Welcome to the Great American International Wine Competition!

This is the One Wine Competition Not To Miss!

Open to all commercial wineries around the world, the Competition will be held in Rochester, NY, on Saturday/Sunday, May 4-5, 2024.

OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS IN YOUR WINERY AND HELP YOU SELL MORE GREAT WINE!

~ Registration for 2025 is now OPEN ~

Competition Results

Over 900 entries from around the world were judged in 2024 ...

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

 

Past Chairman of American Wine Society Commercial Wine Competition

Matthew Kristofik
  • Retired from United States Navy, Submarine Service
  • Graduate of St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA - BS Biology
  • Retired from West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Neurosurgical Research
  • Member of American Wine Society, 1983 - Present
  • American Wine Society Outstanding Member, 1998
  • Chair, American Wine Society Commercial Wine Competition, 1989 - 2006
  • Chair, Festa Italiana Amateur Wine Competition, Vandergrift, PA 2004 - 2016
  • Judge, Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, Rochester, NY, 2004 - 2016
  • Judge, Great American International Wine Competition, Rochester, NY, 2017 - present
  • Judge, North Carolina State Wine Competition, 2018 - 2020
  • Judge, Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition, 2013 - present
  • Judge, Pittsburgh Amateur Wine Competition, 1989 - 2019
  • Presents wine education/seminars for the Alle-Kiski and Pittsburgh Chapters of the American Wine Society