If a wine maker thinks he has a particularly good wine they will enter it in a competition to see how it stacks up against offerings by other winemakers. There are local and regional fairs, as well as prestigious national and international competitions.

We have presented a list of the biggest competitions and offer you the ability to see which clubs are offering up the winners.

• Amenti Del Vino

• American Fine Wine Competition

• American Wine Society Commercial Wine Competition

• Annual Wine Advocate Seminar & Tasting

• Atlanta International Wine Summit

• Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition

• Best of Appellation Awards

• Best of Riesling

• Best of the Bay Wine Competition and Zin Challenge

• Big E Northeast Gold Wine Competition

• California State Fair Wine Competition

• California Zinfandel Championship Competition

• Canadian-American Wine Competition

• Canberra International Riesling Challenge

• Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi

• Critics Challenge International Wine Competition

• Dallas Morning News World Wine Competition

• Denver International Wine Competition

• El Dorado County Commercial Wine Competition

• Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

• Florida State Fair Wine & Grape Juice Competition

• Grand Harvest Awards

• Great Lakes Wine Competition

• Indy International Wine Competition

• International Cold Climate Wine Competition

• International Eastern Wine Competition

• International Review of Spirits

• International Wine & Spirit Competition

• International Wine Challenge

• International Women's Wine Competition

• InterVin International Wine Awards

• Jefferson Cup Invitational

• Lone Star International Wine Competition

• Long Beach Grand Cru

• Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition

• Mainly Meritage International Wine Competition

• Mendocino County Wine Competition

• Michigan Wine Competition

• Monterey Wine Competition

• New World International Wine Competition

• New York International Wine Competition

• New York State Fair

• New York Wine & Food Classic

• New York World Wine and Spirits Competition

• NextGen Wine Competition Millennial Wine Drinkers

• North of the Gate Wine Competition

• Northwest Wine Summit

• Oklahoma State Fair Wine Competition

• Orange County Fair Commercial Wine Competition

• Pacific Rim International Wine Competition

• Riesling du Monde

• Riverside International Wine Competition

• San Antonio Wine Competition

• San Diego International Wine Competition

• San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

• San Francisco International Wine Competition

• Sommelier Challenge Int'l Wine Competition

• Sonoma County Harvest Fair Wine Competition

• Sunset International Wine Competition 

• Taster's Guild International Wine Judging

• The Great Hudson Valley Wine Competition

• Thomas Jefferson Food & Wine Classic

• U.S. National Wine Competition

• Ultimate Wine Challenge

• West Coast Wine Competition

• WineFest

• Winemaker Challenge

• Wines of the Americas

• World Value Wine Challenge

• World Wine Championships