All Canadian Wine Championships

Trophies : “All Canadian Best Wines of the Year”

All wines are judged using the 100-point system. Trophies are awarded for each of the following categories.

• Best Red table wine
• Best White table wine
• Best Rosé wine
• Best Dessert wine
• Best Sparkling wine
• Best Fruit wine
• Best Cider
• Best Mead

**NEW Best Label Design (chosen by the ACWC crew prior to the judging)

All Canadian medals : Double Gold medals/ Best of Category

Double Gold medals will be awarded to the single highest rated wine (using an average of the aggregate judges scores) from each of the categories below. Ties to be decided by a final tasting. These wines are then submitted for the Trophy round.

Medals of Merit: Gold, Silver, Bronze

• Gold awards of merit will be awarded to those wines scoring in the top 10 percentile.
• Silver awards of merit will be issued to those wines scoring in the second 10 percentile.
• Bronze awards of merit will be issued to those wines scoring in the third 10 percentile.
• Please note: Should a category show exceptionally well, or conversely, poorly, the medals will be adjusted to reflect this. I.E. no Gold awarded, or extra Gold….

Red Wines

• Cabernet Sauvignon (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Merlot (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Cabernet Franc (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Bordeaux Blends (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Pinot Noir (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Syrah/Shiraz (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Single Red Hybrid 
• Red Hybrid Blends
• Other Single Red Vitus Vinifera
• Other Red Vitus Vinifera Blends
• Malbec
• Gamay Noir
• Marechal Foch
• Appasimento Style (single and blends)

White Wines

• Chardonnay Unoaked
• Chardonnay (under $35 / $35.01 and over)
• Riesling Dry
• Riesling Off Dry
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Gewurztraminer
• Pinot Gris style
• Pinot Grigio style
• Viognier
• Other Single White Vitus Vinifera
• Vitus Vinifera Blends
• Other Single White Hybrid
• White Hybrid Blends
• Pet Nat
• Orange Wine

Dessert Wines

• White Icewine
• Red Icewines
• Late Harvest Wine
• Grape Fortified

Rosé

• Blanc de Noir style
• Blush style

Sparkling Wine (Traditional Method,  Charmat and Frizzante)

Ciders: (click here for breakdown of categories)

Meads (click here for breakdown of categories)

Fruit Wines (broken down into soft fruit and tree fruit)

• Table Dry
• Table Off-Dry
• Dessert
• Fruit Sparkling
• Fruit Fortified