Dr. Bill Morris
University of Tennessee
Competition Chairman
Who We Are
Wines of the South is an annual regional wine competition designed to
promote and celebrate
the great tastes of Southern vintages.
For the past twenty years, the Tennessee Farm Winegrowers Association (TFWA)
has held a wine competition that was also open to wineries in the states
contiguous to Tennessee. With the creation of the Wines of the South
Competition, all southern wineries now have a unique venue in which we can
compare, compete, and promote one another’s winemaking art! In 2002, the
University of Tennessee joined the TFWA to help coordinate this new wine
competition. Dr. Bill Morris, Professor of Food Sciences UT, is the
competition Chairman. He coordinates the entire competition: from
contacting the judges to shipping the medals.
Wineries in fourteen states
are invited to participate. Those states include:
Experienced professionals from around the region judge the entries. All
wines are judged blind, served in an INAO tasting glass at the appropriate
temperature, and ranked with the industry standard 20-point scale.
Alabama