New York City , the “Wine Capital of the World”

The Competition and The Judges
The New York International Wine Awards (NYIWA) is a competition that consists only of judges who interact, on a daily basis, with the most valuable and ultimate decision-maker, the Consumer. Our trade only judges are buyers from top retail stores, sommeliers, restaurant owners, distributors and importers of fine wine from around the world.

The Judging Guidelines
All judging of the wine will be performed blind by a number of panels of experienced wine judges.  All wines will be evaluated by members of a panel individually, who will then confer and decide in consensus whether a wine receives a double gold, gold, silver, bronze or no medal.  Double Gold winning wines will be tasted by all panelists in a sweepstakes for the FDR awards, our best of category award.  Each panel will taste a variety of white and red wines to avoid palate fatigue.  In the event a winery lists an incorrect classification for their entry, the competition will move it to the correct classification.

The Awards
The highest score in each wine category wins an “FDR” award, named in honor of one of our greatest presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who actively supported & endorsed the repeal of Prohibition. We will then be rewarding the top wines of the participating wines in each category with Double Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

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