Pacific Northwest
Wine Competition

• Any wines receiving Gold or Double Gold medals in our competition qualify for entry in the Great Northwest Wine Platinum Awards held in October (subject to their fee schedule and submission deadline). 

  • In 2021, wines entered in our competition went on to win 13 Double Platinums, 16 Platinums, and 34 Double Golds. The 13 Double Platinums represented 20-percent of the total awarded (66 wines) by Great Northwest Wine’s panel of judges.

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• All medal winners will be posted to our website for a minimum of twelve months following the competition. We’ll also post commensurate point scores for wines earning between 85 and 100 points.

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• Participating wineries will receive unlimited marketing use of Whatcom Beer and Wine Foundation’s social media platforms for a full twelve months following the competition (subject to design guide specifications and submission deadlines).

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• Your winery logo will be posted to the Bellingham Northwest Wine Competition website as a participating winery, and that logo will be linked to your winery’s website.

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• The Foundation will work to promote participating wineries in group projects/marketing collaterals such as wine-focused articles or potential short videos or slideshows.

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• Select medal-winning wines will be featured as a “Washington Wine of the Week” on Foundation President Dan Radil’s website: danthewineguy.com

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• For our Best in Show wine(s): the Foundation will produce a two to three-minute video promoting the winery and award-winning wine. The video will be posted on all of our social media platforms and made available, at no cost, to the winery for their individual marketing use.