Indy International Wine Competition

Winemakers from around the world will send their best wines to Purdue University for the annual Indy International Wine Competition on August 4-6, 2010. This competition, the largest in the United States run by a university, will be in West Lafayette for the first time after 17 years at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

The competition, which is free and open to the public, will be at the Purdue Memorial Union (map). Judging will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 4 and 5, and 10 a.m. to noon on August 6. Expected are more than 3,000 commercial entries from 39 states and 12 countries. More than 50 judges will come from the United States, Europe and Canada to taste, analyze and score the wines. Pictured is one of the gold medal winners from 2008, a Colorado Cabernet Franc from Balistreri Vineyards in Denver.

A jury of wine industry peers serves as judges: winemakers and chefs, marketing executives and wholesalers, writers and journalists, enologists and winegrowers. They’re listed here.

The Indy International Wine Competition is the largest scientifically organized and independent wine competition in the U.S., the world’s largest wine market. More than 3,000 commercial entries from 12 countries and 39 US states will be evaluated by 80 judges.

What: Indy International Wine Competition
Where: Purdue Memorial Union, West Lafayette, Indiana
When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 4 and 5, and 10 a.m. to noon on August 6
Cost: Free!

(Photo by Susan McKee)