2009 Winners Circle

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The National Women's Wine Competition winners are available. 

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Entries will be accepted for the 2010 National Women's Wine Competition starting October 15, 2009. The next competition will be held in March 2010.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2009 International Green Wine Competition.

The competition will be held June 22, 2009. 

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Why Enter the National Women's Wine Competition?

The National Women's Wine Competition is the first and only U.S. based wine competition judged solely by superstar women of the wine industry.

This is the competition that answers the question, "what wines do women love?"Women make 60%+ of all the wine buying decisions in the U.S. Our annual "shopping list" that is distributed worldwide via the web tells women the wines women with great palates find medal-worthy.  This helps consumers to make informed wine purchases.

International and U.S. wines invited to enter both the Open Competition and Women Winemaker’s Challenge.

The Open Competition

Any winery from around the world may submit wines in this competition.

The Women Winemakers' Challenge

This "competition within a competition" is limited to wines made by women winemakers.

Assistant and production women winemakers are encouraged to enter their wines. For more information, see "Rules".

2009 Honorary Co-Chairwomen Gina Gallo Third Generation Family Winemaker, Gallo Family Vineyards Ms. Gallo will also judge the competition. Mary Ewing-Mulligan MW President, International Wine Center Ms. Mulligan, the first woman in the U.S. to earn the coveted M.W. degree, will also judge the competition.

About Our Judges

Under the direction of Head Judge Rebecca Murphy, Founder and Director of the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition,  NWWC attracts the "rock stars" of women in the wine industry, true leaders with impeccable palates. Our distinguished judges are thorough, tough and, above all, fair.

Judging Methodology

NWWC is a true blind tasting, which means that the judges do not know the maker of the wine, they never see the labels, nor do they know the price of the wine.  This makes it possible for our judges to identify outstanding wines across the range of price points and varietals. We also begin each judging session with an initial tasting of brut champagne to clear the judge's palates to create the best tasting conditions.

 

Head Judge Rebecca Murphy, regarded as the nation’s leading expert on wine competitions and judging.  Ms. Murphy is a candidate for the M.W. degree, the wine world's most advanced academic degree and an indication of her encyclopedic knowledge of wines from around the world.

NWWC stresses integrity and we work hard to create an atmosphere where the "judges can judge." Our job is to attract the best judges, give them the environment they need to fairly evaluate your wines, and let the winners emerge victorious!

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Please consider entering our sister competitions:

• International Green Wine Competition    
  Second Annual Competition for Organic and Biodynamic Wines, June, 2009
• Professional Wine Buyers Competition
  Second Annual Competition judged by America’s top wine buyers, October, 2009 (Date TBA)
• The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition  
  Now in its 25th year, Feb. 16-17, 2009