2020 Portland International Cider Cup. PICC 2020 is cancelled. We hope to have a party this summer so stay tuned! We look forward to PICC 2021!
Thank you for your interest in the 2020 Portland International Cider Cup. PICC 2020 is cancelled. We hope to have a party this summer so stay tuned! We look forward to PICC 2021! organized by The Northwest Cider Association.
You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more ciders or edit the ciders you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.
Rules for Cider Entry
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PRINT THIS PAGE FOR EASY REFERENCE.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PRINT LABELS FOR YOUR BOTTLES NO MATTER WHAT IT SAYS ELSEWHERE ON WEBSITE! IF YOU ARE ENTERING CIDERS THAT ARE NOT LABELED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE YOUR CIDERY AND CIDER NAME CLEARLY PRINTED AND ATTACHED TO THE BOTTLE, GROWLER, OR CAN!
Each entry will consist of:
THREE capped or corked bottles if 750 ml
FOUR capped or corked bottles if 500 ml, 22 or 16 oz
SIX cans if 12 oz
PLEASE READ THE RULES EVEN IF THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST YEAR ENTERING!
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PRINT ANY LABELS THIS YEAR! IF YOU ARE ENTERING BOTTLES THAT ARE NOT LABELED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE YOUR CIDERY AND CIDER NAME CLEARLY PRINTED AND ATTACHED TO THE BOTTLE.
If you want to be a new judge or a steward and have never completed a training, please sign up here.
$70 per entry is the NWCA member price. Non members pay $100 per entry. You must pay your entry fee for your entry to be confirmed unless you qualify as a New Cidery (starting after June 1, 2019) and have applied for two free entries. If you are a new cidery, please email MJ at info@nwcider.com
This website will be updated when all free entries have been claimed. The Best New Cidery of the Year Award also comes with a $500 cash prize.
It is strongly recommended that you have a second browser open when you are entering ciders and have the "Info" tab open so you can refer to the Category Requirements. Competition organizers may reclassify ciders into the correct category if they notice a cider is entered in the wrong category, but it is not their responsibility to do so. If your cider is entered in the incorrect category and judged there, it will likely not do well!
Rules and Provisions:
- The shipper must pay all customs, duty, and shipping fees.
- All entries become the property of the Northwest Cider Association.
- Any portion of the entries remaining after the competition may be used in any way as seen fit by the Northwest Cider Association.
- Entrants must be a licensed cidery producing cider in the territory of the Northwest Cider Association which is currently Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. Ciders made in the territory but not sold by a cidery licensed in the territory may not enter.
- Entry fees will not be reimbursed if cider shipment does not arrive, or arrives broken.
Cidery Entry Eligibility:
- All entries must be currently available for sale or destined for sale in the near future.
- All ciders must be made with 90% or more by volume apple juice not from concentrate. Perries must be made with 90% or more by volume pear juice not from concentrate. Change from previous years -- concentrate may be used for backsweetening. The only exception to this rule will be the Specialty category, which has no limitations.
- All entries must be made by cideries licensed within the territory of the Northwest Cider Association. This means that cideries in other states making cider via a contract with a producer in the region may not enter their ciders.
Rules for use of competition awards and feedback in marketing:
- Ciders that win a medal or award may reference that award via on-package marketing materials only with the prior written approval from the PICC planning committee, for which the committee will not unreasonably withhold approval.
- Vintage/dated ciders that win a medal or award may only reference that award for ciders of the same vintage/production date.
- Use of any award in a misleading way may result in that award being rescinded and the offending producer being barred from future competitions.
- Producers are responsible for ensuring that distributors, retailers and restaurants use awards in advertising and marketing in accordance with competition rules. Failure to maintain proper control of the use of these awards may also result in the award being rescinded and in ineligibility to compete in future competitions.
- Feedback is supplied to aid producers in understanding how ciders were perceived by judges and what the relative strengths and weaknesses were perceived to be. Individual judges’ comments are not to be quoted for marketing purposes without the express prior approval of the PICC planning committee.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the gold medal winners.
Competition Official
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- MJ Harris — NWCA Administrator
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Judging Locations and Dates
TBD
04/26/2020 at 08:30, PDT