to our extensive consumer, trade and media database.
Results will be published digitally across key wine platforms including wine and food media and select newspapers.
A full-color gloss British Columbia Wine Awards guide will be distributed to over 60,000 wine drinkers and buyers, announcing the 2018 BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards, complete with bottle shots and listing the medal winners.
All VQA Wine Stores and over 600 LRS locations will receive the results.
Locally designed medals that will be awarded to each winner to be used by winners for display at their winery.
BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards medal designs will be made available electronically to all winners.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY

Wineries are members in good standing of the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society (OWFS) or wineries based in British Columbia. Wineries that have not joined and paid their memberships are able to register online for the British Columbia Wine Awards at the non-member fee.
The wine is labeled and bottled and has a UPC.
Table wines have an inventory of 50 cases at time of entry and 5 cases at time of the start of the Spring Okanagan Wine Festival on May 2^nd 2018.
Specialty wines have an inventory of 25 cases at time of entry & 2 cases at time of the start of the Spring Okanagan Wine Festival on May 2^nd 2018.
Wine must be made from 100% BC grown grapes, or 100% BC grown fruit.
There are no restrictions on the vintage that a winery can enter, however if a wine entered has been awarded a gold medal or higher in a previous British Columbia Wine Awards competition, that particular vintage may not be entered again into the competition.

FEES AND ENTRY DEADLINES

The BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards for 2018 will be held on April 19^th at the Penticton Trade and Convention Center before the start of the Spring Okanagan Wine Festival.
Four (4) bottles plus an entry fee of $94.00 + GST per wine entered must accompany each wine entered if you are a winery that is a member of the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society. If you are a non-member winery, the entry fee per bottle is only $109.00 + GST. No entries will be allowed without full payment. No cheques accepted.
All Entry forms and payments are to be completed ONLINE at www.thewinefestivals.com
The deadline for entries to is TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM

KEY DATES:

Deadline to enter your wines TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM
Wine deliveries are accepted at Container World until WEDNESDAY APRIL 4^TH AT 5:00PM

LOCATION AND DEADLINE FOR WINE DELIVERY:

Four (4) bottles of each wine entered must be delivered to ContainerWorld's Kelowna warehouse 333 Penno Road, Kelowna, BC, V1X YW5 by the entry deadline of Wednesday April 4^th at 5:00pm. All deliveries need to be made at the REAR of the building. DO NOT SHIP VIA CANADA POST PLEASE.
Every entry must be boxed and labeled on at least two sides "BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards".
Please note that if you will be unable to deliver the wine before WEDNESDAY APRIL 4^TH 2018 AT 5:00PM, you MUST contact Marjorie King at marjorie@thewinefestivals.com before Tuesday April 3^rd 2018 at 5:00pm.

VANCOUVER ISLAND WINERIES

Four (4) bottles of each wine entered must be delivered to ContainerWorld's Vancouver Island agent Pac Rim Distribution Victoria warehouse 1031 Dunford Ave, Victoria, BC V9B 2S4 by TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM.
Every entry must be boxed and labeled on at least two sides "BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards".
Please note that if you will be unable to deliver the wine during these delivery days, you MUST contact Marjorie King at marjorie@thewinefestivals.com before TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM .

VANCOUVER LOWER MAINLAND WINERIES

Four (4) bottles of each wine entered must be delivered to ContainerWorld's Richmond warehouse Main Reception -16133 Blundell Road, Richmond, BC, V6W 0A3 by TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM . Every entry must be boxed and labeled on at least two sides "BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards".
Please note that if you will be unable to deliver the wine during these delivery days, you MUST contact Marjorie King at marjorie@thewinefestivals.com before TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD 2018 AT 5:00PM.

Member Wineries can enter for $94.00 + GST (per wine) Non-Member Wineries enter for $109.00 + GST (per wine)

The competition entries will open Monday February 12th 2018

Deadline to enter your wines is Tuesday April 3rd 2018

Wine deliveries are accepted at ContainerWorld (Kelowna, Richmond and Victoria) until Wednesday, April 4th 2018 at 5:00pm