“ The best wines selected byaccomplished female wine professionals ”

The 12th

Japan Women’s
Wine Awards

2025
Entry Period :Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 –Saturday, November 30th, 2024
Award Announcement :Thursday, February 27th, 2025

www.sakuraaward.com

The 12th

Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2025
Now in its 12th year, SAKURA AWARDS have been aiming to “find wines that go wellwith Japanese food culture”, “increase wine consumption”, and “expand opportunities for
women working in the wine industry”. Thanks to everyone’s support, the award-winningwines have been well received by consumers and are steadily gaining recognition.
In particular, The Best Pairing with Japanese and Asian Cuisine, which responds toconsumer needs, has become a hot topic of discussion as a unique award that can only befound at SAKURA AWARDS.
The results of the judging by women in Japan are highly trusted by producers, and since
the third year we have been receiving more than 4,000 entries. In addition, the numbers ofentries from BIO wines and sustainable wines, which are of great interest to consumers, andfrom Eastern Europe, which is still unfamiliar to Japan, are increasing.
SAKURA AWARDS will continue to move into the future with the aim of contributing
to the development of wine culture.

Yumi Tanabe , President

SCHEDULE

NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY COUNTRY

Entry Period:

5000

October 1st (Tue), 2024 –November 30th (Sat), 2024

4500

Delivery Period :

3500

2500

Tasting Session :20004222

4023

2904

1922

1500
1000

February 27 th (Thu), 2025

50002015

2016

France2014

Italy

Spain

Portugal

South Africa

ENTRY PROCEDURE
Entry Registration create ID and password, sign in to MyPage

3Entry Period : October 1st (Tue), 2024 – November 30 th (Sat), 2024 (JST)Confirmation of the number ofCredit Card or Bank Transfer
entries and payment of entry fees.

2017
ChileArgentina

2018

2019

JapanNew Zealand

2020

2021

U.S.A.

Australia

Germany

2022

2023

2024

Otherswww.sakuraaward.com

Please refer to the entry procedure on the SAKURA AWARDS official website.

24652

4333

3543

3000

Announcement of Diamond Trophy,
Double Gold, Gold, Silver andSpecial Awards Grand Prix winners
on SAKURA AWARDS official website :14562
4326

4000

October 1st (Tue), 2024 –December 10th (Thu), 2024January 28th (Tue), 2025 in Tokyo andFebruary 4th (Tue), 2025 in Osaka42124342

Register wine information on MyPage,
after payment is completed.

4Sample Delivery: 2 bottles (750ml) each item.
Period of the delivery: October 1st (Tue), 2024 – December 10th (Tue), 2024

Early Bird Discount : 5% discount, if the payment is made by credit card and by October 31st (Thu), 2024.

RULES OF ENTRY●●Sample Delivery

1. Please deliver the samples to the designated address by the deadline,
by December 10th, 2024.

Entry Qualification

1. Only wines made exclusively from grapes are eligible to enter.
2. Fruit wines or aromatized wines are not accepted. The use of extracts
other than grapes (fruit, coffee, etc.) is also excluded.

3. Wine producers, exporters, importers, distributors and wine dealers
are eligible to enter.

4. The entry can be made regardless of the gender of winemakers.

2. The delivery address is informed on our website.
3. Download the outer carton sheet with QR code and wine number on
MyPage and attach to the outer box.

4. Please attach Wine Code to each sample bottle when shipping.
5. All the cost for shipping including insurance, customs clearance, duty& tax etc. must be borne by applicants.

6. When shipping, please clearly write "Samples No Commercial Value"on the enclosed invoice and box.

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7. “SAKURA” Japan Womenʼs Wine Awards Office is not responsible forEntry Categories

1. Still Red Wine 2. Still White Wine 3. Still Rosé Wine
4. Sparkling and Semi Sparkling Wine 5. Sweet Wine 6. Fortified Wine
7. Orange Wine 8. Low Alcohol Wine 9. Non-Alcoholic Wine●er, for the Sweet Wine and Fortified Wine categories, the annual production volume must be at least 500 bottles (750ml).

2. The bottle size of the sample must be less than 2,000ml.
3. For canned wines and bag in boxes (BIB), please make sure to send sam-ples in glass bottles for judging purposes. Once you have received theaward and have completed the packaging change procedure, you can sell
the product.

4. Make sure to register the required information for the judging.
5. We prioritize the wine information such as vintage on the labels of samples.
Number of Entry and Sample Bottles

Judging Session

1. The wines will be judged by blind tasting.
2. The full score is 100 points. The wines marked from 93 to 100 points

are awarded Double Gold, from 88 to less than 93 points are Gold andfrom 85 to less than 88 points are Silver.

3. Diamond Trophy wines will be selected from Double Gold wines.
4. Special awards will be selected from Double Gold, Gold, and Silver wines.
●Award Announcement

1. February, 2025 on SAKURA AWARDS official website
www.sakuraaward.com●

1. There is no limit number of items for entry.
2. Required number of samples for each item is 2 bottles.
●competition. Samples which are not in time for the competition will
not be returned. Also, there will be no refund of the entry fee.

