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Art. 1
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The competition is open exclusively to still wines made from the grape variety Mueller Thurgau.
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Art. 2
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Mueller Thurgau, Rivaner and Riesling x Silvaner wines of the 2010 vintage from all over the world are eligible to compete.
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Art. 3
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The wines in the competition are not allowed to be sold in the Discount. Only bottles with a maximum volume of 75 cl are allowed to compete.
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Art. 4
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Wines can be submitted by wine estates, co-operatives, commercial wineries, importers and distributors.
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Art. 5
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There are five categories in this competition (see below) and every Mueller Thurgau submitted must be registered in one of these categories:
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Category I:
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dry, with up to 9 g/l residual sugar
and up to 94.9 g/l existing alcohol
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Category II:
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dry, with up to 9 g/l residual sugar
and from 95.0 g/l existing alcohol
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Category III:
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from 9 g/l up to less than 18 g/l residual sugar
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Category IV:
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from 18 g/l up to less than 90 g/l residual sugar
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Category V:
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lusciously sweet specialities, from 90 g/l residual sugar (Botrytis wines & Eiswein).
Beside the vintage 2008 the vintages 2008 and 2009 are allowed to compete in this category!
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Art. 6
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Every participant (see Art. 4) can submit a total of four wines.
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Art. 7
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a) At the time of registration, at least 600 bottles of wine must be available.
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b) At the time of awards at least 30 bottles of every prize-winning wine must still be available.
The participants of the competition allocate 12 bottles of the prize-winning wine for the
award ceremony.
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Art. 8
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The entry fee is 30.– EUR for each wine.
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Art. 9
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Every wine submitted must be accompanied by a fully-completed wine profile form (see the download section) and must be sent costs an insurance free. After arrival of the wine a registration-bill will be
sent to you. For transfers: under ”purpose” please enter the number of the registration-bill. Wines submitted without a wine profile form and/or without payment will be disqualified.
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Art. 10
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Wines that are registered in a wrong category will automatically be placed into the correct category based on residual sugar and alcohol content.
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Art. 11
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Timing: registrations will be accepted from the
21st of April till the 21st of May 2011.
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Art. 12
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Three bottles of every wine submitted with the according wine profile must be sent to:
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BodenseeWein e.V.
International Mueller Thurgau Competition 2011
c/o Winzerverein Hagnau
Strandbadstr. 7
D - 88709 Hagnau
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Art. 13
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Wine samples must be submitted no later than 21st of May 2011.
Late entries cannot be considered.
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Art. 14
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The tasting will be conducted from BodenseeWein e.V. through independent panels.
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Art. 15
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All wines submitted will be tasted blind and evaluated according to the officially recognized scoring system of the DLG.
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Art. 16
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The decision of the jury is final.
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Art. 17
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The first, second and third place winners in each category as well as the top 30% will receive an award.
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Art. 18
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Awards will be presented at a ceremony in the library of Salem Castle for the winners on the 5th of July 2011
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Competition Timetable:
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Submission of samples: 21st of April till 21st of May 2011
Tasting and evaluation: 6th of June 2011
Awards presentation: 5th of July 2011
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