Judges are being carefully selected for their ability to affect wine sales in the distribution/retail trade, knowledge of specific varietals and years of experience.

No winery staff will participate in the backroom coordination or the judging.

A Preliminary Elimination or Retain Round will be held if the number of entries in a class warrants. A second bottle will be judged in the event the first bottle is determined to be seriously flawed.

If an insufficient number of entries are submitted in a specific class, entries will be judged with a related class using grape variety and residual sugar as the basis for class relocation. If more than five wines of a specific grape variety are submitted in the “other” division of any competition, the competition committee reserves the right to create an additional class.

Competition Descriptions
Texas Competition 50+ cases produced and 75% of wine volume from Texas fruit.
International Competition 200+ cases
Limited Production Less than 200 cases produced.

Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded on a merit basis in each competition. Following the grand star tasting, the judges will have full access to non-blind samples of gold medal wines with corresponding ordering and wholesale pricing information.

All submitting companies, winning a gold medal will receive appropriate contact information for companies represented in the pool of judges from the distribution and retail trade.

Wineries agree to ship and supply without charge one case of any Grand Star Award winning wine to the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association by July 30, 2010 to be used as promotional stock.

Wineries agree to ship and supply without charge one half case of any gold medal winning wine to the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association by July 30, 2010 to be used as promotional stock.

Grand Star Award – Best of Show for Each Competition
White Wine - Selected from gold medal winners in the White Table Wine Classes in each competition.

Red Wine - Selected from gold medal winners in the Red Table Wine Classes in each competition.

Rose Wine - Selected from gold medal winners in the Rose & Blush Wine Classes in each competition.

Dessert Wine - Selected from gold medal winners in the Dessert Wine Classes in each competition.

Fortified Wine - Selected from gold medal winners in the Fortified Wine in each competition.