Welcome to the Competition!

GREAT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION to be held in Rochester, NY, on Saturday/Sunday, May 6-7, 2023.

Open to all commercial wineries around the world. OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS IN YOUR WINERY AND HELP YOU SELL MORE GREAT WINE!

~ Registration for 2023 is now OPEN ~

Our Judges

WE HAVE THE BEST JUDGES. The 2023 competition has the greatest group of international judges in North America - the most influential people in the wine industry, including Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, sommeliers, educators, enologists, winemakers, retailers, importers and wine industry writers and consultants. Introducing our 2023 line-up of Judges...

Competition Results

Over 900 entries from around the world were judged in 2022 ...

... by 24 judges over 2 days of competition ...

... click MORE to see the Results!

Shipping Your Wines

Each shipping box must have a SAMPLES ONLY label attached to the outside (click here to download and print this label)

Ship your entries to:
Raise A Glass Foundation Warehouse
763 Linden Avenue
Suite 2
Rochester, NY 14625
585-414-8279

Wines must be received by April 29, 2023

If you are local and prefer to drop-off your entries at our warehouse, please call 585-770-1022 to make an appointment.

 

If you are located in the western half of NY, we have arranged the following drop off locations for your wines.  We will be picking up all entries on April 22 – this will save you the shipping fees. 

Finger Lakes Region:

Fox Run Vineyards - Contact Tori or Amanda

670 NY 14, Penn Yan, NY

315-536-4616

Thirsty Owl - Contact Jon Cupp

6799 Elm Beach Road, Ovid, NY

866-869-5805

Wagner Vineyards Estate Winery - Contact Debbie Wagner

9322 NY 414, Lodi, NY 

607-582-6450

Niagara Region:

Freedom Run Winery - Contact Ryan

5138 Lower Mountain Rd, Lockport, NY

716-433-4136

Erie Region:

Merritt Estates Winery  - Contact Jason Merritt

2264 King Rd., Forrest Ville, NY

888-965-4800

ENTER THE COMPETITION

 

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