So yes, another wine competition to confuse us all. I already grinch at the current compliment of stickers on wine bottles. It is like the fake Viagra emails in my inbox, distracting me from the real Pfizer. I guess only time will tell if the “Top 100 SA Wines” competition will succeed and make my upper lip stiff. I doubt it.

Anyhow, the real floppy for this competition seems to be their T&C, not to be confuse with G&T’s. Last week a producer made me aware of this, and I thought I’ll share some of the more interesting terms & conditions.

How much will it cost to enter your wine:

• R1083 / wine entered and
  R2793 / winning wine
• Six bottles must be submitted with each entry.
• 120 bottles of each winning wine will be allocated, at trade price, to Top 100 SA Wines cc
• The entry fee is non-refundable
• Winner must be prepared to supply up to 60 bottles of each winning wine for the Top 100 SA Wines Consumer Festivals at 50% of trade price. ( Jesus!! that’s almost freee )
• Winners must supply 6 bottles of each winning wine to Top 100 SA Wines cc for promotional purposes in SA during the remainder of 2011. (oh and this is free)
• If your wine(s) are selected as winners, a further R2793 per winning wine will be payable immediately.
• Winning vineyards are obliged to purchase a minimum allocation of 20 Top 100 SA Wines annual consumer guide books to sell.
• Official Top 100 SA Wines self-adhesive stickers will be available for purchase on http://www.top100sawines.co.za
• Winning vineyards are encouraged to fly the Top 100 SA Wines Winner flag which is available for purchase on www.top100sawines.co.za or from our offices.
• Winning Vineyards are obligated to communicate with their marketing database to announce the news of one or more of their wines becoming one of the Top 100 SA Wines
• Winners must be prepared to supply up to 20 bottles of each winning wine for each of the Consumer Festivals at 50% of trade price.

So show hands! Who entered?

Need I say more!

For full details visit the website top100sawines.co.za