Share your favourite alternative wine for your chance to win an AAVWS mixed dozen of alternative wines and a beautiful Cato & Co decanter.
How to enter
- Post a photo or video featuring your favourite alternative wine.
- Tell us what you love about it.
- Tag @aavws, @drinkwithcato and the wine producer.
- Use #AAVWSAlternativeWine so we can find your entry.
SHOW US YOUR FAVOURITE ALTERNATIVE WINE!
Are you pouring Fiano, Sangiovese, Tempranillo, Vermentino, Nero d’Avola—or something even more unexpected?
Share a post featuring your favourite alternative wine and you could win:
A mixed box of alternative wines
A beautiful Cato & Co decanter
To enter:
Post your favourite alternative wine
Tell us why you love it
Tag @aavws, @drinkwithcato and the wine producer.
Add #AAVWSAlternativeWine
Entries close Friday 25 September, with the winner announced Monday 28 September 2026.
Let’s celebrate the varieties, producers and bottles helping us rethink what matters in Australian wine.
Entrants must be aged 18 years or over. Australian residents only. Please enjoy responsibly.
Terms and Conditions
1. Promoter
The promoter of the Pour, Post & Tag promotion (“Promotion”) is the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show (AAVWS) (“Promoter”).
2. Promotion Period
The Promotion opens when the promotional announcement is published by AAVWS and closes at 11:59pm AEST on Friday 25 September 2026 (“Promotion Period”).
Entries received after the closing time will not be eligible.
The winner will be announced on Monday 28 September 2026.
3. Eligibility
Entry is open to Australian residents aged 18 years or over at the time of entry.
Employees, contractors and members of the AAVWS organising team who are directly involved in conducting or judging the Promotion, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter.
Proof of age, identity and Australian residency may be requested before a prize is awarded.
4. How to Enter
To enter, eligible entrants must, during the Promotion Period:
- Post a photo or video featuring their favourite alternative wine on Instagram or Facebook;
- Tell us what they love about the wine;
- Tag @aavws, @drinkwithcato and the producer of the featured wine, where the producer has an applicable social media account; and
- Include the hashtag #AAVWSAlternativeWine.
The entrant’s post or account must be publicly visible so AAVWS can identify and review the entry.
There is no fee to enter.
Entrants may submit more than one eligible entry provided each entry features a different post and otherwise complies with these Terms and Conditions.
5. Entry Requirements
Entries must be the entrant’s own work or posted with the appropriate permission of the person who created the content.
Entries must not contain unlawful, offensive, discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate material.
Entrants must obtain permission from any identifiable people appearing in their entry before submitting it.
AAVWS reserves the right to exclude any entry that does not comply with these Terms and Conditions.
6. Judging
This Promotion is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner.
Eligible entries will be judged by AAVWS based on:
- originality and creativity;
- how effectively the entry communicates the entrant’s enthusiasm for their chosen alternative wine; and
- how well the entry celebrates alternative grape varieties and the people and producers behind them.
The entry considered by the judging panel to best satisfy these criteria will be selected as the winner.
Judging will take place following the close of entries and before the winner is announced on Monday 28 September 2026.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the outcome.
7. Prize
One winner will receive:
An AAVWS mixed dozen of alternative wines; and
One Cato & Co decanter.
The prize is not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash.
The specific wines included in the mixed dozen may be selected by AAVWS and are subject to availability.
If any non-alcohol component of the prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond the Promoter’s control, the Promoter may substitute an item of equal or greater value where permitted by law.
Alcohol will only be supplied to a person aged 18 years or over. Proof of age may be required before the prize is dispatched or collected.
8. Winner Notification
The winner will be announced by AAVWS on Monday 28 September 2026 through its social media channels and may also be contacted directly through the social media account used to enter.
The winner must respond to AAVWS and provide the information reasonably required to verify their eligibility and arrange delivery of the prize.
If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is found to be ineligible or does not claim the prize within a reasonable period specified by AAVWS, AAVWS may select the next highest-ranked eligible entry.
9. Prize Delivery
The prize will be delivered to an Australian address agreed between AAVWS and the winner.
The recipient of the alcoholic component of the prize must be aged 18 years or over.
AAVWS will not knowingly supply alcohol to a person under 18 years of age.
10. Use of Entries
By entering the Promotion, entrants grant AAVWS a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to repost, reproduce and share their entry for the purposes of administering and promoting the Promotion, AAVWS and the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show.
Where reasonably practicable, AAVWS will credit or tag the entrant when reposting their content.
Entrants retain ownership of their original content.
11. Personal Information
Personal information collected in connection with the Promotion will be used by AAVWS to administer the Promotion, verify eligibility, contact the winner and arrange delivery of the prize.
Personal information will not be added to a marketing mailing list solely because a person entered this Promotion unless they separately consent to receiving marketing communications.
12. Social Media Disclaimer
This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram, Facebook or Meta.
Entrants release Instagram, Facebook and Meta from any responsibility associated with the Promotion to the extent permitted by law.
Entrants are responsible for complying with the applicable social media platform’s terms of use.
13. Cato & Co
Cato & Co is providing or supporting the decanter component of the prize. Unless expressly stated otherwise, Cato & Co is not responsible for the administration or judging of the Promotion.
14. Responsible Consumption
AAVWS supports the responsible consumption of alcohol.
Entries should not depict or encourage excessive, irresponsible or unsafe consumption of alcohol, consumption by people under 18, drink driving or other unsafe behaviour.
Please enjoy responsibly.
15. General
AAVWS reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants and to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, or engages in conduct that AAVWS reasonably considers inappropriate or contrary to the spirit of the Promotion.
If circumstances outside AAVWS’s reasonable control prevent the Promotion from proceeding as intended, AAVWS may modify, suspend, postpone or cancel the Promotion where permitted by law.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law or other applicable legislation.
By entering the Promotion, entrants acknowledge that they have read and agree to these Terms and Conditions.
Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show
Pour, Post & Tag
Entries close Friday 25 September 2026
Winner announced Monday 28 September 2026
