Challenge Millesime BIO contest

              The Largest Global Organic Wine and Beer Competition

Created and managed by Sudvinbio, an interprofessional association representing organic wine producers and marketers in the Occitanie region, the world contest fo organic wines and beers, the official competition of the Millésime BIO trade fair, is the largest global competition for organic wines and beers.

Established in 2007, it now features over 2,000 organic wines from all around the world. Every year, more and more organic producers from France and abroad register to participate in the most important organic wine tasting event in the world.

To preside over the jury of 450 professional tasters, we had the honor in 2024 of welcoming Brazilian sommelier Gaby Benicio, who received the Michelin Sommelier Award in 2023. She heads the restaurant Äponem, located in the West Hérault region, which has been awarded both its first Michelin star and a green star. Her professionalism and commitment to sustainable and responsible gastronomy make her an ideal choice as jury president.

Since 2022, the Challenge Millésime BIO competition has been delighted to welcome international organic beers, with over 150 organic beers now included! The competition team is consistently supported by Elisabeth Pierre (beer expert, author, professional zythology trainer, speaker, international beer judge, and founder of the Bierissima circle).

The medals have been redesigned, and a special medal for beer has been added

Our Objective: To Highlight Quality Organic Wines and Beers

• Organizing a Quality Competition

Each edition, we put our expertise at the service of the participants to offer a professional tasting experience that respects the products entrusted to us. An ideally lit tasting room, tasting equipment suited to the products, controlled storage and service temperatures, and carefully maintained bottle anonymity are part of our stringent requirements.

• Surrounding Ourselves with a Jury of Experts

We place great importance on the selection of our jury, as it defines the reputation of our competition and the value of the awards given to the wines and beers presented. We confidently organize each edition with a roster of competent tasters. The application of each new taster is reviewed by us and approved if it meets our selection criteria. It is important for us to mix highly knowledgeable amateur tasters with industry professionals to foster rich exchanges about the products being tasted.

• Offering Dynamic and Diverse Communication to the Winners

In addition to the communication materials provided to the winners (diploma, medals to be affixed to the labels of awarded products), the competition offers unparalleled communication through its synergy with the largest international organic trade fair, Millésime BIO, which includes wines, beers, and other alcoholic beverages.

This media exposure is complemented by the opportunity to be present in a dedicated tasting area for medal winners, set up in the heart of the trade fair, an event expected to draw nearly 11,000 professional buyers.

The winners' list is also communicated to a database of over 53,000 professional buyers (wine merchants, hotels, restaurants, retailers, distributors, supermarkets, exporters, wholesalers, etc.). The communication of the winners' list is further supported by both specialized and mainstream media outlets.