Act now to enter the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout

Making Great Pinot Noir? How do your Pinots measure up?

The 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout has a single varietal focus. Each of the wines is more intensely judged than in standard, broadband competitions. If you produce great Pinot Noir, you do not want to miss this opportunity!

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We're Passionate About Pinot Noir!

Most competitions go straight to medals, our Shootouts provide concerted, then condensed reviews, providing the most thorough, quotable, consumer friendly, and accessible results in the industry from a diverse panel of experts. Male and female reviews for each wine will be posted on the Affairs of the Vine website

Wine writers, publicists, sales and marketing professionals, and the discerning public love the access to our reviews. There are over 12,000 references to The Pinot Noir Shootout on Google, 34,000+ on Yahoo, and 9500+ on Bing. Our website views numbered over 500,000 following the posting of our results - view them.

The deadline for entering the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout is November 15, 2010. Please join the incredible producers who have already entered this year's competition. We've enjoyed tasting great wines in previous Shootouts and encourage you to participate if you are producing, marketing, importing, or selling Pinot Noir.

Please feel free to forward this email to Pinot Noir producers who may be interested in submitting their wines.

Submit your wines to the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout and find out.

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9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit

An incredible array of palates will gather to assess the best Pinot Noir from all over the world at the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout finals on January 15, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

The finalists will be showcased at the 9th Passionate About Pinot Noir Summit on February 26, 2011 in San Francisco. This event attracts Pinot Noir lovers from the consumer, media and trade segments.*

The comments and reactions to the wines will be accessible on the Affairs of the Vine website and will be posted by March 15, 2011 following the Pinot Noir Summit.

Vintners wishing to partake in this event should submit four bottles of each entryby November 15, 2010.

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*After two years in the North Bay, we are moving back to San Francisco by popular demand. We had many possible locations but after careful consideration, we selected the Hilton San Francisco Financial District home of the fabulous Flyte Wine Bar.

Free Link to Your Website
Ship your wines to be received by October 20, 2010 and receive a free link from the Affairs of the Vine website to yours for each of your wines.

Save $10 per entry
Register online and save $10 per entry on your submission fee.

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To have the submission form sent as an attachment or faxed, contact Barbara Drady barbara@affairsofthevine.com or 707-874-1975

You can also download a PDF version of the submission form.

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Pinot Noir Shootout

Defining Pinot Noir Styles

The best and most comprehensive Pinot Noir tasting in the world, this year's Pinot Noir Shootout will again explore and assess different styles of Pinot Noir. We will denote the descriptors and scores of the panelists and we will describe the wines as experienced by the female and male panelists in an attempt to discover whether women and men prefer different wine styles.

Affairs of the Vine will conduct the Pinot Noir Shootout finals throughout November and December. The final judging will be conducted on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

About Our Process

The process and manner utilized by Affairs of the Vine for assessing and judging wines is unique with competitions in that it employs the following procedures...more.

About Affairs of the Vine

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Affairs of the Vine is a wine education company, specializing in unique corporate events, interactive workshops, industry training, and is the innovator or Wine Boot Camp.

Each month over 150,000 unique visitors view The Wine Evangelist Blog, wine reviews, and descriptions of upcoming workshops. Over 40,000 wine lovers read the Affairs of the Vine quarterly email newsletter.

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Other Distinguishing Points:

* Our judging panel is comprised of a diverse assemblage of over fifty Pinot Noir loving wine professionals: media heavy including some great wine bloggers, restaurant, retail, and winery experts.

* More judges per entry than broad-based, broadband wine competitions.

* Each judge takes copious notes on each entry and takes his detailed notes and wine information with him.

* Results and reviews that our gender based. Male and female scores and comments are detailed separately.

* The final judging by our professional panel will be held at in San Francisco on Saturday, January 15, 2011

* Encapsulated results entice and accommodate the wine and food media.

* Educational and engaging, consumer-oriented, follow-up tasting, seminars and gala for the top 40 wines on February 26, 2011 at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District.

* The attendees to the Pinot Noir Summit on February 26th are involved in the process of judging the wines from their perspective: a most memorable and influential experience.

Act now to enter the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout!

Deadline for Submissions is November 15, 2010

The Pinot Noir Shootout is simply the most comprehensive Pinot Noir competition there is. Our large and diverse judging panel provides the most thorough, quotable and consumer friendly results in the field. Don't miss this opportunity to participate!

Vintners wishing to partake in this event should submit four bottles of each entry by November 15, 2010:

Affairs of the Vine
696 Elliott Lane
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-874-1975

The fee for each wine entry is $60.00. Register online and save $10 per entry.

Please provide the information requested on the submission form for each wine submitted. It will be helpful if you will include a spec sheet with each wine.

WINES MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Cheers!

Barbara Drady
Chief Wine Evangelist
Affairs of the Vine
696 Elliott Lane
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-874-1975
barbara@affairsofthevine.com