Welcome

Hello, fellow wine lovers!

We’re building a new site, starting with the 2010 All Canadian Wine Championships.

Established in 1981, the competition has followed the progress of our country’s wine industry from its infancy to where it stands today—vibrant and full of promise. This year’s judging will mark three decades of critiquing Canadian wines, by an esteemed panel of approximately 36 wine writers, sommeliers and accredited wine judges, from coast to coast and beyond.

Wines are submitted, sorted by category, price and sugar, wrapped, and then assigned to the panel for assessment. Our entries are scored using the 100 point scale, examined for sensory components, varietal character, and structural soundness.

A top scoring Double Gold will emerge in each of approximately 40 categories. The following descending 10% of scores will be assigned Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively. The Double Gold from each category will advance to the Trophy round, to be re-tasted by all judges. There are 6 Best Wine of the Year Trophies to be won—White wine, Red wine, Dessert wine, Sparkling wine, Value wine and Fruit wine. These will represent the judges’ opinions of what are Canada’s best wines, each receiving the coveted commissioned artwork you see here.

Following the judging, the ACWC will once again partner with Windsor Regional Hospital on Thursday, May 20 for our public “Passport to Canada”. This will be our fourth year for this exciting charity event—a vinous scavenger hunt, if you will. Winery representatives, many of them winemakers, join our volunteers, ready to pour samples from 750 bottles left from the judging process for an estimated crowd of 750 eager wine lovers. The country is literally there for the tasting at this electric event. For more information on how to purchase tickets, go to www.wrhfoundation.ca. For information on representing your winery, contact us.

As calendars develop, we’ll be adding information on wine regions across Canada, fun wine events and fantastic attractions to see while you’re there.

Cheers!

Bev Carnahan
Director
All Canadian Wine Championships