I have tickets to this year’s California State Fair wine competition winners ‘drinkathon’. I have the day off so I have plenty of time to peruse the list of winners and make my game plan for the evening. To give... (33 replies, last updated by zin1953 January 24, 2009)

"An analysis of over 4000 wines entered in 13 U.S. wine competitions shows little concordance among the venues in awarding Gold medals. Of the 2,440 wines entered in more than three competitions, 47 percent received Gold medals,... (14 replies, last updated by Midlife October 10, 2009)

Just curious...I won the grand prize last year and placed this year but was curious to see who was lucky and inovative enough to win this year and get to go to Disney. The site said it would post the winner but I havent seen any... (0 replies, last updated by sweetgirl12172 October 19, 2007)

I went a few years ago and vowed never to return. It was horrendously crowded (this was at Fort Mason) and the selection of wines being poured was mostly low quality mass-produced supermarket wines. Save your money for Rhone... (11 replies, last updated by Steve G February 16, 2006)

Competitions, Wine guides, Wine Critics, Wine Magazines.........they are all “references” but they can all (in some form or other) stand accused of biased judgement and advice. Nonetheless, many of us (all?) refer to them as... (24 replies, last updated by Bill Hunt September 30, 2009)

On Shabbos, as the weather is starting to turn on the East Coast, and Cholent season is starting, a bunch of us decided to have a shabbos cholent competition. Just wondering if anyone has done this, and if so, how did you do it?... (12 replies, last updated by kosherKING2711 October 10, 2008)

I had to leave earlier then i wanted and did not see the results. (1 reply, last updated by Ms. Verde November 22, 2008)

Below is an interesting link to a “riesling-only” wine competition.... an event that’s been held annually in France for the past 8 plus years. The linked page contains the further links to the winners of each... (1 reply, last updated by Maximilien February 17, 2008)

My significant other is getting together with 3 of his friends this upcoming weekend. They do this every year & take turns planning competitive events – so he has thought of doing something similar to the ‘Iron... (4 replies, last updated by ricepad May 27, 2004)

I attended the 2007 competition, and I found it quite fun. Attendees lined up for a serving of the chefs' dishes at their respective stations, and there was a matching wine for each. Lots to eat and drink if you made your... (1 reply, last updated by Full tummy May 11, 2009)

were the first seated. The place subsequently filled up fast. I was pleasantly surprised they had a liquor license but wasn’t impressed by their draft beer and wine offerings. I had a 1/3# burger with red onions, blue... (0 replies, last updated by 02sbxstr September 27, 2008)

Mold. One place I worked at had a Snickers cake for birthday cakes: Chocolate cake w/Chocolate icing with cut up snickers on the top as decoration and caramel drizzled all over. Lastly, I went to a wine tasting event that... (40 replies, last updated by Tracy L. December 9, 2005)

Well, I understand that it is a great experience and that they are building a facility in the Northwest and then in New York. From what they say the final per-bottle cost should be competitive ( about $ 15,00/20,00) with wines of... (21 replies, last updated by vinosnob May 28, 2009)

now. On the other hand, it is incredible how many different Italian wines are available in the U.S. Evidently, shipping by full containers is almost free because the U.S. prices are competitive with prices in Italy (9 replies, last updated by Campania April 25, 2008)

outlets. These states sometimes have lower prices than their neighbors, but sometimes prices are higher because of the lack of competition. When it comes to restaurant wine prices it should be noted that there is often a... (21 replies, last updated by Josh Mittleman March 5, 2002)