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International Cider & Perry Competition 2010


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CiderCompetitionWe’ve had the regional cider and perry award, then the National Cider and Perry Awards, now we have the results for the largest cider award of the year.


The results of the International Cider & Perry Competition held at the Cider Museum in Hereford on Wednesday 12th May 2010 are as follows.


The judges were:


Mr. John Thatcher of Thatchers Cider;

Mr. James Crowden, Author & Poet and

Mr. Nicholas Bulmer, Master Distiller.


A total of 110 entries were received from 30 cidermakers from throughout the United Kingdom.

Overall Champion  - Gwynt-y-Ddraig Cider, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan (Medium Cider)


Class 1 ? Dry Cider



H. Weston & Sons Ltd., Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Co. Ltd., Peterstow, Herefordshire
Mr. Stuart Cooper, Checkley, Hereford

Class 2 ? Medium Cider



Gwynt-y-Ddraig Welsh Cider & Perry Co., Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan
Gwatkin Cider Co. Ltd., Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
The Amazing Cider Company, Kynaston, Ledbury, Herefordshire

Class 3 ? Sweet Cider



Gwatkin Cider Co. Ltd., Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
Rosie?s Triple D Cider, Llandegla, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Co Ltd, Peterstow, Herefordshire

Class 4 ? Perry



Joint First Burrow Hill Cider, Martock, Somerset & Gwatkin Cider Co. Ltd., Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
H. Weston & Sons Ltd., Much Marcle, Herefordshire

Class 5 ? Single Variety Cider



No prizes awarded.

Class 6 ? In-Bottle Fermented Cider or Perry



Joint First Oliver?s Cider & Perry Ltd, Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire & Once Upon A Tree, Putley, Ledbury, Herefordshire

Class 7 ? Best Presented Packaged Cider or Perry



Ashridge Cider, Totnes, Devon
Oliver?s Cider & Perry Ltd, Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire
Gwynt-y-Ddraig Cider, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan

Want to know what the terms and conditions are for entering such a prestigious award?
CONDITIONS

1. All entries to be Cider or Perry, made from not less than 75% cider apples or

perry pears, which must be naturally matured.  Addition of sulphur dioxide is

permitted.  Cider and Perry may be sweetened with sugar only.

2. Not more than 1 entry per class per entrant permitted.

3. Entries for Classes 1-5 to be presented in one-gallon clear glass demijohns,

bearing a tie-on label stating name and class number. Entries for Class 5 to

state the variety of apple used. In all cases corks only should be used but not

wired down. Entries may, if necessary, be submitted in bottles to be decanted

into demijohns on the day of the judging.  In this case, sufficient bottles must

be supplied to provide approximately 4.5 litres of product.

4. Class 6 entries to be contained in bottles with tie-on label.  Corks should be

wired down and bottles should conform to safety standards i.e. toughened

glass, with a punt (e.g. Champagne-type bottle).  Entries with crown caps will

NOT be accepted.

5. Class 7 entries to be presented in retail dress (contained in bottles,

capped/corked and labelled, or contained in cans) to be judged on presentation

only.

6. All entry forms and fees must be received by the Cider Museum by 4th

May 2010.

7. Entries to be delivered to the Cider Museum, 21 Ryelands Street, Hereford by

12 noon on Tuesday, 11th May 2010.  No late entries will be accepted.

N.B.  Overseas entries to be submitted ?duty paid?.

8. Cider and Perry must be the product of the entrant and not obtained from

elsewhere.

9. The Judges? decision will be final.

10. The Judges reserve the right not to award a prize or certificate if, for example,

it is considered that the entries do not meet the required standard.

N.B.  It is requested that Prize Exhibits should remain on display at the Museum until

Tuesday, 18th May 2010.

All other cider and perry to be collected from the Museum by 5.00 pm on Wednesday

12th May 2010. Entries remaining after that date will be disposed of at the discretion

of the Museum Director.


All entries to be Cider or Perry, made from not less than 75% cider apples or perry pears, which must be naturally matured.  Addition of sulphur dioxide is permitted.  Cider and Perry may be sweetened with sugar only.
Not more than 1 entry per class per entrant permitted.
Entries for Classes 1-5 to be presented in one-gallon clear glass demijohns, bearing a tie-on label stating name and class number. Entries for Class 5 to state the variety of apple used. In all cases corks only should be used but not wired down. Entries may, if necessary, be submitted in bottles to be decanted into demijohns on the day of the judging.  In this case, sufficient bottles must be supplied to provide approximately 4.5 litres of product.
Class 6 entries to be contained in bottles with tie-on label.  Corks should be wired down and bottles should conform to safety standards i.e. toughened glass, with a punt (e.g. Champagne-type bottle).  Entries with crown caps will NOT be accepted.
Class 7 entries to be presented in retail dress (contained in bottles, capped/corked and labelled, or contained in cans) to be judged on presentation only.
Cider and Perry must be the product of the entrant and not obtained from elsewhere.
The Judges? decision will be final.
The Judges reserve the right not to award a prize or certificate if, for example, it is considered that the entries do not meet the required standard.





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