THE WAY TO ENTER THE
“Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy”
February 13 - 15, 2024
Paticipate in the competition1. ONLINE REGISTRATION
Visit our website, www.tiwc.gr, and create a user account to register your wines online.
If you have used the online entry system before, fill in your email and password to log in and register your wines/spirits. If this is the first time you are entering online, fill in your contact details to get a password and instructions.
2. SUBMITTING THE WINES
Submitting the wines is accessible. Just log in and go to the Participation tab, select the Online Entry Form for Wines or the Online Entry Form for Spirits, and fill out all the details of your sample.
(*) For each registered wine/spirit, please attach one set of labels (front and back):
3. DEADLINE
The deadline for the registration of the wines is February 1, 2024, and the submission of samples is 31st, 2024 No sample (of wine, spirit, registration form) can be accepted after the deadline.
4. PARTICIPATION COST
The early bird participation fee (VAT included) from 8th to 16th January 2024 is as follows:
100 € / sample for 1 - 4 samples
90 € / sample for 5 - 8 samples
85 € / sample for nine samples or more
The early bird participation fee (VAT included) from January 17 to February 1, 2024, is : 120 € / sample for 1 - 4 samples
110 € / sample for 5 - 8 samples
105 € / sample for nine samples or more
5. PAYMENT OPTIONS
A. Online by credit card (Visa/Mastercard)
B. By bank transfer to any of the following banks:
• Alpha Bank, Account number: IBAN GR91 0140 7410 7410 0200 2000 210 / BIC CRBAGRAA
• Piraeus Bank, Account number: IBAN GR85 0172 2020 0052 020 14279954 / BIC PIRBGRAA
• National Bank of Greece, Account number: IBAN GR10 0110 2100 0000 2102 0675 522 / BIC ETHNGRAA
Please fill in your company's name in the comments and send us a copy of the transfer order (all the bank costs are to be borne by the registrant).
• The payment must be made by February 1, 2024.
If we haven't received notification of your payment by February 1, 2024, the samples will be excluded from the Competition
6. DISPATCH OF SAMPLES
6.1 Please send per registered wine (carriage paid):
Five commercially labeled bottles of 0.75L each.
6.2. Please send per registered spirit (carriage paid):
Two commercially labeled bottles of 0.5L each. In case of lower capacity bottles, please send (at least) 1,00L in total.
The samples should be delivered between January 25 and 31, 2024 (not earlier or later) from 8:30 to 16:30 to the following address:
Shipping Address:
Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy
Egnatia 154, HELEXPO Wine Competition warehouse,
GR 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece
In the consignment note, you should include the following information about our Company:
Name: Wine Producers Association of the Northern Greece Vineyard
V.A.T. number: 094526311
Tel.: +30 2310 281632, +30 2310 281617,
All entry cases must clearly state the following:
"Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy"
(*) The samples should be sent as "samples for competition, no commercial value" and must be received by the Competition organizers no later than February 1, 2024.
(**) The organizers refuse all responsibility in case of late arrival of samples, total or partial loss during transport, and physical, chemical, and sensory alterations of samples due to temperature variations that may occur during transport. The participants must settle the costs directly with the transport agents for all shipping, customs, and tax charges. Products must comply with this procedure to be allowed to participate in the Competition with a refund of the registration fee. Refused samples will not be returned to the sender.
(***) Withdrawal of samples from the Competition is possible only before February 1, 2024. In any other case, the organizer is not obligated to refund the participation cost or return the samples to the sender.
7. Products permitted to compete
Wines and aromatized wine-based drinks
The wine competition is open to all wines and aromatized wine-based drinks produced in conformity with their country of origin regulations, packaged in glass bottles of up to 2 liters (PDO, PGI, varietal, exceptional wines, etc.).
Boxed wines (Bag-In-Box) may participate in the Competition and receive a final rating, but they are excluded from the awards.
Spirits, Ouzo, Gin and spirituous drinks of viti-vinicultural origin
The spirits competition is open to all spirituous beverages viti-vinicultural origin, ouzo, gin and spirituous drinks of viti-vinicultural origin produced in conformity with the regulations of their country of origin.
Experimental samples (wines and spirits)
Moreover, juries can test and evaluate experimental samples (wines, aromatized wine-based drinks, spirits, and spirituous drinks of viti-vinicultural origin). However, their rating is notified only to their producers, and they are excluded from the awards. Apart from experimental samples, all products must be destined for sale and from a homogeneous batch of at least 1000 liters. On an exceptional basis, a reduced volume of at least 100 liters may be admitted upon justification of a deficient production.
8. Medals, special awards
Α. Medals
The samples (wine/spirits), according to their final rating, receive the following awards:
• Gold Medal
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
Β. Best wine per Category
All judges re- taste the best wines of each Category and award the distinction of the best wine of each Category:
• best white wine (category 1)
• best rosé wine (category 2)
• best red wine (category 3)
• best sweet wine (category 4)
• best sparkling wine (category 5)
• best 'retsina' wine (category 6)
For the award of the above distinctions, it is necessary to participate in the Competition with at least five (5) samples of the same Category.
C. Competition’s best wine - best spirit, ouzo & gin
The best wines of each category, once they have earned a gold medal, are re- tasted by all judges, and awarded:
• The best wine of the competition
The highest-grade spirits-ouzo-gin received the distinctions:
· The Best Spirit of the Competition
· The Best Ouzo of the Competition
· The Best Gin of the Competition
D. Special awards
The Organizing Committee will introduce special awards to the following categories if at least 5 samples participate per Category and their ratings correspond at least to a bronze medal.
a) best dry single variety Assyrtiko,
b)best dry single variety Malagousia,
c) best dry single variety Vidiano,
d)best dry single variety Xinisteri,
e)best dry single variety Moschofilero,
f) best dry single variety Savatiano,
g)best dry red single variety Agiorgitiko,
h)best dry red single variety Xinomavro,
i)best organic wine.
It should be noted that if a wine, which is awarded as the best of its Category, is part of the above special distinctions, it will also receive the special award.
9. Medals: Stickers
Medal stickers help your award-winning wine/spirit stand out and give consumers confidence when buying wines/spirits. You can order medal stickers for your awarded products as a submitter of the Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy. Alternatively, the award-winning companies may acquire the right to use the digital version of the awarded stickers on the labels of their award-winning products. Please note that the production and use of the stickers on the bottles without the Competition's permission is prohibited.
10. Programme of the Competition
The Competition Competition will take place in Thessaloniki. Tasting sessions will be held from the 13th until the 15th of February 2024. The announcement of the results will be officially publicized on February 16, 2024, on the website www.tiwc.gr.
11. Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are representatives of the following boards:
- National Inter-professional Organization of Vine and Wine
- Wine Producers Association of the Northern Greece Vineyard
- Wine Producers Association of the Peloponnese Vineyard
- Wine Producers Association of Crete
- Wine Producers Association of the Attica Vineyard
- Wine Producers Association of the Central Greece Vineyard
- Wine Producers Association of the Aegean Islands Vineyard
- Greek Federation of Spirits Producers
President of the Thessaloniki Wine and Spirits Trophy is Mr. Konstantinos Lazarakis MW.