Issue Theme |
Submission Window |
Imported Focus |
Domestic Focus |
February 2021
Warming Winter Reds
|
Window 1
Start:
September 21, 2020
End:
October 9, 2020
|
France: Northern Rhône
Italy: Valpolicella Reds (including Ripasso, Amarone)
Italy: Valle d’Aosta
Italy: Piedmont | Barbera, Dolcetto
Portugal: Northern (Douro, Dão, Beiras, Trás-os-Montes)
South Africa: Syrah & Rhône Blends
|
Syrah, Rhône-Style Red Blends
|
February 2021
Warming Winter Reds
|
Window 2
Start:
October 12, 2020
End:
October 30, 2020
|
Australia: South Australia | Shiraz, Climate-Change Reds (Tempranillo, Mencía, Grenache)
Germany: Mosel Riesling
|
Syrah, Rhône-Style Red Blends
|
April 2021
Restaurant Wine Poll
|
Window 1
Start:
November 16, 2020
End:
December 4, 2020
|
Canada: Ontario
Germany: Pinot Noir
Italy: Chianti Classico, Brunello, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano
New Zealand: Pinot Noir from Central Otago & Canterbury
South Africa: Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc
|
Pinot Noir (excluding California)
|
April 2021
Restaurant Wine Poll
|
Window 2
Start:
December 7, 2020
End:
December 23, 2020
|
Austria
France: Loire, Burgundy
|
California Pinot Noir
|
June 2021
Value Wines
|
Window 1
Start:
January 11, 2021
End:
January 29, 2021
|
France: Côtes de Bordeaux
Germany: Nahe, Rheinhessen, and Pfalz Riesling
Balkans: Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia
Italy: Southern Italian reds from native varieties (Sicily, Campania, Puglia, Calabria)
|
Rosé (Not from California)
Zinfandel & Mixed Blacks (Not from California)
(Alicante Bouschet, Carignane, Petite Sirah blends with Cinsault, Grand Noir, Grenache, Mondeuse, Mourvedre, Syrah, Tannat, Trousseau Noir, Valdiguié)
|
June 2021
Value Wines
|
Window 2
Start:
February 1, 2021
End:
February 19, 2021
|
Argentina: Salta
Chile: Maipo Reds
France: Languedoc-Roussillon, Southwest France
Spain: Reds from Ribera del Duero
Uruguay
Atlantic: Azores, Canary Islands
|
California Rosé
California Zinfandel & Mixed Blacks
(Alicante Bouschet, Carignane, Petite Sirah blends with Cinsault, Grand Noir, Grenache, Mondeuse, Mourvedre, Syrah, Tannat, Trousseau Noir, Valdiguié)
|
August 2021
Summer Wines
|
Window 1
Start:
March 1, 2021
End:
March 19, 2021
|
Chile: Coastal Whites and Pinot Noir
Italy: Late-Release Barolo (2016 or older) and Barbaresco (2017 or older)
Italy: Le Marche Whites
Eastern Mediterranean: Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus
|
Riesling
|
August 2021
Summer Wines
|
Window 2
Start:
March 22, 2021
End:
April 9, 2021
|
France: Provence Rosé & White, Alsace, Corsica
Portugal: Vinho Verde
Spain: Rueda, Galicia, Bierzo, Fino and Manzanilla Sherry
Sparkling: Cava, Crémant, Prosecco, Lambrusco
|
Sparkling Wines
|
August 2021
Summer Wines
|
Window 3
Start:
April 12, 2021
End:
April 30, 2021
|
Greece
|
N/A
|
October 2021
Best New Sommeliers
|
Window 1
Start:
May 10, 2021
End:
June 4, 2021
|
Argentina: Mendoza Malbec
Australia: Margaret River
Italy: Friuli Whites
Italy: Bolgheri Reds, Lucca Reds, Maremma Toscana Reds, Colline Lucchesi Reds
Slovenia
Spain: Priorat, Montsant
France: Provence Red, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
|
Chardonnay
|
October 2021
Best New Sommeliers
|
Window 2
Start:
June 7, 2021
End:
June 25, 2021
|
Chile: Secano Interior, Itata, Bio-Bio and Patagonia
France: Burgundy
Portugal: 2019 Vintage Port, New-Release Vintage and LBV Port
|
N/A
|
December 2021
Holiday Wines
|
Window 1
Start:
July 26, 2021
End:
August 27, 2021
|
Armenia
France: Pomerol
Hungary
Italy: Alto Piemonte Reds, Timorasso, Current-Release Barolo and Barbaresco
Spain: Reds from Rioja
Portugal: Age-Designated Tawny and Colheita Port
Republic of Georgia
|
Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-Style Red Blends
|
December 2021
Holiday Wines
|
Window 2
Start:
August 30, 2021
End:
September 17, 2021
|
England: Sparkling Wines
France: Champagne, Coteaux Champenois
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