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The 2008 Critics Challenge
International Wine Competition

May 24-25, 2008

Entry Deadline Extended!

New Deadline: May 9, 2008

The 5th annual Critics Challenge International Wine Competition will once again bring together many of America's most accomplished wine journalists -- and one highly respected Brit -- for a weekend of serious wine evaluation and critical acclaim.

We take great pride in the broad experience and deep knowledge of our team of wine professionals. Collectively they bring an understanding and appreciation of winemaking styles and regional differences that characterize the global wine scene as it exists today.

This high level of wine acumen is reflected in the results, which each year honor many of the most important producers from the greatest wine regions in the world, as well as emerging stars from lesser-known winegrowing regions.

Winners from the 2008 Critics Challenge, for the first time, will enjoy the added benefit of publication in the Reviews pages of the acclaimed Wine Review Online  website, including excerpts from the judges' tasting notes.

Everything a winery needs to enter can be found right here. How to enter, rules of the competition, category codes, entry forms, deadlines, fees and information about where to send entries and where to send wines can be found with the click of a mouse.

2007 COMPETITION RESULTS by winery, with Judges' comments - A thru M

2007 COMPETITION RESULTS by winery, with Judges' comments - N thru Z

Director
Robert Whitley

Chief Judges
Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW
Robert Whitley

2007 CRITICS CHALLENGE
INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION
DIRECTOR'S AWARDS

IMPORTER OF THE YEAR
Old Bridge Cellars, San Francisco

WINERY OF THE YEAR: EUROPE
Champagne Charles Heidsieck, France
Cockburn's, Portugal

WINERY OF THE YEAR: EASTERN U.S.
St. James Winery, Missouri

WINERY OF THE YEAR: WESTERN U.S.
Navarro Vineyards, California

WINERY OF THE YEAR: SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
D'Arenberg, South Australia

2007 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS

WINE OF THE YEAR
Tenuta Belguardo 2003 Maremma Toscana, Italy ($59)

BEST SPARKLING
Piper-Heidsieck Cuvee Rare, Champagne, France ($100)

BEST WHITE
York Mountain 2006 Albarino, Edna Valley ($17)

BEST RED
Tenuta Belguardo 2003 Maremma Toscana, Italy ($59)

BEST DESSERT
Cockburn's 2003 Vintage Port, Douro Valley, Portugal ($90)

BEST ROSE
Maison Louis Jadot 2006 Rose, Beaujolais, France ($13)

VIEW RESULTS of the
2007 Monterey
Wine Competition


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