Hard Copy 2020 ASVO Best Practice Recommendations
The development of the 2020 ASVO Wine Show Best Practice Recommendations was a rigorous process that took nearly a year, with many conversations, consultations, subcommittees, meetings and drafts. We drew comments and information formally and informally from the wider show system, networks and organisations. During the consultation process we were pleased with the level of use of and engagement by shows with the previous version of BPR’s.The advisory committee of 17 represented all the wine show system, the exhibitors, the organisers, the critics and the judges from around Australia.
The recommendations reflect the evolution over the last five years and introduce and expand on topics including judge diversity, hygiene requirements, term of appointment of judges, relaxation on the minimum volume required to exhibit, and the removal of award transferability. The document has also been revised to become a more succinct, easier to read set of recommendations. Where differences of opinion exist across the industry, the recommendations reflect the debate and will continue to evolve in time.
Ms Louisa Rose, Chair of the ASVO Wine Show Technical Advisory Committee