●Entry Criteria

1. Annual production volume must be at least 1,000 bottles (750ml). Howev-●

any damage of the samples during the shipment.

8. If samples arrive after the deadline, they may not be included in theDiploma

1. Award diploma in digital format will be conferred to all winners of
Diamond Trophy, Doble Gold, Gold, Silver and Special awards.

Entry Fee●

1. Entry Fee (10% tax included)

Medal Logo

1. Award-winning companies are privileged to receive the digital medal

Number of items

Entry feefrom 1 to 10 items

24 200.00 JPY each item

11 items and over

21 780.00 JPY each item

＊ For bank transfers, an additional 2 750.00JPY (Tax included) will be charged.

2. Entry fee needs to be paid either by credit card or bank transfer.
3. Early Bird Discount; If the payment is made by credit card by the duedate, before 12:00 AM (Japan Time) on October 31st, 2024, 5% discountcan be applied to the total amount.

4. Applicants must bear all the bank charges for the remittance.
5. The entry fee is non-refundable in any case.
6. After we confirm the payment, it will be considered as completion oflogo for free of charge via MyPage by submitting the agreement formon the condition for use.

2. The medal logo is to be used only for the awarded wines with the relevantvintage. Non-vintage wines may be used only for the same lot.

3. Purchase of the printed medal stickers is available.
●Confidentiality obligations for entry wines

1. Information of the wines entered shall not be disclosed prior to judging.
2. Non awarded wines shall not be disclosed.
3. The scores of judging shall not be disclosed.
4. Non awarded wines will be discarded after the result announcement.

registration.

7. The payment deadline is in two weeks from the date of entry. Moreover,the final date of payment acceptance will be on November 30th, 2024.

8. If it is impossible to hold and operate the tasting assessment due tothe natural disasters such as earthquake and unexpected disaster, theentry fee will not be refunded.

9. Please note that the additional entries cannot be combined with existing applications as a volume discount.

10. For bank transfers, an additional 2 750.00JPY (Tax included) will bechanged as a handling fee.

●●Miscellaneous

1. If there is any doubt about theentry wine, the secretariat will
review and resolve the issue.

2. Information obtained throughthe entry process shall not be
used for any purpose otherthan those related to this judging event.

Registration of company and wine information, and its period

1. Please register by filling out the online form with your company information and wine information by November 30th 2024.

2. The registration period is from October 1st , 10:00 AM (Japan Time) toNovember 30th, 2024, 12:00 AM (Japan Time).

Contact

Any changes to the entry rules will
be announced on the website.

Wine and Spirits Culture Association / “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards office
Akasaka Office Heights, 4-13-5, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 1070052, Japan
Email: entry@sakuraaward.com

www.sakuraaward.com

Tel: +81-3-6229-1727

Fax: +81-3-5570-4341

The SAKURA AWARDS informs consumers about goodwines that are reasonably priced and go well with food.
Diamond Trophy
The most exceptional
wines selected from
Double Gold awarded wines.
Only 1~2% of the total entries.

Double Gold
Wines with average score at
93 to 100 points acrossall categories. Awarded only
5~6% of the total entries.

GoldWines with average score at
88 to less than 93 points acrossall categories.

Special Awards andthe Grand Prix
• Best Woman Winemaker• “ROSE” Wine
• Great Value Sparkling Wine
• “DESSERT” Wine
• “FORTIFIED” Wine
• “ORANGE” Wine
• Lesser-known Grape Varieties in Japanese market• Cost Performance Wine
• Grand Prix Japanese Wine of the year
• The best pairing with Japanese and Asian Cuisine
SUSHI/ TEMPRA / SUKIYAKI / YAKITORI / TEPPANYAKI /JAPANESE POT-AU-FEU / KORIAN / CHINESE / THAI

SilverWines with average score at
85 to less than 88 points acrossall categories.

Award -Winning
Wine Search
You can easily
search foraward winningwines by PC orsmartphone.

• Charity Activities

Activities• Sales Promotion Partners
The number of sales partners has exceeded
145 companies.
Our sales partners are promoting SAKURA
Award-winning wines throughout Japan.

• Support Restaurant
Sakura Support Restaurant aims to expand
sales of award-winning wines in restaurants.
The number of them with award-winningwines on their menu has exceeded 115.

• Supporting Organizations

SAKURA AWARD is actively involved in social contribution activities through charity
events.
In 2024, a limited number of award-winningwine charity sets were sold again and the proceeds were donated to Hokuriku Wineries Association and to the Japanese Grape and Wine
Society (ASEV), which conducts research into
viticulture and winemaking.

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We have been receiving support from theembassies of wine-producing countries in Japan, Japanese winegrowers’ organizations, andoverseas winegrowers’ organizations. The number of sponsors has grown to more than 90 organizations.

“BIO” andSustainable wineStickers

BIO wines (organic, vegan, etc.)
and Sustainable wineries will
be displayed.

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Wine and Spirits Culture Association / “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards office
Akasaka Office Heights, 4-13-5, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 1070052, Japan
Email: entry@sakuraaward.com

www.sakuraaward.com

Tel: +81-3-6229-1727

Fax: +81-3-5570-4341