Another one in the books!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition (2023) is complete!

We would like to start off by thanking everyone who contributed their wines to this year’s wine-tasting event. There was a great selection of wines this year and they were all delicious!

One of the best parts of this event (for us) is not the great wine, not the laughs, not the wonderful folks we get to meet, but it’s the fact that we don’t have to judge! Thanks to all of you who attended, it was YOUR job to judge!

We had three categories this year: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. As a quick reminder, each category wins a $50 gift certificate to WBD, with the winner with the highest number of votes receiving an additional $50 gift certificate. 

OK… we know why you’re REALLY here… you want to know the winners.  So, without further ado:

2023 WBD Wine Tasting winners ($50 gift certificates)

• Red: Carm Allesandra – Carménère
• White: Marianna Obrien – RQ Sauvignon Blanc (La Cueca)
• Fruit/Sweet: Luke Bernier – Fortified Coffee Port

2023 WBD Wine Tasting overall winner ($50 gift certificate)

• Overall: Marianna Obrien – RQ Sauvignon Blanc (La Cueca)

Congratulations to all!

We haven’t posted this before, but a number of you have asked for it, so here’s a list of this year’s entries!

2023 Wine Tasting Entries

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition is returning!

The Wines By Design Wine Tasting event is making a comeback!

We had a great time at our (Fall) Wine Tasting event in September!

That said, we DID hear feedback that some people missed the event because it wasn’t in Spring as it traditionally has been. (Folks were busy, leaving town, etc.)

We heard you, we listened, and here we go!

You’ve worked hard perfecting your wines here at Wines By Design and once again, you have a chance to show it off. Enter your personally made (Wines By Design) wine.

Coming soon: (Saturday, April 15 from 12p – 4p to be exact)

The store will be closed for “normal” business, the day is devoted to the event!

You are allowed to submit up to 3 bottles per person for the 3 entry categories: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. Your wine will be moved into numbered bottles and you will be the judge in the blind tasting. The highest scored wines will be the winner in each category and the highest scoring of those will be named Best of Show. Best of Show wins a $100 gift certificate at WBD and the other two winners will each receive a $50 gift certificate to WBD.

To enter, turn in your bottles at the store before Friday, April 14 (contest closing time is 7p).

Note: This is limited to wine made in the Wines By Design store (from our kits). This does not include wine made from fresh juice.

For the day of the event: there will be a $5 fee for those not contributing a bottle of their finest vino. (Contest entrants are free!)

Special bonus: All attendees will receive an Owners discount of 15% off all wine kits during the event. (Is limited to current stock on hand and excludes the “Red Dot” sale rack wine kits.)

A quick recap (TL;DR):

1. Drop off up to 3 bottles per person by Friday, April 14 at 7p.
2. Join us for wine judging on April 15 beginning at 12p.
3. See how your wines stack up against all the WBD competition!

WBD will provide palate-cleansing crackers, appetizers, snacks, and more!

And it’s a wrap!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition is complete!

The Wines By Design Wine Tasting event was a hoot! (If we DO say so ourselves…)

We would like to start off by thanking everyone who contributed their wines to this year’s wine tasting event. There were some delectable wines this year! (Which made the judging all the harder…)

Lucky for us, judging was not OUR job! Thanks to all of you who attended, it was YOUR job to judge!

We had three categories this year: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. As a quick reminder, each category wins a $50 gift certificate to WBD, with the winner with the highest number of votes receiving an additional $50 gift certificate. 

OK… we know why you’re REALLY here… you want to know the winners.  So, without further ado:

2022 WBD Wine Tasting winners ($50 gift certificates)

• Red: Deb & Jeff Benedict – En Primeur Grenache Syrah
• White: Sandy & Kayle – Cru Select Gewürztraminer
• Fruit/Sweet: Fran & Patty Smith – Toasted Caramel

2022 WBD Wine Tasting overall winner ($50 gift certificate)

• Overall: Sandy & Kayle – Cru Select Gewürztraminer

Congratulations to all!

It’s back!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition is returning!

That’s right Virginia: the Wines By Design Wine Tasting event is making a comeback! After an 18-month hiatus, we’re going to schedule our next event.

You’ve worked hard perfecting your wines here at Wines By Design and once again, you have a chance to show it off. Enter your personally made wine.

Coming soon: (Saturday, September 17 from 12p – 4p to be exact)

The store will be closed for “normal” business, the day is devoted to the event! 

You are allowed to submit up to 3 bottles per person for the 3 entry categories: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. Your wine will be moved into numbered bottles and you will be the judge in the blind tasting. The highest scored wines will be the winner in each category and the highest scoring of those will be named Best of Show. Best of Show wins a $100 gift certificate at WBD and the other two winners will each receive a $50 gift certificate to WBD.

To enter, turn in your bottles at the store before Friday, September 16 (contest closing time is 7p).

For those of you with entries already submitted (from our 2020 COVID canceled event), we promised that we would keep them safe. They’ve been cellared and we will automatically enter them in this year’s event.

Note: This is limited to wine made in the Wines By Design store (from our kits). This does not include wine made from fresh juice.

For the day of the event: there will be a $5 fee for those not contributing a bottle of their finest vino. (Contest entrants are free!)

Special bonus: All attendees will receive an Owners discount of 15% off all wine kits during the event. (Excludes the “Red Dot” sale rack wine kits.)

A quick recap (TL;DR):

1. Drop off up to 3 bottles per person by Friday, September 16 at 7p.
2. Join us for wine judging on September 17 beginning at 12p.
3. See how your wines stack up against all the WBD competition!

 WBD will provide palate-cleansing crackers, snacks, appetizers, munchies, and more!

The intent of this app is to provide Wines By Design customers with:

• Easy contact info access
• List available wines
• List available wines by region
• List of favorites (my wines)
• List wines you have in your cellar (and allow you to monitor your inventory)
• Your WBD schedule

What the app DOESN’T do:

• Give customers access to what we have in stock
• Promise that WBD will get a particular style in, (we can’t control availability)
• Allow users to communicate within the app