Winning the Millésima Blog Awards is an exciting and unique experience.
Join us for an unforgettable experience at some of the most prestigious châteaux of the Bordeaux wine region. Bound by this shared experience, winners become part of the Millésima network and life-long ambassadors to Bordeaux. Share your posts about wine with our international community and be rewarded for your writing, photography, video-making or other wine-related content creation!
In this 2020 edition, you will have the choice between 5 categories:
WINE TRAVEL AWARD
Take us on an adventure through your writing! This category explores unique wine travel experiences, either at specific wine estates or, more generally, to different wine regions of the world.
FORMAT: Written blog post OR Video post
WINE & INNOVATION AWARD
This category focuses on innovative ideas in the wine industry, from avant-garde viticultural practices to wine production, new marketing strategies and advances in wine tourism.
FORMAT: Written blog post OR Video post
FOOD & WINE PAIRING AWARD
This category is dedicated to the eternal link between gastronomy and wine. Make our mouths water with an original food and wine pairing, or tell us about a unique regional pairing tradition.
FORMAT: Written blog post OR Video post
WINE REPORTER AWARD
This category rewards talent for communicating about wine. Submitted work will be judged on the basis of originality and style, with a wide range of wine-related topics accepted. The key word here : Literary quality
FORMAT: Written blog post OR Video post
WINE IMAGE AWARD
FORMAT: Photo, Video OR Other Image post (e.g.: digital art, infographic)
DEADLINES
THE GRAND PRIZE
Grand prize winners will be offered an all-expenses paid trip to Bordeaux during the famous “En-Primeur” week.
A fully immersive wine experience from March 28 to April 3, 2020: six nights and seven days as VIPs discovering Bordeaux’s wine region and culture!
During their stay, our laureates will:
• Visit the city of Bordeaux, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
• Participate in a fun activity in our extraordinary bicentenary cellars,
• Taste samples of the 2019 vintage from the greatest appellations of Bordeaux, among them the famous Margaux, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe, Saint-Emilion, etc…
• Tour the region as press professionals through a series of official Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) tastings
Pens, notebooks, cameras and drones highly recommended to capture this unparalleled inside look at Bordeaux and share the details of the experience in one of the world’s most iconic wine regions!