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Welcome to the 2013 competition, our 29th year. You are invited to enter your wines for evaluation by our prestigious panel of judges, among the best tasters in the world.

Judging and events for the 2013 competition will be held at the new and contemporary Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas.

Watch video interviews with judges from the 2012 wine competiton. The interviews focus on the process used by judges in determining medal awards for wines.

Dallas Morning News staff artist, Michael Hogue, shares his behind-the-scenes impressions of the event. Reprinted from the Dallas Morning News Salut! special edition on March 25, 2011.

This is a constant question that’s asked by winery owners, once the gold medal has been achieved. My first answer is always, "Let’s just make sure that you don't ask me to write a press release and go tell every writer you and I know." Read the Wine Blog, "Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz"

The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas is hosting judges for the 2013 competition. Surrounded by 400 rolling acres of North Texas hills, minutes from downtown Dallas, Four Seasons offers polished interiors, a TPC gold course, the finest sports club and spa in the Dallas area and superb function space.

EnofileOnline has become the industry leader and standard for easy online entry to wine competitions. Developed for The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, the online entry tool is now used for entering many different wine competitions in the U.S.

Our operational philosophy is "the right bottle in the right place at the right time." It is applied from the moment a wine entry arrives at our temperature-controlled warehouse door.