Terms and conditions

General terms and conditions for participation
         
§1 Participants
Eligible for participation are all natural and actual persons of winegrowing, wine production co-ops, wine wholesalers, wine retailers and gastronomists. Private individuals may not submit wines.
§2 Numeral limit to participating wines
There is no limit to the number of wines a participant may submit.
§3 Minimum submission for category and price class
The competition will only take place if at least a total of 200 wines are submitted. The organizer reserves the right to which categories are provided with awards.
§4 Permitted Classes/Legal Requirements
The wine must be produced 100% from organically grown grapes and must be in accordance with all wine laws, meeting the national requirements as well as those of the European Union.
Brandies, liqueurs, and alcohol free wines may not participate. All samples must be part of a homogenous partition of wine, carrying a charge number, lot number, official inspection number or other readily identifiable reference to a certain barrel, keg, tank, run, batch, or filling and must be marked accordingly.
§5 Categories
Eligible are wines of all grapes as well as blends of recognized vinification methods in the categories: white, red, rosé, dessert, sparkling wine, champagnes, keg samples and specialties. The organizers of the competition reserve the right to reassign any submitted wine to a different category during the evaluation process. Wines of all quality levels are permitted.
§6 Minimum stock
The following minimum amounts of stock must be available for each submitted wine: for red, white and rosè wines: 300 litres each, for dessert and specialty wines: 100 litres each
§7 Bottle sizes
Wines are to be submitted in a bottle sizes customary in the trade. (Bottels of each size and shape, Bag in Box, tins, ecc.).
§8 Production years
Wines from all available production years may be submitted under consideration of §7.
§9 Participation fees
a) For each submitted wine, a participation fee will be charged. The participation fee is € 79,- for each wine or a flat rate of € 395,- for 6 wines (vat not included), every further wine € 55.-.The participation fee won't be paid back for samples that are submitted twice, or not in time sent wines or wine data.
b) All quoted participation fees are without taxes. The legally required value added tax for the country where the competition is held, will be added to all fees. After registration, every participant will receive his login credentials for the online registration of the wine details and an invoice as confirmation for the subscription.
c) The invoice amount is due immediately (without discounts or deductions). Complete payment is required for participation in the competition. d) In case of cancellation of the subscription a cancellation fee of € 50,- has to be payed.

§10 Submission of samples
A sample of (2) two bottles for each of the registered wines must be submitted and mailed to the quoted address. All postage, taxes, and duties must be paid and the shipment must arrive free of any charge or obligation to the recipient. The wines must be accompanied by the fully completed wine pass.  All submitted samples become the property of the recipient and no return of any samples, including empty bottles or packaging, will be made to the participant.
§11 Deadlines
The deadlines for submission of all wines see appointments. Samples that arrive late cannot be considered for participation. Samples can not be returned.

§12 Jury/Evaluation
The jury is comprised of qualified and recognized wine experts. The wines are tasted blindly according to the international PAR-System (100 point scoring system).
The wines are evaluated according to their product category, origin, quality level and taste criteria by the PAR standard. The results are transparent and will be converted to the international 100 point system. The awards will be given in each category according to the scored number of points. In addition, special awards may be given.

§13 Logo
The logo or any other insignia linked to the organizers as well as awards may be used by the participants in agreement with the organizers. The proprietorship and all rights of the logo and awards insignia remain with the organizer. Unauthorized use, alteration or reproduction is prohibited. The use is further delineated in §14.
§14 Use of medals
Authorized use may only occur in conjunction with the awarded wines. All claims made must meet criteria of national and international advertising laws. The responsibility and liability rests with the participant

§15 Litigation/Fullfillment
The court of litigation and the place of fulfilment is the place of business of the organizer. German law will apply exclusively.
§16 Acceptance of event terms and conditions
By completing a binding registration, all participants recognize the terms and conditions of participation as legally binding and expressly accept any and all results of the evaluation. An appeal of the evaluation results is not permitted.
§17 Concluding Items
(1) Exclusion
The organizers may exclude any participant from the event, especially in case of submitted untrue or willingly false information. There is no legal claim to participation in the event. Submitted wine samples for which the registration fees have not been paid, will be excluded from participation.
(2) Clause of usage
The participant agrees that unused sample quantities may be used gratuitously for national and international comparison tasting, for training and education purposes and for the common cause of furthering international wine culture.

Frasdorf, September 1st, 2011