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Catad'Or World Wine Awards is the most important international wine competition in Latin America. With 26 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 high patronage of the International Organization of Vineyard and Wine (OIV) and the International Union of Oenologist, 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 well-known reputation of the competition, the award-winning wines and products travel the world and are highly valued by distribution channels and consumers, especially in priority wine markets such as China and Brazil.
In its 2021 version, Catad’Or World Wine Awards will evaluate and reward samples of still and sparkling wines from all over the world, and will have a special CATAD’OR WORLD SPIRITS AWARDS competition to evaluate spirits.
THE COMPETITION
• 26 years of experience
• Double patronage: OIV and International Union of Oenologists
• VINOFED Member
• 950 samples in 2020 from 14 countries
THE TASTING
• 3 mornings of tasting
• 50 judges from 14 nationalities
• Blind tasting exclusively
• Technological platform of evaluation in accordance with OIV rules
• Certificate and complete private report on the evaluation
THE AWARDS
• Visibility in distribution markets
• Proof of quality for the consumer
• Value added to enter new markets (Asia, Brazil)
• 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 90 to 92,9 points)
Silver Medal (reference 87 to 89,9 points)
CATAD’OR WORLD WINE AWARDS SPECIAL TROPHIES
• Best in Show
• Best Foreign Wine
• Best Red Wine
• Best White Wine
• Best Rosé Wine
• Best Sparkling Wine
• Best Icon Wine
• Best Natural Wine
• Best Ancestral Wine
• Best Small Grower Wine
• Best Carménère
• Best Winery
Catad’Or World Wine Awards delivers a certificate and a full report on the evaluation of each product presented in the private account of each participant, which includes an OIV evaluation sheet and organoleptic charts.
HOW TO TAKE PART?
• Create an account and complete the online registration form at: www.catador.cl/enroll
• As soon as you send your registration confirmation, you will receive your invoice and payment instructions by email.
• The registration form is available in English and Spanish on our website.
NOTE: If you want to make a registration in PDF format, request the forms to: concurso@catador.cl
TAKE NOTE
The registration deadline is September 24, 2021
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NATIONAL
Send 6 bottles per registered wine label in a suitable and labelled packaging.
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INTERNATIONAL
Send 3 bottles per registered wine label in a suitable and labelled packaging.
*
* Email a laboratory analysis of less than one year to: concurso@catador.cl
• Attach a proform invoice:
Write for the Catad’Or World Wine Awards, submitting 'samples with no commercial value'.
• Address your samples to:
Catad’Or World Wine Awards
Volcán Tupungato 839 Parque Industrial
Lo Boza Pudahuel, Santiago - Chile
Contact:
Roberto Olmos | +56 9 7210 8266 | rolmos@catador.cl | concurso@catador.cl
NOTE: Submit your samples in advance and send the list of registered wines to rolmos@catador.cl to notify the SAG authorities, in order to speed up the entry of samples to Chile through customs.
IMPORTANT DATES
Registration
From May 1 to September 24, 2021
Deadline for receipt of samples
Between July 13 and September 24, 2021
Tasting sessions
Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 October 2021
Awards ceremony and results*
Wednesday 20, October 2021
*After the award ceremony, the participating companies will be able to download their official certificate and access through their private account the detailed score per tasting table for each of their products presented. Likewise, they will be able to access general statistics of the competition.
PARTICIPATION FEE
The registration of national products has a value of CLP $ 108,000 + VAT per sample.
DISCOUNTS:Registration for international products has a value of USD $130 per sample. This does not include taxes and customs.
DISCOUNTS:
SOFÍA LE FOULON +56 9 9817 8719
slefoulon@catador.cl
ROBERTO OLMOS +56 9 7210 8266
rolmos@catador.cl
The regulation can be reviewed and downloaded here
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