Catad’Or World Wine Awards is the most important international wine competition in Latin America. With 29 years of experience, the competition has been held since 1995 in the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile, the fourth largest wine exporter in the world.
Catad’Or World Wine Awards has the endorsement of the International Organization of Vineyard and Wine (OIV), Asociación de Ingenieros Agrónomos Enólogos de Chile (ANIAE), and is member of VINOFED.
Catad’Or World Wine Awards evaluates and rewards the excellence of wines and spirits with rigor and professionalism. Benefiting from the competition's exemplary reputation, the award-winning wines and spirits travel the world and are highly valued by distribution channels and consumers, especially in priority wine markets such as Brazil.
In its 2024 edition, Catad'Or World Wine Awards will evaluate and reward still and sparkling wines from all over the world, and in its Other Fermented Beverages category, it will be able to of the Catad'Or World Spirits Awards to evaluate and reward spirits.
THE COMPETITION
• 29 years of experience
• Double patronage: OIV and ANIAE
• VINOFED Member
• 1093 samples from 17 countries in 2023
THE TASTING
• 4 tasting days
• 80 judges from 18 nationalities
• Blind tasting exclusively
• 100% computerized contest, evaluation form according to OIV
• Certificate and complete private evaluation report for each registered product
THE AWARDS
• Visibility in distribution markets
• Proof of quality for the consumer
• Value added to acquire new markets (Brazil, U.S.A.)
• Press and publications USD 400,000 in media value
The products are evaluated in blind tastings and can aspire to the following recognitions:
Great Gold Medal (reference 93 points or more)
Gold Medal (reference 89 to 92.9 points)
Silver Medal (reference 85 to 88.9 points)
Catad’Or is based on the OIV rule of 30% of awarded samples, so some medal-worthy scores may ultimately not get it.
CATAD’OR WORLD WINE AWARDS SPECIAL TROPHIES
• Best in Show
• Best Foreign Wine
• Best Red Wine
• Best White Wine
• Best Rosé Wine
• Best Orange Wine
• Best Sparkling Wine
• Best Icon Wine
• Best Natural Wine
• Best Ancestral
• Wine Best Small Grower Wine
• Best Carménère
• Best Winery
• Best Cider
• Best Sake
• VINOFED Awards
Thanks to a modern technological platform, Catad'Or delivers a complete report on the evaluation of each product presented in the private account of each participating company, there you can also download diplomas, certificates and digital medals, and view general statistics competition. This private account stores the historical record of all previous editions.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
ONLINE REGISTRATION - CREATION OF A PRIVATE ACCOUNT
Create a private account and save all the history of your participations:
Register your company: Complete the online registration form at catador.cl/enroll, you will receive an email with your password.
Use this password to log into your private account and register the products. Finally, select “SEND PRODUCTS TO COMPETITION”.
Subsequently, you will receive an email containing the invoice, payment instructions and the manual for sending samples.
The online registration form is available in both English and Spanish on our website: catador.cl/enroll
TAKE NOTE
The registration deadline is October 11, 2024
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Send 3 bottles per registered wine sample in suitable labeled packaging. Email a laboratory analysis of less than one year old to: concurso@catador.cl
2. Attach a proform invoice:
Write for the Catad’Or World Wine Awards, submitting 'samples with no commercial value'.
3. Address your samples to:
Catad’Or World Wine Awards
Av. Jorge Hirmas 2560 - Bodega 20
Renca, Región Metropolitana - Chile
ZIP Code: 8641149
Contact:
Roberto Olmos | +56 9 7210 8266 | rolmos@catador.cl | concurso@catador.cl
IMPORTANT DATES
Registration
From March 1 to October 11, 2024
Receipt of Samples
July 8 to October 18, 2024
Tasting Sessions
Monday, November 11, to Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Awards Ceremony and Results
Saturday, November 23, 2024
After the award ceremony, the participating companies will be able to access from their private account the detailed score by tasting table of each of their products presented and download their official certificate and diplomas. Likewise, they will be able to access the general statistics of the competition.
PARTICIPATION FEE
SOFÍA LE FOULON +56 9 9817 8719
slefoulon@catador.cl
Rules can be checked and downloaded from: here
