Indy International Wine Competition

Another record number, 3262 wines from around the world were swirled, sipped and evaluated by 60 expert wine judges at the Indy International Wine Competition, sponsored by the Indiana State Fair, this past weekend in Indianapolis. Wines flowed in from Australia, Italy, Romania and twelve other countries to compete for coveted awards at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Expo Hall which hosts one of the nation's largest wine competition.

A panel of five judges scored each wine. The judges tasted approximately 150 wines per day during the competition. Judges gather from around the nation to be a part of the Indy International. "[The Indy International] no doubt has the best diversity of judges in any competition in the U.S.," says Daryl Groom wine judge and vice president of Geyser Peak Winery in California, "The quality of the winning wines is a testimony to this."

The Indy International is one of the most comprehensive wine competitions in the country. In addition to the commercial wine competition, the country's largest fruit wine competition takes place here. The Indy International is also the only wine competition of its size and stature to include an amateur wine category. The amateur wines earned 469 medals at the competition this year, out of 638 amateur wines entered.