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Competition Winery Benefits Featured Winery The OC Fair Judges Sponsors Scholarships Rules Enter Competition← BACK Contact Logos and Other Images Search for: Winery Benefits Featured Winery The OC Fair Judges Sponsors Scholarships Rules Enter Competition← BACK Contact Logos and Other Images Search for: The OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition THE BEST CALIFORNIA WINES Recognized and rewarded Enter Competition The OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition The OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition has been in continuous operation since 1976. This competition, operated by the Orange County Wine Society, is accepted as California’s finest and most meticulously judged California-only wine competition which assesses every wine blind and judges each for its faithfulness to the varietal. Throughout the rigorous judging processes, each medal-winning wine is tasted by at least 4 different judges. Our judges are themselves commercial winemakers or winery principals. Awards include medals Best of Class, Double Gold, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Professional Judging Wines entered are evaluated by over 90 of the most prestigious winemakers in the United States No Fee Entry is free, 6 bottles (3 for limited production wineries) for each entry gets you in the competition Online Results Winners are published year-round on our competition results site Press Release Award Level Minimum award level published is selected by YOU Social Media Descriptive information on your winery and your award wines are published online Retailer Support Major retailers such as Total Wine and Hi-Time Wine Cellars sponsor the event and highlight it to their patrons About The Competition This competition is free to any California winery; we only request 6 bottles per entry. There are no additional charges or hidden fees. Proceeds raised from the sale of your entries help fund our enology and vinicultural Scholarship Fund. From inception the OCWS’ scholarship program to date, $740,000 has been donated by the OCWS and the Marino Family Scholarship Fund and the Chris Cunningham Endowment. Your entry funds our scholarship donations to California colleges Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria California Polytechnic University, Pomona California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo California State University, Fresno Orange Coast College University of California, Davis Napa Valley College Sonoma State University Online presence of your award winning wines with links to your winery website exists for a year We display information on your winery and your awarded wines with links to your web site and any online retailer that carries your wines. Minimum award level published is selected by YOU If you would prefer to suppress publication certain level of awards, you make that choice during the online entry Your wines are exposed to over 1 million OC Fair attendees with tastes being offered for a small fee The OC Fair is a great place to get your award-winning wines tasted. Our staff is qualified to discuss varietals and encourage our customers to try a winery (or wine) they are not familiar with. Learn More Winery Benefits Entering your wines into the competition will increase your brands’ awareness and increase sales with our active social media campaigns. Throughout the year, we post tweets about submitted wines, using your content. Our public Facebook page also contains wine-related content. During the OC Fair, wines are poured at the 7,300 square foot Wine Courtyard, exposing your wines to 1.3 million fair attendees. This venue is staffed by the Wine Society’s members that are able to intelligently discuss the wines they are pouring. Learn More Our Judges The 90 experienced judges are comprised of only qualified winemakers or winery principals. This group is a combination of seasoned professionals representing almost every AVA in the State of California. Ranging in experience from 10 to 40 years, they are extremely qualified to fairly evaluate wines of diverse characteristics. Meet the Judges Testimonials Ken Volk Dir./Owner of Wine Making, Kenneth Volk Vineyards: It is the only competition that I am aware of that does not charge an entrance fee. Many competitions charge a significant amount of money to just enter the wines into their competition as well as requiring a large number of bottles. These wine competitions are basically moneymakers for individuals. Shauna Rosenblum Winemaker, Rock Wall Wine Company: As a winemaker I was commenting to someone earlier that, for me judging this competition I get to see a huge cross-section of what my peers are doing in this industry. That would cost me $10,000 to go and buy that (information) retail. Enter the OC Fair Wine Competition Enter Competition...Contact Us Orange County Wine Society P.O. Box 11059 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Phone: 714.708.1636 Contact: office@ocws.org Copyright © 1997-2020 Orange County Wine Society. All Rights Reserved. COPYRIGHT © 1997-2017 ORANGE COUNTY WINE SOCIETY. ALL...