Big Fat Wine

Trade Samples

If you are interested in sending us wine, wine books, or other lifestyle products to review, please ship them to:

Jona Christoe
The Big Fat Wine Co.
32802 Military Road So.
Federal Way, WA 98001

• Our review of wine trade samples is conducted under carefully controlled and consistent   procedures.
• We ask that you send two (2) bottles of each wine submitted.

By sending us anything for review, you understand and acknowledge the following conditions of your submission:

1. There is no guarantee that we will review your product.
2. There is no guarantee that the review will be positive if we do review your product.
3. We will make full disclosure that this product is a trade sample if we comment on it in our blog.

1. Tasting Procedures

1. When wine is received, it is covered up and coded by a member of the Big Fat Wine team not involved in the tasting and evaluation process.
2. All tastings are blind. The varietal and country and/or state of origin are known but the producer and price are not.
3. Tastings are normally scheduled for late morning.
4. The same tasting room is used each time for consistency and fairness.
5. If a bottle appears corked or exhibits another flaw, the second bottle is tasted.
6. See “Our Scoring System” for a complete explanation of our ratings system.