We are delighted to announce you that 10th anniversary Japan Wine Challenge will take place from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th July 2007.

Under the continued Chairmanship of Steven Spurrier (Consultant Editor, Decanter Magazine) and with Co-Chair John Avery MW (past Chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine) we are again looking forward to some outstanding wines and results. Our continued association with the Institute of Masters of Wine and the San Francisco International Wine Competition and our team of expert judges (both international and local) ensures that all wines are given the optimum evaluation by a truly international and professional judging panel. In addition, we are pleased to announce this year a strategic alliances with Mundus Vini, which is Continental Europe’s biggest wine show.

Chairman's Welcome
Steven Spurrier
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to participate in the 10th Japan WINE Challenge in 2007. Having been Chairman since 2001, I have seen great improvements in the overall standard of wine entering Japan, and indeed the increase of confidence that the wine trade and consumers have. The Japan WINE Challenge is the biggest and most significant international wine competition in Asia. Winning an award here is recognized throughout the wine world as well as helping to ensure positive sales results in Japan.

Menu
Introduction
Comments from our International Judges/The 2007 Judges Line Up
Comments from Entrants/Benefits of Japan Wine Challenge
2007 Schedule
Entry for 2007

 
Introduction

Entry Kits are distributed to thousands of companies worldwide inviting them to submit their wines. All information received on every wine to be tasted is inputted into the computer. Once this information is logged the process begins of sorting out the wines themselves.

The wines are "flighted": placing entries into groups of 12-18 wines. The style of each flight is partly dictated by the wine and its likely complexity. Bottles are then wrapped in special "co-extruded" WINE bags and tagged.

The judges arrive and are split into tasting teams. The teams usually consist of 5 judges - predominantly Japanese wine authorities with one or two of the visiting international judges.

The tasting notes are then recorded in both English and Japanese for the Japan WINE Challenge Magazine, which lists the full list of winning wines with their tasting notes.

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