22nd Thessaloniki International Wine and Spirits Competition (10-12 May 2022)

The Competition’s main objective is to:

• present the richness of the Greek and international wine and spirits production to both public and trade people,
• make known the Greek grape varieties and
• contribute to the promotion of wine and spirits as cultural products.

During the Competition, Greek and foreign wine Judges (enologists, sommeliers and journalists) taste wines and spirits from Greece and abroad for 3 days. The public has the opportunity to taste the award-winning wines and spirits at a tasting event that is held every year after the end of the competition while winners receive the awards at an official awards ceremony.

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
• Pan-Hellenic Union of Registered Enologists

President of the Thessaloniki International Wine & Spirits Competition is Mr. Konstantinos Lazarakis MW.

Key dates:

Entry forms between: Monday 04/04 and Friday 29/04/2022

Shipping the samples: between Tuesday 26/04 and Friday 29/04/2022   

Online Entry Form for Spirits here.

If you have used the online entry system before, fill in your email and password to log in and register your spirits. If this is the first time you are entering online, fill in your contact details to get a password and instructions.

Spirits permitted to compete: The spirits competition is open to all spirituous beverages of vitivinicultural origin produced in conformity with the regulations of their country of origin.:

• Grape Marc Spirits
• Wine Spirits
• Brandy/Weinbrand
• Grape Spirits
• Raisin Spirits
• Wine Lees Spirits

Moreover, experimental wines and spirits can be tested and evaluated by juries. However, their rating is notified only to their producers and they are excluded from the awards.

Detailed information about the competition is available in www.tiwc.gr.

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