The Results for the 3rd Annual USI Vinegar Competition are out!
Congratulations to all participants, especially this year’s medal winners for their outstanding products.
Don’t miss out! Explore all the incredible brands that wowed our tastebuds this year.
Check out the link below to see the full list of winners and their amazing Vinegars!
3rd Annual USI Olive Oil Competition
June 5th 2026
The only international olive oil competition where all the judge are real trade buyers. Judging the olive oil by category and price. Open to all commercially produced olive oils around the world. The olive oil does not have to be sold in the United States. Held at the same time as the USI Vinegar Competition and you may ship your olive oil and vinegar samples together to the competition
Enter Your Beer to the 12th Annual Berlin International Beer Competition March 6th 2026
Only Real Trade Buyers From Around Europe Judging The Beers & Ciders & Hard Seltzers By Category & Price. Open To All Commercially Produced Beers, Ciders and Hard Seltzer From Around The World Top Winners Showcased At Our Booth At Prowein March 2026.
2nd Annual USI Chocolate Competition
May 29th 2026
The only international chocolate competition where all the judge are real trade buyers. Judging the chocolate by category and price. Open to all commercially produced chocolate products from around the world. The chocolate does not have to be sold in the United States.
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The 2026 USI Vinegar Competition Winners announced!
I’m elated to announce a list of elite acetic acid: congratulations to the 2026 USI Vinegar Competition Winners! 2026 surely showed it’s a big balsamic year with over 20 medals in the category, and Modena’s own La Vecchia Dispensa as the European Vinegar Maker of the Year — garnering golds for their red and violet labels, as well as our only Double Gold for their Black Pearl IGP! Monari Federzoni wins a gold in back-to-back years, as Fattorie Giacobazzi, gets one on their first try, with silvers for Mazzetti, Acetaia Malpighi and Jordan Olivenoel.
A Canadian, Surrette Condiments, is the North American Winner, and brings apples into eminence. Hudson Valley Vinegar holds steady with a nice, bright showing, while Michigan celebrates its cherry culture with medals for Red Truck Orchards and Little Long Ear Provisions, who also was awarded for their “deep, dark and decidedly different” black garlic, as we previously profiled in our As Sweet (and Sour) As Cherry Pie article. All in all, it was a great year for vinegar (as noted by The New York Times: Ingredient of 2026 … we can’t wait to see what you all have fermenting for the next USI Vinegar Competition!
With acidity,
Michael Harlan Turkell (The Vinegar Professor)
