Every year, WineMaker Magazine sponsors a wine competition and the Local Home Brew Store (LHBS) that has the most winners is proclaimed as "Retailer of the Year".  Last year, we finished 2nd and I would like to be #1.  As such, we would like to encourage each of you to enter your best wines.

When you win an award with a wine kit, the manufacturer will normally give you an award for your winning wine.  Sometimes, it is a free kit, sometimes it is a discount.  As soon as I get the details from each manufacturer, I will pass on the info.  The manufacturers do not reimburse for shipping, as such, if we ship your award, you will be charged for the shipping cost.

Since we want you to enter and WIN, we are going give you a store gift certificate for every award you receive.  This year we have a sliding scale for your winning wines:

• Gold Medal - $100.00 Store Gift Certificate
• Silver Medal - $75.00 Store Gift Certificate
• Bronze Medal - $50.00 Store Gift Certificate

In addition, if we win the Retailer of the Year competition, we will add $25.00 to each award.  In order to recieve a gift certificate from us, you must indicate that "The Wine Maker's Toy Store" is your preferred retailer in the appropriate box on the form.

The due date of this year's competition is March 15, 2010, so start thinking about which wines you want to enter.

One last note, due to the limitations on shipping wines, sometimes it can be difficult just getting your wine delivered.  I have heard that FedEx Ground flagged the WineMaker Magazine address as a "do not deliver" and a lot of the entries were returned to the wine makers.   To make this easier on you, feel free to bring your wine to the store or ship them to us and we will send all of them, en masse, to WineMaker Magazine.  If we have enough, we will use a pallet, which should not be a problem getting delivered.  Please have your wines to us no later than Februay 27th if you want us to ship your wine.

Click on the following links to download the entry form and rules:

2010 WineMaker Magazine Competition Entry form

2010 WineMaker Magazine Competition Rules

Wine Categories

Good luck to all that enter.