Entry & Shipping Deadlines 2018 (Competition Now Open)

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Northern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Group Shipping Deadline	Final Entry & Delivery Deadline
Baijiu	n/a	31st August Add to Calendar
China Download Fact Sheet	24th August Add to Calendar	31st August Add to Calendar
Low/No Alcohol/Bag in Box/Fruit Flavoured Wine	n/a	10th September Add to Calendar

Southern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Group Shipping Deadline	Final Entry & Delivery Deadline
New Zealand	17th August Add to Calendar	31st August Add to Calendar

Spirits

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Northern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Group Shipping Deadline	Final Entry & Delivery Deadline
Asia (except China) & Africa (except South Africa)	9th February	27th February
Europe & Russia (except countries below)	9th February	28th February
Canada	23rd February	2nd March
USA	16th February	15th March
Portugal	23rd February	17th March
Spain	2nd March	28th March
Germany, Austria & Switzerland	20th March	6th April
United Kingdom	n/a	6th April
Italy, Greece & Cyprus	6th April	27th April
France	13th April	30th April
Vermouth & Aromatised Wines (All Countries)	n/a	18th May
Mexico	n/a	27th July
Prosecco di Conegliano DOCG (Only)	n/a	31st July

Southern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Group Shipping Deadline	Final Entry & Delivery Deadline
South Africa	Please see below for more information	13th July
Argentina	Please see below for more information	27th July
Central & South America (except Mexico & Argentina)	13th July	28th July
Australia	27th July	17th August

Spirits

Country	Group Shipping Deadline	Final Entry & Delivery Deadline
Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Romania	9th February	18th May
Japan	9th February	18th May
USA	16th February	18th May
Portugal & Canada	23rd February	18th May
Canada	23rd February	18th May
Spain	2nd March	18th May
Germany & Austria	20th March	18th May
France	23rd March	18th May
Spirits (all other countries)	n/a	24th May
Extended Spirits Deadline (Gin & Vodka)	n/a	18th June

Final Entry & Delivery deadline is when entries need to arrive at the Competition Cellars, if not being sent via a partner.

Shipping wine to South Africa?

All South Africa Wine entries (4 bottles per entry) must be sent to Vineyard Hotel, Colinton Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa from 24 June to 12 July. The deadline for online entries is 11 July.

Please clearly mark all boxes as IWSC Wine Competition, Vineyard Hotel Conference Centre.

If your South African wines are already in the UK, please send them to the Competition cellars.

All South African spirit entries must be sent directly to the UK.

Shipping wine from Argentina?

We have partnered with TNT Argentina to make the entry process easier for you. Only entrants from Argentina can use the TNT Argentina group shipping option.

Please deliver 4 samples of each wine to:
TNT Argentina SRL
Calle Lamadrid 65
Dorrego
Guaymallen
CP 5519 Mendoza Argentina

Deadline to deliver your wine samples to TNT Argentina: 25 June 2018

If you have any questions about the group shipping offer, please contact TNT Argentina via email.

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