Super Early Bird Deadline
October 31, 2025
Judging
Date
May 18, 2026
Winners
Announced
June 10, 2026
Founder and co-owner, founded Credo Imports in 2019 with the vision of creating a family-owned company to import and market small production fine wines from family-owned producers in Europe. Arriving in Germany in 2013, Dan fell in love—not just with wine—but with all the romance surrounding visiting vineyards on sunny weekend afternoons. After returning to the U.S. in 2018, he too had a hard time finding quality, small production wines in stores! Realizing that countless exceptional wines weren’t making their way to the United States, he started importing varieties from small producers and more obscure European wine regions