U.S. National Wine Competition
Medals & Promotional Opportunities
U.S. National Wine Competition
Judging: April 9-12, 2012
About the Competition
Greetings from the Chief Judge
Meet the Judges
Eligibility & Fees (See Rules and Wine Classes)
Rules and Procedures
Promotional Opportunities
Gain consumer exposure through New Media Partner!
V&WM has joined forces with Bottlenotes as an official new media partner for all six of our wine competitions. Bottlenotes is the premier online community for wine enthusiasts with a following of 250,000 registered users, over 25,000 Twitter followers and over 65,000 Facebook fans. Bottlenotes will provide an exclusive winery benefit to all USNWC entrants who enter online by publically posting award-winners on bottlenotes.com. This is free to our customers! Should your wines medal, a virtual icon will flag your wine as an award-winner. You will keep 100% of the revenues associated with any purchases that are generated by Bottlenotes!
How to participate in the Bottlenotes promotion
Remember, you must enter your wines online in order to participate. Mailed and faxed entries may not be considered. During the entry process, be sure to check the Bottlenotes box and a pop-up screen will appear. You will be asked to provide your winery name, winery story, tasting notes in available, an online purchase link, and an image link (with specific link instructions). Please provide what information you have available. If you cannot complete all the questions, don’t worry, but the more information provided the better to market and promote your wines. For changes or additions to your entry or for manual inclusion of our wines in the Bottlenotes promotion, please email your questions to Lance Derrick at lderrick@vwm-online.com or call 707-577-7700 x109.
NOTIFICATION & MEDALS
Award recipients will be notified within 10 working days of the last day of the competition. Actual award medals typically take six weeks to produce and are mailed as soon as available. If your wine wins a bronze medal and you prefer not to receive an actual medal, please indicate when you enter.
PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Six opportunities to promote your award-winning wines!
1 ) Gain immediate access to your wines from our results page by a web link to your homepage. This option is available for a $55 link fee.
2) Use our official event logo in your marketing and promotional materials.
3) A press release will be sent to our media list.
4) If you provide us with an email address for a newspaper or media outlet in your area, we will forward an official press release indicating your winery has won a medal at the U.S. National Wine Competition.
5) We will promote on Facebook,Twitter, and other social media outlets.
6) “Best of” award-winners will be featured on Vineyard & Winery Management’s website.
Download these logos for your own marketing. Use EPS version for print or GIF version for web.
EPS, 300 DPI, CMYK (shown at left)
EPS, 300 DPI, CMYK (reverse white name for placement on dark background as shown at right):
GIF, 72 DPI, RGB (shown at left)
GIF, 72 DPI, RGB (reverse white name for placement on dark background as shown at right):
