The 2025 Americana Cup is a wine competition for America’s regional craft wineries. The competition’s goal is to recognize and enhance the presence of and consumption of these wonderful wines from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest. (Sorry no wines from CA, OR, WA). The Americana Cup embodies the spirit of American wine, its terroir, its indigenous, hybrid and vinifera grapes and the road-tripping agri-tourism that discovers and celebrates it.
Beverage Testing Institute (BevTest) promises to deliver fair, consistent and thoughtful reviews of your wines. We encourage you to reach out and connect with us if you have any questions, are curious about our process, or would like to learn more about how we can help your winery.
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There are two entry options that provide different levels of promotional tools and deliverables detailed below. Both options are for the same competition, the Americana Cup.
Option 1: AMERICANA CUP COMPETITION ONLY:
$85/wine: Ideal for producers that simply want to participate in the Americana Cup Wine Competition and don't require a full marketing suite.
Includes:
100 point-based score and accompanying Americana Cup Medal (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze). Physical medallions are available for purchase.
Feedback from BevTest’s expert wine judges.
Best of Category and or/ Best of Show certificates and medallions for category and show winners.
All participating wineries will be listed on tastings.com.
Best of Category and Best of Show winners will be listed on tastings.com and featured in editorial coverage.
Option 2: FULL PUBLISHED REVIEW:
$140/wine: Ideal for those who want to sell and market their wines outside of the winery and participate in the Americana Cup Competition.
100-point-based score and accompanying BevTest Medal (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze). Physical medallions are available for purchase.
Feedback from trade buyers.
Best of Category and/or Best of Show certificates for top-rated wines.
1-year published review on tastings.com with full tasting notes
Scores and reviews passed along to our content partners including wine-searcher.com
Basic licensing of the BevTest award logo. Use on Packaging, POSM, social posts (unpaid), website, trade-facing media.
Buy-it-Now buttons on each of your wine review landing pages on tastings.com with customizable links to your retailers of choice and/or link to your own DTC site
Option 2 - Volume Discounts:
$140/wine for 1-10 wines; $135/wine for 11-20 wines; $125/wine for 21+ wines
* BevTest’s Points-to-Medals conversion scale:
96-100 - Superlative (Platinum Medal)
90-95 - Exceptional (Gold Medal)
85-89 - Highly Recommended (Silver Medal)
80-84 - Recommended (Bronze Medal)
79/NR - Not Recommended (No Medal)
EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 31st
Results released: April 15th
Please send 2 x 750mL bottles or the equivalent thereof, or 3 x 750mL if you are also participating in our Packaging Design Competition to:
The Lab
OK Imports, LLC
4849 N. Milwaukee Ave, Suite 303
Chicago, IL 60630 USA
P: 773-930-4080
Please note: To comply with shipping regulations and to avoid a fine, you must include ASR (Adult Signature Required) in the reference field of your airway bill and affix an ASR sticker to the outside of your package.
Once you’ve submitted you’ll be able to view detailed shipping instructions on your account on the online BevTest Client Portal by selecting “shipping” from the top menu options. If shipping internationally, please make sure to follow each step and upload your shipping documents so that our team can view them and make sure they are correct. Direct any questions regarding shipping your samples to our support team
**Following these steps will ensure your samples arrive swiftly and without any issues clearing customs.
COMPETITION RULES
The competition is open to any wine produced outside of CA, WA and OR and bearing an approved AVA as established by the TTB.
The competition is also open to specialty wines (non-grape wines) and mead produced outside of CA, WA and OR.
- All entries must be commercially available at the time of entry
- All bottles must have a government-approved label attached
- Varietal wines must contain 75% of the labeled grape variety, otherwise it must be entered as a blend
- In order to be eligible for the Winery of the Year Award, a winery must enter seven (7) or more grape wines
- There will only be a Best of Class winner for a given class if there are 7 or more entries in the class and at least one entry achieves a gold medal.
Americana Cup Award Categories
Best Vinifera Red Wine
Best Vinifera White Wine
Best Hybrid Red Wine
Best Hybrid White Wine
Best Fortified Wine
Best Sparkling Wine
Best Rose Wine
Best Fruit Wine
Best Sweet Wine (R.S. ≥5%)