Art. 1

The competition is open exclusively to still wines made from the grape variety Mueller Thurgau.

Art. 2

Mueller Thurgau-, Rivaner- and Riesling x Silvaner-wines of the 2007 vintage from all over the world are eligible to compete.

Art. 3

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.

Art. 4

Wines can be submitted by wine estates, co-operatives, commercial wineries, importers and distributors.

Art. 5

There are five categories in this competition (see below) and every Mueller Thurgau submitted must be registered in one of these categories:

Category I:

dry, with up to 9 g/l residual sugar
and up to 94,9 g/l existing alcohol

Category II:

dry, with up to 9 g/l residual sugar
and from 95,0 g/l existing alcohol

Category III:

from 9 g/l up to less than 18 g/l residual sugar

Category IV:

from 18 g/l up to less than 90 g/l residual sugar

Category V:

lusciously sweet specialities, from 90 g/l residual  sugar (Botrytis wines & Eiswein).
Beside the vintage 2007 the vintages 2005 and 2006 are allowed to compete in this category!

Art. 6

Every participant (see Art. 4) can submit a total of four wines.

Art. 7

a) At the time of registration, at least 600 bottles of wine must be available.

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.

Art. 8

The entry fee is 30,– EUR for each wine.

Art. 9

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.

Art. 10

Wines that are registered in a wrong category will automatically be placed into the correct category based on residual sugar and alcohol content.

Art. 11

Timing: registrations will be accepted from the
28^th of April till the 30^th of May 2008.

Art. 12

Three bottles of every wine submitted with the according wine profile must be sent to:

BodenseeWein e.V.
International Mueller Thurgau Competition 2008
c/o Winzerverein Hagnau
Strandbadstr. 7
D - 88709 Hagnau

Art. 13

Wine samples must be submitted no later than 30^th of May 2008.
Late entries cannot be considered.

Art. 14

The tasting will be conducted from BodenseeWein e.V. through independent panels.

Art. 15

All wines submitted will be tasted blind and evaluated according to the officially recognized scoring system of the DLG.

Art. 16

The decision of the jury is final.

Art. 17

The first, second and third place winners in each category as well as the top 30% will receive an award.

Art. 18

Awards will be presented at a ceremony in the New Castle of Meersburg for the winners on the 1^st of July 2008.

Competition Timetable:

Submission of samples: 28^th of April till 30^th of May 2008.
Tasting and evaluation: 9^th of June 2008
Awards presentation: 1^st of July 2008