By entering wines in the OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition, wineries help increase their brand recognition and sales with our worldwide accessible interactive results website, WineCompetition.com, and our active social media campaigns. Award winning wines are featured and promoted at the OC Fair, thereby exposing the wines to over 1 million fairgoers annually. The Orange County Wine Society serves the competition award winning wines in the 7,300 square foot Wine Courtyard exclusively run by the OCWS and designated for this purpose and promotion.
What makes our Wine Competition different?
• No fees charged! FREE to Enter
• Extensive exposure to the public – results posted online on our interactive and searchable website: WineCompetition.com
• Only commercial winemakers and winery principals serve as judges
• Competition is double blind
• Wines are judged by type and varietal in price and sugar categories
• Bottles and labels are eligible for the FREE label and bottle design competition
• Double Gold and Best of Class Awards delivered in person and featured on social media
• Competition wines are tasted by tens of thousands of wine lovers at the OC Fair
• Featured Winery Program available to show off your wines at the OC Fair!
• Proceeds provide funding for enology and viticulture scholarships!
Competition Results
Our results website WineCompetition.com goes above and beyond other competition websites to maximize your winery’s exposure to the public. Each submitted bottle is professionally photographed and images of your winning wines are posted on our results site. In addition, the site displays wine and label descriptions, and a link directly back to your website.