Terms & Conditions
2025 Ballarat Wine Show
Regulation
1. All Classes are restricted to wines made from grapes grown in the Ballarat, Geelong, Henty, Grampians, Pyrenees, Macedon, Bendigo, Sunbury, Heathcote and Western Zone wine districts
2. A winegrower shall mean any person or firm producing wine from grapes grown in Victoria.
3. Each wine entry to consist of 4 x 750ml or 8 x 375ml bottles.
4. Each exhibit will be judged by a panel of 3 judges and will be awarded a score out of 100.
Awards will be given on the following basis:
95-100 points = Gold Medal 90-94 points = Silver Medal 85-89 points = Bronze Medal.
5. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will only be issued to award winners which are
bottled at the time of judging, with the exception of fortified wines. Eligibility for trophies
will extend to wines which have won a gold medal award in the appropriate class at the current
Show.
6. Whilst gold, silver or bronze awards will only be made to wines that are marketable and
bottled at the time of judging, certificates of commendation will be awarded to unbottled wines
achieving the appropriate scores.
7. Entries must be made on the Showrunner Entry Portal. Exhibitors must state the Class to be
competed for, vintage or approximate age of the wine, whether or not the wine is in bottle, the
variety or blend of varieties.
8. No wine is to be entered more than once in the Show.
9. No person will be allowed to inspect an entry form after lodgement with the
Society, until the Judges’ awards have been made public.
10. In all Classes the stock, as stated on the entry form, may be inspected and checked by a
representative of the Society or its nominee before or after judging. Samples of award- winning
entries must be held for at least one month after announcement of awards.
11. Exhibits are to bear the labels supplied by the Society for that purpose and must show -
(a) The number of the Class and the name of the variety or percentage of each variety in the
blend.
(b) Distinguishing mark to enable exhibits to be positively identified.
(c) The year of vintage, or if blended, the approximate age of the exhibit.
(d) Label must specify whether or not the entry is in bottle.
If this is not specified on both entry form and Society label, entry will be deemed to be not in
bottle and therefore ineligible for medals or trophies.
NOTE: Branded caps and corks are permissible. No capsules are allowed on cork-sealed
bottles and we prefer only labels supplied by the society.12. After the close of entries, no person will be permitted access to the exhibits, except the
judges, stewards, director and staff, until all the awards have been made.
13. Each exhibit must represent stock as set out on the entry form and be the bona fide property
of that exhibitor.
14. Exhibits of blended wines must represent the prescribed quantity already blended. Wines
containing 85% or more of one variety must be entered in the appropriate varietal class.
15. All exhibits become the property of the Society.
16. Immediately after the announcement of awards, a draw may be made for the
selection of three or more award winning exhibitors, from whose entries a further draw will be
made to enable at least one sample to be selected from each such exhibitor. An official
of the Society may within three months of the announcement of awards make an inspection of the
quantity of such wine in accordance with the entry form and procure one bottle of same for
comparison with original entry.
17. All exhibits must be solely the produce of grapes grown in Victoria and conform to the
respective Acts of The State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia, which governs the
production of Australian Wine, these to include the Health Act and Regulations, and any others. The
Society reserves the right to have any exhibit inspected and/or analysed. There is a minimum volume
requirement of 20 dozen for all exhibits.
18. The decision of the Chair of judges is final and no protests will be entered into.
19. An exhibitor breaking any rule or regulation may be disqualified from this Show or future
Shows conducted by the Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society Inc.
20. No entry will be received from any person or persons disqualified by this or
any other similar Society during the period of such disqualification. Should any such
entry be accepted it shall, when discovered, be deemed void and the entry fee and exhibit and any
awards or trophies will be forfeited.
21. Judges shall not at any time prior to the announcement have any access or
knowledge as to the identity of the exhibits.
22. No exhibitor shall advertise or allow to be advertised by any means whatsoever,
whether by broadcasting, pictorially, or in writing, the fact that any exhibit has won any prize in
this Show unless such advertisement shows clearly:
(a) Ballarat Wine Show.
(b) Year of award.
(c) Description of Class with vintage year where applicable.
(d) Type of wine.
Any competitor making improper use of awards won at the Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society
Inc. Wine Show for advertising purposes may be disqualified from any future Shows.
24. Classes 19 and 20 requires one bottle each from 3 vintage ranges: current vintage,
5-9 years, and 10 years or older. Any bottles under cork must provide two bottles
per entry.
