Participate in the Organic Wine Contest
The Challenge Millésime BIO 2025 contest will take place in Montpellier on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th of January 2025
> Prerequisites for participation
- We remind you this contest is open to organic wines and wines made from grapes certified organic under current European regulations. Wines in conversion are not eligible for entry.
- Only packaged wines ready for commercialisation are permitted. Wines in vats “brut de cuve” are accepted only if they closely resemble "ready for bottling" conditions, representing the final blend to be bottled. It’s in your best interest to present wines in their optimal tasting condition
- The wines must come from a homogeneous batch available for sale, with quantities greater than or equal to 1000 litres for red, white and rosé still and sparkling wines and, 100 litres for liqueur wines, natural sweet wines, orange wines and straw wines. The wines must come from a clearly identified batch.
Download the Challenge Millesime BIO Wine Contest Rules
> Registration of wines in the contest
Steps to register online :
If you have previously created a MyVitibio account for registering for the Millésime BIO exhibition or joining Sudvinbio, please note that the first two steps are not required. In this scenario, you only need to log in.
1. Create a Personal Account
- Create a personal account linked to your email address, enabling you to access MyVitibio at any time.
2. Create a Company Account
- Establish a company account and provide all relevant information regarding your participating company.
3. Wine Registration
a. Fill out the online form with details regarding the wine you wish to enter.
b. For each wine submitted, upload the mandatory documents to your online space. You can find the comprehensive list of required documents for download below.
c. After inputting all your wine entries, click on the "I have finished my registration" button. This step will initiate the file verification process by the contest team.
d. Make the participation fee payment using options such as credit card, cheque, or bank transfer. Upon successful verification of your file by the contest team, you will receive an invoice corresponding to your payment.
Please note that wines with incomplete registration files will not be eligible for tasting.
Download the List of Mandatory Documents
> Important information
- Each company may enter a maximum of 15 wines.
- We will limit the total number of samples, so once our quota is reached, the registration site will close, even if the deadline (December 4th) has not passed.
We advise you to register early, provide all sample information upfront, and send your samples as early as possible.
> Participation Fees and Payment Methods :
- The participation fee for each registered wine is 80€, excluding VAT, for countries outside France, and 96€, including VAT, for France.
- You can make the registration fee payment through the following methods:
- Credit card payment via the registration site.
- Bank transfer using the Sudvinbio bank details provided below.
- Cheque (for French participants only), made out to Sudvinbio.
Download Registration Fees and Terms of Payment
> Sending samples
Prepare the packages with the samples
- You must include the wine presentation sheet inside the box. This sheet can be downloaded from your online registration area.
- For each wine registered, you are required to provide 3 bottles of 75 cl each. These bottles should be labeled. If your wine does not yet have its final label, you can attach the visual of the label from the previous vintage while modifying the relevant information, or use a white label with the cuvée name and the necessary legal information.
- Please be aware that any wine registered without the minimum number of bottles (3 bottles of 75 cl) will not be presented at the tasting.
- If your wines are packaged in different bottle sizes, please adhere to the following quantities for each registered wine:
- 4 bottles if the wine is packaged in 50 cl
- 6 bottles if the wine is packaged in 25 cl
- 2 BIBs of a maximum 5 liters each if your wine is packaged in BIB format.
> Dates for receiving samples
- For wines from vintages prior to 2024: Registration is open from November 4th to December 6th, 2024.
- For wines from the 2024 vintage: Registration is open from November 4th to December 20th, 2024.
Please note that this additional registration period is exclusively for wines from the 2024 vintage.
> Shipping samples
Before sending your samples, don't forget to attach the wine description sheet which can be downloaded from your online space.
Delivery address for samples :
Challenge Millésime BIO 2025
515 Rue de l'Industrie
34070 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
Enter the following GPS coordinates for accurate directions: :
Latitude : 43.58619 / Longitude : 3.88285
Our premises are located in a shared office space. PLEASE, do not leave your packages at the reception; instead, deliver them directly to Challenge Millésime BIO.
Mobile number to give to the person in charge of the delivery : 06 65 64 43 28 - marion.aslanian@sudvinbio.com
Reception hours
From 8:30 am to 4 : 30 pm, Monday to Friday
For any additional information, you can contact us by email at the following address: anastasia.beer@sudvinbio.com or by phone at +33 06 24 01 88 52
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