Wine Program Awards

Entries must be received no later than Thursday, September 1, 2022.

A club participates by submitting the following:

Part I: Submit your Official Entry Form

Part II:  Fill out the questionnaire and send it in a single PDF with the following scanned documents via an electronic file sharing avenue (i.e. Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, etc. and share the folder with your submission with Sara Thom):

1. Questionnaire—Download the 2022 Wine Program Awards Questionnaire
   
   
2. Cover letter—In your cover letter, tell us about your wine program. Please be as detailed as possible, discussing the following:
• Staff involvement
• The focus on the program
• Improvements made to the program over the past year
• Wine events held at the club over the past year; please include a copy of all wine event flyers
• Glassware used for the wine program
• Discuss your wine training program for wait staff
• Discuss your cellaring conditions
• The type of wine preservation system that you use
  
  
3. Scanned copy of the Wine Menus—A club endorses its authentic à la carte wine menu by including copies of the wine menu and the by-the-glass wine menu (including cover). For any oversized or undersized menu pages, etc., please scan onto one 8 ½” x 11” size page.
   
   
4. Scanned copy of the club’s Wine Inventory

Document Format

Your entry MUST be scanned into ONE PDF in the following order (entries not submitted as such will not be scored):

1. Questionnaire
2. Cover Letter
3. Wine menus
4. Wine Inventory

Note: All items must be submitted via a shared drive, not via email. 

Scoring

The Award of Merit and the Award of Distinction are attained by receiving a qualifying score from the questionnaire verified by the club’s cover letter and the menu entry. On the 100-point scale, an Award of Distinction is achieved when a club scores a 90 or above and an Award of Merit is achieved when a club scores between 80 and 89. The award certificates will be presented at the Wine Society Business Meeting at the 2021 World Conference and Club Business Expo in Tampa, FL. Certificates will be mailed to those not in attendance. All winning clubs will also be recognized in CMAA and Wine Society publications.