Entry & Shipping Deadlines 2019 (Competition Now Open)

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Northern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Entry & payment deadline	Group shipping deadline*	Direct delivery deadline
Asia	1st March Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	14th March Add to Calendar
Eurasia	1st March Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	14th March Add to Calendar
Middle East	1st March Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	14th March Add to Calendar
Europe (except France, Italy, Portugal & Spain)	1st March Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	14th March Add to Calendar
North & Central America	12th March Add to Calendar	15th March Add to Calendar	27th March Add to Calendar
France	25th March Add to Calendar	29th March Add to Calendar	12th April Add to Calendar
Italy	15th April Add to Calendar	18th April Add to Calendar	3rd May Add to Calendar
Portugal	13th May Add to Calendar	21st May Add to Calendar	31st May Add to Calendar
Spain	15th May Add to Calendar	24th May Add to Calendar	3rd June Add to Calendar

Southern Hemisphere (Wine)

Country	Entry & payment deadline	Group shipping deadline*	Direct delivery deadline
South Africa**	1st July Add to Calendar	Please see below for more information	15th July Add to Calendar
South America	17th July Add to Calendar	26th July Add to Calendar	8th August Add to Calendar
Australia	2nd August Add to Calendar	12th August Add to Calendar	23rd August Add to Calendar
New Zealand	23rd August Add to Calendar	n/a	6th September Add to Calendar

Spirits

Country	Entry & payment deadline	Group shipping deadline*	Direct delivery deadline
Asia	24th May Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
Europe (except France, Italy, Portugal & Spain)	24th May Add to Calendar	4th March Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
North & Central America	24th May Add to Calendar	15th March Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
France	24th May Add to Calendar	29th March Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
Italy	24th May Add to Calendar	18th April Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
Spain	24th May Add to Calendar	24th May Add to Calendar	7th June Add to Calendar
Spirits (all other countries)	24th May Add to Calendar	n/a	7th June Add to Calendar

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*Group shipping is only available for some countries, see here for details.

**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 1 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 by 15 July.

All South African spirit entries must be sent directly to the UK by 7 June.

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15 January

French Wine Discoveries

London, UK

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16 January

Flavours of New Zealand 2019

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Wine Paris 2019

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Wines of Portugal Grand Tasting 2019

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