Amateur Winemakers of Canada
I. GENERAL REGULATIONS1. Date of Judging: ?, 2009 2. Place of Judging : ?, British Columbia 3. Vice President in Charge of Competition: John Matkovich Chief Steward: ? Telephone: (?)? email: ? 4. Assistant Stewards: To be named later. 5. Submit physical entries to: ????????1 6. Entries must be received no later than: ???? 7. Each Province must submit, by email, an excel file spreadsheet with the information as requested at a later date by the Vice President. The correct format and email address will be communicated in due time. There should also be mailed a single cheque for all entries at $? / entry made payable to "???" This should be mailed to Ivan at: tba 8. Classes and definitions will be in accordance with the latest version of the AWC Handbook. 9. All entries must be judged at the Provincial level first.
II. ENTRIES 1. Each Province is entitled to up to TWO entries per class with up to 50 FURTHER ENTRIES in whichever classes the entering Province decides Based on the Census as of January 1st of the competition year those provinces with members in excess of 100 will be allowed one extra entry in whichever class the entering Province decides for every five members or portion thereof.. 2. No individual may under any circumstances have more than ONE entry in any given class, nor may any entry be put into more than ONE class. 3. Entry fee is $? per entry to a maximum of $8 as determined each year by the national organization. 4. No entry is complete until FORM, FEE AND TAGGED BOTTLE are in the hands of the Chief Steward. In addition, each province must submit an electronic version in a form acceptable to the national organization that summarizes the information included on the entry tags. It is the responsibility of the AWC to communicate such approved forms to each provincial director as part of the competition / Annual General Meeting package of information. 5. Each entry must have an entry tag or label as specified by the Vice President of Competition attached in such a way that it may be readily removed before judging, but cannot come off accidentally in shipping. 6. The entry tag or label should include whatever information is requested by the Vice President of Competition. 7. Bottles must be plain, recognizable as wine bottles and FREE OF ANY MARKINGS except for the entry tag or label. 8. Entries in STILL WINE classes may be in recognizable wine bottles of 375 mL or 750 mL nominal capacity. Beer and sparkling cider entries must be ? bottles. 9. Entries into wine and cider classes must state on the entry form whether they are from grapes (includes fresh or frozen juice or must), grape concentrates/kits, or non-grape raw materials (fruits, vegetables). For grapes, origin and supplier must be stated; percentage by variety is optional. For non-grape materials, origin and supplier must be stated. For concentrates/kits, producer, product name, and variety and origin (if known) must be stated. Entrants must state year entry was made (or years for multi-year blends). Beer entries do not require a recipe. Entrants must indicate whether the beer was made primarily from all-grain, or from extract/kits. For the latter, the manufacturer and product name must be specified. Note that some classes have specific information requirements which must also be provided. Class descriptions should be checked carefully. Failure to properly disclose ingredient information could result in disqualification, at the discretion of the Chief Steward. 10. SPARKLING wines must be in PRESSURE type bottles with well secured PRESSURE type closures. 11. BEERS and SPARKLING CIDER must be in recognizable beer bottles of approximately 350 ml nominal capacity or larger. 12. All entries become the property of AWC and will not be returned.
AWC Handbook
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