The 2024 Cascadia International Wine Competition will be staged May 7-9 at the Clover Island Inn overlooking the Columbia River in Kennewick Wash.
For its first three years, the Cascadia was known as the Great Northwest Wine Competition. In 2016, we changed the name to differentiate it from our wine buyer-focused Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition each October at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel & Spa.
- See the 2023 competition results
- See the 2022 competition results
- See the 2021 competition results
- See the 2020 competition results
- See the 2019 competition results
- See the 2018 competition results
- See the 2017 competition results
- See the 2016 competition results
- See the 2015 competition results
- See the 2014 competition results
- See the 2013 competition results
Format
- All wines are tasted blind by category.
- Please submit three bottles of each entry because this is a multi-day judging.
Here is the link to enter the 2024 Cascadia International Wine Competition. The fee is $70 per entry, and the deadline to enter is Wednesday, May 1.
U.S. entries must be shipped to:
Cascadia Wine Competition
c/o Wine Boss
318 Wellhouse Loop
Richland, WA 99352
British Columbia entries face a deadline of Thursday, May 2 to reach Stag’s Hollow Winery, 2237 Sun Valley Way, Okanagan Falls, BC V0H 1R2.
Dates
- The judging is scheduled for May 7-9 in Kennewick, Wash., at the Clover Island Inn — the home of the 25th annual Platinum Awards.
- While the competition was open to wineries in North America, any wine entered must be produced using fruit from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho or Montana.
- For entries beyond the United States, please contact Eric Degerman at eric@GreatNorthwestWine.com for guidelines.
There are sub-categories to help vintners place their wines within the class that best suits them. Categories include canned wine as well as wine coolers and wine spritzers. For a complete list of categories, please go to the bottom of this page.
Benefits of entering the Cascadia International Wine Competition
- Wines are judged by some of the top wine professionals throughout the country, including journalists, winemakers, retailers and educators.
- Gold medals are announced via email to wineries and on social media.
- Results are posted as soon as the competition concludes.
- Great Northwest Wine’s online audience (25,000 unique visitors per month and more than 3,500 email newsletter subscribers) receives results in a timely manner.
- We link to medal winners’ website at no additional cost (some competitions charge up to $55 for such links).
- Select gold medal winners are featured as a “Wine of the Week” on GreatNorthwestWine.com during the course of several weeks after the competition.
- Our growing social media network receives alerts about competition medal winners.
- A gold medal qualifies for Great Northwest Wine magazine’s year-end 25th annual Platinum Awards.
Competition director
- Eric Degerman — (509) 727-4317, eric@GreatNorthwestWine.com
Judging coordinator
- Mike Rader, First Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Kennewick, Wash.
Associate judging coordinator
- Kim Wolfe, senior provider network executive, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska, based in Mountlake Terrace, Wash.
2024 chief judges
- Sonnay Alvarez, WSET 1, writer/content creator, Altanto Vino Wine Marketing, Boise, Idaho
- Barbara Robertson, WSET 3, writer/sales representative, Saxco International, Leavenworth, Wash.
- Dana Van Nest, WSET 2, is an award-winning Seattle-based writer and communication strategist. She writes for Sip magazine and Winebow.
2024 judging panel
- Cheryl Barber-Jones, winemaking consultant, Richland, Wash.
- Becca De Kleine, general manager/director of winemaking, Four Feathers Wine Services, Prosser, Wash.
- Larry Harris, owner/winemaker, Bayernmoor Cellars, Stanwood, Wash.
- Clint Hoiland, owner/operator of Twisted Vine Wine Tours, Lewiston, Idaho, and works Northern Idaho on- and off-premise sales for Idaho Wine Merchant
- Lane Hoss, consultant, Anthony’s Restaurants/Washington Athletic Club, Kenmore, Wash.
- Richard Larsen, research winemaker/enologist emeritus, Washington State University, Puyallup, Wash.
