Producers will need to deliver their samples between 1 July 2024  and 5 July 2024 at Label Mountain between 09:00 and 16:30.

In case producers are not be able to deliver their samples, a courier service should be arranged for their own account.

Kindly note that a competition entry form must be accompanied with all your samples (boxes) as proof that the samples are for competition purposes.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further queries herein.

A. DELIVERY DATE:
Samples of all products entered into the 2024 Michelangelo Wine & Spirits Awards to be delivered to Label Mountain between 1 July 2024 and 5 July 2024, during business hours (09:00 to 16:30).

B. SAMPLES REQUIRED PER CLASS OF ENTRY:

• Wine entries: Six (6) bottles of 750ml or five (5) bottles of 1000ml capacity for each entry must be submitted for tasting. Please submit each entry separately boxed.
• Brandy entries: Two (2) bottles of 750ml will be accepted.
• Liqueur and Spirits entries: Three (3) bottles will be accepted.
• Old Vine Project entries: Three (3) bottles of 750ml will be accepted.
• Museum Class entries (Golden Oldies): Three (3) bottles of 750ml will be accepted.
• Pre-Mixes (Ready-to-Drink) entries: Six (6) bottles or cans will be accepted.
• International entries: Two (2) bottles of 750ml wine or two (2) bottles of spirits with a total volume of 1 000ml, or as arranged with the organizers.

Samples for each entry must be boxed separately.

C. DOCUMENTS TO ACCOMPANY SAMPLES:

• Printed copy of online entry form
• WSB / WSR or Lab analysis of sample
• Lab analysis for Spirits require Alcohol and Sugar (RS) to be tested.

D. DELIVERY ADDRESS:
Label Mountain
5B Distillery Road
Bosman’s Crossing
Steelnebosch
7600

E. LATE DELIVERIES:
Late deliveries to be arranged with Michelangelo management, please contact:
Luzaan Kruger: +27 (0) 82 346 9561
Dirk Harris: +27 (0) 82 394 3280
Barry de Vries: +27 (0) 83 225 9000

We will try to accommodate producers as best possible, but timely entry ensures that samples are registered on our system.

F. INDEMNITY
It is the producer’s responsibility to ensure that all samples are delivered to Label Mountain on or before, 5 July 2024. Neither the shareholder, nor the employees of Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards can be held responsible for the non-delivery or late delivery of samples

Michelangelo and its partners will also not be liable for any loss of fees relating to the transport or courier of samples or the clearing thereof.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further queries herein.

SOUTH AFRICAN ENTRIES:
Early Bird Entries: R1,295.00 ex VAT per entry submitted between 2 April 2024 to 30 May 2024
Regular Entries: R1,395.00 ex VAT per entry submitted between 31 May 2024 to 28 June 2024

INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES:
Early Bird Entries: US$70 / €65 / £55 ex VAT per entry submitted between 2 April 2024 to 30 May 2024
Regular Entries: US$75 / €70 / £60 ex VAT per entry submitted between 31 May 2024 to 28 June 2024

All entries are judged according to a 100 point system, based on internationally accepted OIV principles.

• Grand Prix Award: Top-scoring wine & spirits in all classes
• Trophy Award: Top-scoring product in class
• Platinum: 96 points or higher
• Double Gold: 93 to 95.99 points
• Gold: 89 to 92.99 points
• Silver: 86 to 88.99 points
• No bronze medals or merit awards are awarded.

Only the top one third of total entries in the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards will be eligible for medals and are calculated according to the judges’ final scores. Incorrect entries are removed, corrected and if necessary- re-tasted by another panel of judges.

All products are judged ‘blind’, meaning that the judges are unaware of the name of the producer or area of production. Only the following information is available to the judges, Varietal, Alcohol, Vintage and Residual Sugar.

The top-scoring one-third of entries entered in each class will be eligible for medals and are calculated according to the judges’ final scores. However, where several wines qualify for a medal in terms of the medal cut-off point, all wines with that score will be allocated the appropriate medal. Should the top third of entries fall outside of points, the judges may uniformly adjust points across the entire class to ensure that at least a third of the entries fall within the medal allocation. The same points increase/decrease will be allocated across all entries in the specific class.

The results will be officially announced at the annual awards ceremony. The date and venue of the 2024 ceremony is still to be confirmed.

Seats at the award function are limited and will be offered to entrants according to the weight of the award won, firstly trophy then Platinum then Double Gold winning producers.

Results will be made publicly available via YouTube and the Michelangelo website the day after the awards ceremony.

The official Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards award stickers will be available to winning producers after the winners have been announced.

Winning producers may only order stickers for products which were awarded a medal. Stickers may not be applied to products which were not awarded a medal during the Michelangelo Wine & Spirits Awards.

Once collected/shipped, no stickers will be returned for a refund and producers will be held responsible for payment of such stickers.

See where to collect your stickers on our Contact Page.