“With entries from the world’s best sparkling wine producers, the most impressive aspect of taking part in CSWWC is the depth of competition. Taking part gives you the opportunity to benchmark your wines against some of the finest wines on the planet.Charlie Holland Gusbourne Estate

 

Are my wines eligible to be entered?

Any wine that is commercially available anywhere in the world can enter, even if of limited commercial availability or available exclusively from the cellar door.

Contrary to most other wine competitions, the CSWWC is NOT draconian in its definition of “commercially available”. So if you have a small stock of an extraordinary sparkling wine that will enhance your reputation and you are able to sell even just a few dozen bottles or magnums, why not enter it and show the world how good you really are?

How do I enter a wine?

Register here, complete the ‘Enter a wine’ form here for each wine you would like to enter (you can save the input at any time and return to it to add, change or update as often as you like) and then make payment here . On receipt of your entry form and entry fees, you will receive an acknowledgement of payment.

You will then need to ship 4 x bottles of each wine entered (we require 4 x bottles of all wines, including magnums and jeroboams) to the UK depot of Sensible Wine Services by 17th May 2024.

The address for all wine samples is:

CSWWC 2024 ENTRIES c/o Sensible Wine Services, Unit 10, Dana Trading Estate, Transfesa Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6UT

Download the printable Label CSWWC-2024-delivery-label which should be fixed to ALL cases.

You are responsible for covering all your duty, carriage, clearance and shipping costs (we cannot accept any wines for which the shipping and duty costs have not already been paid).

Please note

  • we will not be able to confirm receipt of your wines before 4th June. After that date, we will contact you if your entered wines have NOT been received.
  • neither credits nor refunds will be issued to wines that fail to arrive in time for judging

How much does it cost to enter a wine and how do I pay?

Early bird discount price of £149 per wine (+VAT if entered from the UK) and £169 after Earlybird finishes

Payment can be made by Debit or Credit card via the website OR bank transfer/ invoice by emailing Eva Callaghan 

VOLUME DISCOUNTS are available to those producers entering more than 3 wines:

  • 5% off 3 or more wines
  • 10% off 10 or more wines

Bulk-entry offer:

The Bulk Entry process is a popular service option for a number of regions around the world.  All the information can be downloaded here:Bulk entry process

Simply put, it saves producers money on entering the competition and shipping samples to the UK. Instead, they deliver their wines to a representative organisation/generic body, which manages the process submitting and shipping all the samples in one delivery to SWS in the UK. The generic organisation can be official or informal. It can even be one of the largest producers in a region, if other producers are happy with that. Depending on how many entries are submitted, the following discounts apply:

  • 15% for 50-74 entries
  • 20% for 75-99 entries
  • 35% for 100+

IF PAYMENT RECEIVED BEFORE EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE:

Bulk entry discount calculated from Early-Bird price.

IF PAYMENT RECEIVED AFTER EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE:

Bulk entry discount calculated from full price.

To find our more about volume discounts or bulk-entry offer, please email Eva Callaghan  who will put you in touch with the right person. 

Optional CSWWC global shipping service

For those who prefer NOT to use their usual courier for shipping their wines, we are delighted to offer again a consolidated shipping service in conjunction with Hellmann Beverage Logistics. The CSWWC Partner List 2024 offers fixed price shipping of your samples (£75 per entry from within the EU, £95 per entry from non-EU).

The CSWWC Global Shipping Service is available from the following countries: Australia, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and the United States.

We believe that the CSWWC Global Shipping Service is cheaper and more reliable than most other services like DHL, TNT, FedEx etc. Click here for full details on how to use this service.

PLEASE NOTE: Your participating Hellmann agent will need to receive your samples by 17th May 2024 if you wish to use this service. Please click here for full details and to find your nearest participating agent.