Only bottled, finished commercially available wines will be considered. A minimum of 25 cases must have been produced to be eligible and all straight varietal classes must have minimum of 85% of that varietal.
White
1 Sparkling made from alternative variety grapes by traditional method, petillant naturel, col Fondo, charmat or carbonation. May be dry or sweeter styles, lightly frizzante to fully bubbly. Please add residual sugar level and relevant winemaking notes on the final page of entry form. PLEASE NOTE: Any sweet style sparkling wines should be entered into the sparkling wine class NOT the sweet styles class.
2 Arneis
3A Vermentino – 2025
3B Vermentino – 2024 and older
4A Fiano – 2025
4B Fiano – 2024 and older
5 Pecorino
6 Other White Italian Varietal Wines (minimum 85% single variety)
7A Viognier – 2025
7B Viognier – 2024 and older
8 Marsanne
9 Pinot Blanc / Bianco
10 Picpoul
11 Chenin Blanc
12 Grenache Blanc
13 Other White French Varietal Wines (minimum 85% single variety)
14 Albarino
15 Arinto
16 Gewürztraminer
17 Grüner Veltliner
18 Other White Varietal Wines must be labelled a varietal wine with Minimum 85% of a single variety. Varieties with origin other than Italian or French should be entered in this class. Varieties might include, but are not limited to assyrtiko, müller-Thurgau, sylvaner or verdejo.
19 White Blends (minimum 85% alternative varieties)
Red
20 Rosé
21A Sangiovese – 2024 and younger
21B Sangiovese – 2023 and older
22 Nebbiolo
23 Barbera
24 Sagrantino
25 Aglianico
26A Montepulciano – 2024 and younger
26B Montepulciano – 2023 and older
27A Nero d’Avola – 2025
27B Nero d’Avola – 2024 and older
28 Other Red Italian Varietal Wines This class is for wines labelled as single variety wines. Varieties might include, but not limited to, dolcetto, teroldego, marzemino, negroamaro or refosco. Blends including these varieties should be entered into one of the Red Blends classes. (Minimum 85% single variety)
29A Tempranillo – 2024 and younger
29B Tempranillo – 2023 and older
30 Mataro / Mourvedre / Monastrell
31 Graciano
32 Mencia
33 Touriga Nacional
34 Malbec
35 Cabernet Franc
36 Gamay
37 Zinfandel / Primitivo
38 Saperavi
39 Other Red Varietal Wines (not Italian varieties). This class is for wines labelled as single variety wines. Varieties might include, but not limited to, bastardo, blaufrankisch, chambourcin, carmenere, cinsault, pinotage, sousao, St Laurent or tannat. Blends including these varieties should be entered into one of the Red Blends classes.
40A Red Blends – 2024 and younger (minimum 85% alternative varieties)
40B Red Blends – 2023 and older (minimum 85% alternative varieties)
Other
41 Sweet style wines might include late harvest, botrytis, ice-wine, partial drying or appassimento-style and cane-cut but NOT fortifieds, which have their own class (class 41). Varieties might include, but not limited to, hárslevelü, malvasia Istriana, orange muscat, picolit, trebbiano and viognier. PLEASE NOTE: Any sweet style sparkling wines should be entered into the sparkling wine class NOT the sweet styles class.
42 Fortifieds styles and varieties might include, but not limited to, palomino, pedro ximenez, touriga, apera or vermouth-styles.
43 Wines of Provenance Entries for this class will be three different vintages of the same wine, from same vineyard, under the same label. This class is open to all styles and colours of wine. The vintages entered must span at least 10 years with minimum of two years between entries. EG. Nebbiolo 2012, Nebbiolo 2015 and Nebbiolo 2021. The entry form is treated as one single entry. Please select NV for the vintage and do not use vintage in the wine name area. You will have a space to write which vintages you’ve chosen to enter and add any notes required.
