A-C

All-Canadian Wine Championships

Aquitaine

Concours de Bordeaux Vins d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

ATL

Atlanta Int’l Wine Summit, Atlanta, GA (July)

AV

Affairs of the Vine, affairsofthevine.com

AWS

American Wine Society Wine Competition, Greenwich, CN (Nov)

BCW&O

B.C. Wine and Oyster Festival, B.C., Canada

Brussels

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, www.concoursmondial.be

CA/Cal

California State Fair Wine Competition, Sacramento, CA, www.thebestcaliforniawine.com 

CalG

California Grapevine newsletter

CA-MS

California Mid-State Fair Central Coast Wine Competition, www.midstatefair.com

CA-Z

California Zinfandel Championship Competition, Pittsburg, CA

Challenge

Challenge Internationale du Vin, France, www.challengeduvin.fr

ChardDuMonde

Chardonnay Du Monde, Burgundy, France

Chile

Wines of Chile Competition, Santiago, Chile

China

China Wine and Spirits Competition, Guangzhou, China

CMB

Concours Mondial du Bruxelles, Belgium

Critics

Critics Challenge International Wine Competition, San Diego, CA (May), www.criticschallenge.com

DA

Dallas Morning News World Wine Competition, Dallas, TX, January, www.dallaswinecompetition.com

Dec/Decanter

Decanter Magazine World Wine Awards, UK, www.decanter.com  

East

International Eastern Wine Competition, Corning, NY (May)

ElDor

El Dorado County Fair Wine Competition, Placerville, CA

FLakes

Finger Lakes International Wine Competion, Rochester, NY (Mar)

FL

Florida State Fair Wine & Grape Juice Competition, Tampa, FL, February, www.fgga.org  

GH

Grand Harvest Fair Wine Competition, Santa Rosa, CA, February

HH

Hilton Head WineFest, Hilton Head Hospitality Assoc., February, www

HV

Hudson Valley Wine Competition, NY, (Mar) www.hvwga.com

Indiana

Indy International Wine Competition

Intervin

Intervin U.S./Canadian Int’l Wine Competition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May-June

IW&S

International Wine & Spirits Competition, Surrey, U.K.

IWC

International Wine Challenge, London, U.K. (Gold=95-100; Silver=90-94; Bronze=85-89; HonM=80-84)

HH

Hilton Head Wine Festival, Hilton Head, SC (Mar)

Indy

Indiana State Fair International Wine Competition, Indianapolis, Indianna (July)

IW&S

International Wine & Spirits Competition, Surrey, England

Japan

Japan International Wine Challenge, Tokyo, Japan

LA

Los Angeles County Fair Wine Competition, Pomona, CA (May)

LB

Long Beach Grand Cru, Long Beach, CA

MI

Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition, www.michiganwines.com

MTL

Selections Mondiale des Vins, Montreal, Que., Canada

MT

Monterey Int’l Wine Competition, Salinas Valley Fair, King City, Monterey, CA (Mar)

Newport

Newport Seafood & Wine Festival, Newport, RI

NWES

Northwest Enological Society and Seattle Wine Society Northwest Wine & Food Festival, Seattle, WA

NW

Jerry Mead’s New World International Wine Competition, Ontario, CA (Feb)

NWWS

Northwest Wine Summit, Timberline, OR

NofGate

Sonoma-Marin Fair North of Gate Wine Competition, Petaluma, CA

NM

Natalie MacLean, www.nataliemaclean.com

NY

New York State Fair Wine Competition

NYW&FC

New York Wine and Food Classic, Wading River, Long Island, NY

OK

Okanagan Wine Festival, Kelowna, BC

OkFallFest

Okanagan Fall Wine Fesrival, Kelowna BC

Or

Orange County Fair Wine Competition, Costa Mesa, CA (May)

OR

Oregon State Fair Wine Competition, Salem, OR

OT

Ottawa Wine Competition, Ottawa, ON, Canada

PA

Pennsylvania Wine Awards

Paris

Concourse General Agricole de Paris, Comexpo Paris, www.cga-paris.com

PD

Press Democrat newspaper, Savor Wine Country Magazine, Santa Rosa, CA

People’s Choice

Annual People’s Choice Awards, The Hotel Capri

PR

Pacific Rim Int’l Wine Competition, San Bernadino, CA (Apr)

RS

Riverside International Wine Competition, Riverside, CA

RW

Robert Whitley, www.whitleyonwine.com

SB

Santa Barbara County Fair Wine Competition, Santa Barbara, CA

SCM

Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition

SD

San Diego National Wine Competition, San Diego, CA

SFB

San Francisco Bay Wine Competition, Alameda County Fair, Alameda, CA (May)

SFCh

Recommended in San Francisco Chronicle weekly Wine Section

SFC 

San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, Cloverdale, CA (Jan), www.winejudging.com

SFI

San Francisco International Wine Competition, San Francisco, CA (June)

SIWC

Sydney Int’l Wine Competition, Sydney, Australia, www.top100wines.com 

SN/Sonoma

Sonoma County Wine Competition

SN-M

Sonoma-Marin Press Democrat North of the Gate Wine Competition, Petaluma, CA (Apr)

Starwine

Starwine International Wine Competition, NY, NY, (Oct) www.starwine.net

TO

Toronto Wine & Chees Show, Toronto, Ont., Canada

TG

Tasters Guild International Wine Competition

TX

Lone Star International Wine Competition, Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association

VI

Vinales Internationales, France

Vinitaly

Vinitaly, Verona, Italym www.vinitaly.it

WACan

Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards

West

West Coast Wine Competition, Santa Rosa, CA

WestCan

Western Canada Wine Awards, B.C., Canada

WineFest

Hilton Head Winefest

WP-NW

Wine Press Northwest

Zin/CA-Z

California Zinfandel Championship Competittion, Pittsburg, CA