- Greg Lipsker, co-founder/co-winemaker, Barrister Winery, Spokane, Wash.
- Allison M. Markin, columnist/wine writer for Castanet Media and principal of AllSheWrote.ca in Penticton, British Columbia;
- Mary McDermott, winemaker, Township 7 Vineyards & Winery, Penticton, British Columbia
- Annie Morrison, on-premise wine & beer sales representative, Hayden Beverage Co., Boise, Idaho
- April Reddout, educator, WSU School of Hospitality Business Management/ Reddout Wine Consulting, Kennewick, Wash.
- Ken Robertson, columnist, Great Northwest Wine magazine, Kennewick, Wash.
- Alexis Sells, owner/winemaker, Adelia Wine Cellars, Yakima, Wash.
- Brad K. Smith, certified sommelier, retired viticulture/enology instructor, marketing consultant, CellarDoorConsultants.com; cultural naturalist, Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic, Grandview, Wash.
- Gordy Venneri, co-winemaker, Neher Family Wines, Milton-Freewater, Ore.
Competition photography
- Richard Duval Images, Walla Walla, Wash.
Categories
Canned wines
- Red
- Rosé
- Sparkling/carbonated
- White
Wine coolers
Wine-based seltzers
Ciders
Hybrid, native, non-grape wines
- Mead
- Hybrid
- Fruit/nongrape
Red wines
- Pinot Noir
- Gamay
- Zinfandel
- Primitivo
- Sangiovese
- Barbera
- Dolcetto
- Nebbiolo
- Anglianico
- Montepulciano
- Carignane
- Syrah
- Petite Sirah
- Mondeuse
- Cinsaut
- Mourvèdre
- Grenache
- Merlot
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Malbec
- Petit Verdot
- Tannat
- Touriga Naçional
- Carménère
- Tinta Cáo
- Tempranillo
- Souzáo
- Maréchal Foch
- Red native/other hybrid varieties
- Lemberger/Blaufränkisch
- Blauer Zweigelt
- Red blend (please specify dominant grape)
- Red blend, GSM
- Red blend led by native/hybrid
Rosé
- Rosé (Pinot Gris)
- Rosé (Sangiovese)
- Rosé (Nebbiolo)
- Rosé (Pinot Noir)
- Rosé (Gamay)
- Rosé (Tempranillo)
- Rosé (Cabernet Franc)
- Rosé (Merlot)
- Rosé (Cabernet Sauvignon)
- Rosé (Cinsaut)
- Rosé (Grenache)
- Rosé (Syrah)
- Rosé (Mourvèdre)
- Rosé (GSM)
- Rosé (blend other than GSM)
Sparkling wines
- Blanc de blanc
- Blanc de noir
- Brut
- Sparkling rosé
- Sparkling Gamay
- Sparkling Syrah
- Sparkling Riesling
- Sparkling Gewürztraminer
- Sparkling Muscat
- Sparkling, other
- Semi-sparkling
- Sparkling, non-grape
White dessert/Late harvest
- Ice wine/icewine
- Fortified, Port-style
- Fortified using non-Port varieties
White wine
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Chardonnay, oaked
- Chardonnay, unoaked
- White Pinot Noir
- White blends (please specify dominant grape)
- Viognier
- Pinot Gris
- Sèmillon
- Muscat
- Albariño
- Chenin Blanc
- Grenache Blanc
- Vermentino
- Pinot Blanc
- Roussanne
- Marsanne
- Grüner Veltliner
- Verdelho
- Malvasia Bianca
- Gewürztraminer
- Riesling, dry
- Riesling, off-dry
- Riesling, sweet
- White variety, Other (Please specify)
- Ehrenfelser
- Sieggerebe
- Bacchus
- Ortega
- Auxerrois
- Müller-Thurgau
- Madeleine Angevine
- Melon de Bourgogne/Muscadet
- Trebbiano