The Placer County Wine & Grape Association invites home winemakers to participate in their third annual wine competition and barbeque.

Entries are limited to wines produced by amateur winemakers. An amateur is considered 1) a person who does not work in a professional wine producing capacity, or 2) a person who is not an owner of a commercial winery.

Wines will be judged by panels of 3 qualified evaluators from wine marketing, food services and commercial winemaking. Please carefully review the rules and other information in the competition documents linked below.

When: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time: Barbeque starts at 1 PM
Wine Entry Fee: $5 for PCWGA members; $7.50 for non-members
Wine entries must be received between: May 19th, 2008 and June 7, 2008
Barbeque Cost: $20/person

Call: Bob Barthelow @ (530) 305-1617 with wine competition questions only
Call: Zane Dobson @ (916) 834-0565 with questions about the barbeque