Corrados wine competition

[porkchopmessiah]

Anybody going to the Corrados competition in northern nj?

 

[Ajmassa]

You should post the info to this thread. A bunch of those guys have done this event in the past.
https://www.winemakingtalk.com/index.php?threads/New-jersey-winemakers-talk.52113/

 

[joeswine]

Not this year , did last time hard for a kit maker in this competition.
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[BernardSmith]

Anybody going to the Corrados competition in northern nj?

The competition is not open for mead, is it?

 

[Ajmassa]

No meads it seems. But does look like they added a kit category this year.
Apparently the dinner and ceremony accompanying the contest is quite the event.


https://www.corradosmarket.com/wine-contest/#results

Entry form. 1/14/19 cutoff
https://www.corradosmarket.com/cont..._Annual_Corrados_Winemaking_Competition-1.pdf

 

[BernardSmith]

I live most of the week upstate NY so too far to travel for the event.. but I might check and see if I have a fruit wine that I think has any chance

 

[cmason1957]

I wonder why they added a kit category. I suppose it is, they are afraid that a kit might score higher than one from grapes and I say so what.

 

[Ajmassa]

I wonder why they added a kit category. I suppose it is, they are afraid that a kit might score higher than one from grapes and I say so what.

Pretty sure that’s exactly what it is. I’ve heard this exact thing happening in other contests as well. And the grape wine category supporters claiming a disadvantage after kits beat out grapes for best in show. (Heard 2nd hand at my LHBS)

 

[Wine-O]

They added the kit category several years ago. My friends and I that went entered some of our wines in that category and they never announced the winners that night. It seems they don't think it's real wine! Now I enter my wines in the regular categories! I will be there again this year.

 

[WinoDave]

The competition is not open for mead, is it?

I always thought Mead was put into category with beer competitions. ‍

 

[WinoDave]

They added the kit category several years ago. My friends and I that went entered some of our wines in that category and they never announced the winners that night. It seems they don't think it's real wine! Now I enter my wines in the regular categories! I will be there again this year.

In our state fair you have to write if the wine is Grape and what kind or you have to write concentrate meaning Kit. I don’t think any of the concentrates come in 1st place.