•March 6, 2012 •
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Online entries for the 2012 Central Coast Wine Competition are available now through May 25, 2012.
Click here to enter the 2012 CCWC online
Why EVERY winery in the Central Coast AVA should enter the 2012 Central Coast Wine Competition:
- The Central Coast Wine Competition staff is fun and provides excellent customer service.
- The 2012 competition features a prestigious panel of internationally renowned judges, including Doug Frost, Dan Berger, and Madeline Triffon.
- Gold medal winners are showcased at not just one venue but five- the California Mid-State Fair, Monterey County Fair, San Benito County Fair, Santa Barbara County Fair, and the Ventura County Fair.
- The 2012 competition will offer an enhanced marketing element for award winning wines through publicity in renowned food and beverage publications, promotions at participating Albertson’s stores, and exclusive pouring events, offering valued publicity and exposure.
- New to 2012, a Gold Medal Tour promotion will offer incentives for consumers to visit wineries and tasting rooms of gold medal wines.
- Unknown and unrecognized wines receive the opportunity to receive recognition and publicity through blind tasting and innovative changes such as the division of the Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon classes, which create opportunities for more wines to receive acknowledgment.
- Competition publicity, including results, are released to print and news publications throughout California and the United States.
- Entries are accepted online and by mail for winery convenience.
- The California Mid-State Fair hosts a tasting following the competition for industry professionals from wineries, restaurants and retail establishments to sample all entries, including medal winners and best of class wines.
- The Central Coast Wine Competition is the largest evaluation event for Central Coast wines, featuring over 600 wines.
Click here to enter the 2012 CCWC online
Access the official competition handbook, which outlines entry classes and guidelines, here.
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•May 30, 2012 •
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Have we mentioned how great this contest is? Gain media impressions, notoriety and join the fun of participating and winning with the Central Coast Wine Competition.
We’ve bought you some more entry time too. Don’t miss out on a great contest. Enter today!
Online entries for the wine competition are open until June 1 at midnight!!
Be sure to get your entry in on time! Visit: http://cmsfw.fairmanager.com/ to enter easily
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•May 26, 2012 •
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What do you think? Remember, online entries are due May 29th at midnight!
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•May 25, 2012 •
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Attention wine competitors!!!
Online entries for the wine competition are open until Tuesday, May 29th at midnight!!
Be sure to get your entry in on time! Visit: http://cmsfw.fairmanager.com/ to enter easily online.
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•May 20, 2012 •
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Be sure to visit the Central Coast Wine Competition online entry book by clicking here.
Learn how easy it is to participate and the guidelines to follow. Not a wine maker? Share the info with your favorite winery and encourage them to enter today!
1. To qualify for entry in the 2012 Central Coast Wine Competition, 100% of the grapes used to produce the wines must have been harvested within the Central Coast AVA Wine Region or Ventura County.
2. All entries must be on official forms furnished by the Fair, properly filled in and signed, and must reach the Fair office on or before the entry closing, May 25, 2012.
We strongly encourage wineries to enter on-line by clicking here.
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•April 16, 2012 •
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•April 2, 2012 •
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PASO ROBLES, CA: The Central Coast Olive Oil Competition, hosted annually by the California Mid-State Fair, is now accepting entries and online and by mail. The fourth annual competition will take place in July 2012 and will feature over 150 olive oils produced in California.
The overall goal of the Central Coast Olive Oil Competition is to provide a venue for California olive oils to be professionally judged and to educate consumers regarding the quantity and styles of olive oil produced in California. The 2011 competition featured over 100 entries, a 40% increase in entries from the 2010 competition. Competition staff expects to see an increase of this size again in 2012.
Olive oils are divided into extra virgin, flavored extra virgin, organic extra virgin, and flavored organic extra virgin olive oil and are separated into classes by varietal. The panel of competition judges evaluates each entry according to aroma, taste, and intensity ranging from delicate to robust.
Entries that earn medals will be showcased in Mission Square during the 2011 California Mid-State Fair. Entries for the competition can be found now at http://cmsfw.fairmanager.com/ and will be accepted online and by mail until Friday, May 25.
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•March 26, 2012 •
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Check out these Central Coast wine blogs that have featured CCWC award winners!
Central Coast Uncorked
Cuvee Corner
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