SUBMISSIONS FOR OCTOBER 2025 ARE NOW OPEN
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October 2025 is the next tasting competition.
Submission and Payment Deadline September 10, 2025
Samples Delivery Deadline September 20, 2025
Winners Announced: November 5, 2025
AWARDS!
Each product is double-blind tested on a 100-point scaling system rated by category. Judges base scores on Aroma, Taste, Body, Finish and Smoothness. We are an independent product rating and review source.
WHAT “DOUBLE-BLIND” MEANS?
Blind for the Judges:
Judges have no knowledge of the brand, packaging, or producer. They only see the spirit in an unmarked glass—no bottle, no label, nothing that could sway their opinion.
WHY IT MATTERS:
No brand bias (famous brands don’t get favoritism).
No packaging influence (fancy bottles or names don’t affect scoring).
Focus purely on Aroma, Taste, Body, Finish and quality.
HOW TO ENTER?
Step 1 – Entry Form
1. Fill in the Tequila & Spirits Magazine Tasting Awards "ONLINE ENTRY FORM” details of your spirits/beverages that you want to enter in the competition.
Step 2 - Payment
1. Proceed to online payment via Credit Card, at end of page.
ENTRY FEE - SPIRITS, BEVERAGES
Entry Fee:
$400.00 per entry
Acceptable payment type:
Major Credit Card
Please remember that payment is required for all entry on or before submission deadline
September 10, 2025.
2. Upon payment, you will receive an email receipt and accounting of your entries.
Step 3 - Shipping Spirits/Beverages
1. Once you ship your samples, please send the tracking details to tequilaandspirits@gmail.com
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WHO CAN ENTER THE AWARDS?
Tequila & Spirits Magazine Awards is for the owners, producers, and importers of spirits brands. Permission must be obtained by the brand owner if you are not associated with the brand. Only products that are available for commercial sale are accepted.
There is no limit to the number of entries per producer.
Spirits and beverages entered in previous competitions are welcome to participate.
Tequila & Spirits Magazine reserves the right to photograph any entry and reproduce it in catalogs, posters, publications or on our website, and in publicity printed by us.
Tequila & Spirits Magazine reserves the right to use any unopened sample bottles that are extra or do not advance to sweepstakes in promotional giveaways on its websites, special events and social media channels.
SO, WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
The tasting panel members is made up of passionate aficionados, bartenders, professional retailers, restaurateurs, journalists, buyers, and sommeliers.
HOW WE SCORE?
DOUBLE GOLD --- 96-100 points - Superior
GOLD ------------- 90-95 points - Exceptional
SILVER ------------- 80-89 points - Highly Recommended
BRONZE ----------- 70-79 points - Recommended
69/NR points ----- Not Recommended
HOW DO I GET MY RESULTS?
You will be notified of your results automatically via email to the address associated with your registration.
SAMPLES REQUIRED
Each entry submitted will require two (2)750ml (or 700ml ) bottles per entry.
Shipping cost is covered by the entrant.
Any samples sent from outside the U.S. must be cleared through a licensed U.S. importer.
Tequila & Spirits is not responsible for shipments held up in customs or any import/duty fees. Please use your importer. We are not responsible for any lost shipments and or the return of any packages.
SHIPPING ADDRESS:
Tequila & Spirits Magazine
13089 Peyton Dr., Suite #C295
Chino Hills, CA 91709
BENEFITS:
By entering our tasting awards, your spirits/beverages will receive the exposure that’s important for sales and international recognition. Award winning spirits are more valuable.
Tequila & Spirits Magazine has a global audience, opening up opportunities for market expansion beyond your current distribution areas.
- Use of our Tequila & Spirits Magazine award logo artwork
- Digital Award Medal
- Digital Award Certificate
Once the winners are announced, a digital award medal will be provided. This can be used not only in your own advertising and marketing materials but also in promotions by those who sell and distribute your products on your behalf.
In order to protect the reputations of those brands that were not awarded medals we will not disclose the names of all those who have entered.
Tequilaandspirits.com website:
- Published review with bottle image
- A SHOP NOW button on your product’s review page to help boost
your e-commerce sales
Social Media:
- 1x Social Media post
EXCLUSIVE OFFER:
Participating brands with minimum of three (3) paid entries will receive:
$300.00 Advertising Credit for media services offered by Tequila & Spirits Magazine.
You will be notified of your “Discount Code” automatically via email to the address associated with your registration, on or after November 12, 2025. Restrictions apply.
SPECIAL OFFER:
Each participating brand will be automatically entered into a drawing to win a complimentary
half-page advertisement, valued at $700.00
Winner Selection. On or after November 12, 2025 three (3) “half-page ad” Prize Winners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received.
Prizes and Odds. Each winner will receive a credit worth $700.00 for “half-page ad” advertising credit media offered by Tequila & Spirits Magazine. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified automatically via email to the address associated with your registration. Restrictions apply.
REFUND POLICY?
Entries may be canceled up to 14 days after payment. No refund of an Entry Fee will be given in any circumstances. The entry fee can be used as a credit for future use. We offer the option to replace your entry fee with any media services offer by Tequila & Spirits Magazine.
We are not responsible for any lost shipments and or the return of any packages; we take no responsibility for the returning of any spirits/beverages received.
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KEY DATES:
- Restration ends September 10, 2025
- Samples Delivery Deadline September 20, 2025
- Tasting Date: October 2025
- Winners Announced: November 5, 2025
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