Art Contest
Contest Details
The Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE) invites you to submit original artwork for the 35th Anniversary Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade on September 19, 2026. The winning artwork will represent this milestone event across posters, advertising, and promotional materials. For 2026, we welcome both fine art and graphic design submissions.
The Colorado Winefest Art Contest is open to Colorado residents 21 years of age or older.
As Winefest embraces a new, upscale and more curated format for its 35th year, we are seeking artwork that captures the spirit of Colorado wine, showcasing the vibrancy, elegance, and diversity of our state’s wine industry. Artwork should reflect a statewide identity, rather than focusing on one specific region.
The Winefest Art Committee will select finalists, and the winning artwork will be chosen by the public through online voting. The winning piece will be purchased for $700 (which includes all exclusive reproduction rights and copyrights). All eligible entries will be displayed online at ColoradoWinefest.com, and all entries (excluding the winning artwork) must be for sale.
Timeline
January 2, 2026 — Entry form(s), fee(s), and artwork submissions due at ColoradoWinefest.com
January 10, 2026 — Online voting begins
January 31, 2026 — Winning artwork announced
January 10 – February 2, 2026 — All submitted artwork on display online at ColoradoWinefest.com
Thank you for supporting the Colorado wine industry and the arts. We look forward to seeing your vision help mark this special 35th anniversary year of Colorado Mountain Winefest.
Qualifications:
- Artist must be a Colorado resident 21 years of age or older
- All art entries must be two-dimensional (Photography and 3D art are not eligible)
- Entries should represent Colorado’s growing wine industry
- Deadline for entry is Friday, January 3rd, 2025 by 5:00pm
Artists may submit more than one piece of artwork at a fee of $20.00 per piece. Previously submitted artwork is acceptable. All artwork submitted will be displayed online at ColoradoWinefest.com as well as promoted to over 25,000 subscribers!
For more information, please call CAVE: 970.464.0111
2025 WinnerErin Wright – “Blissfully Satisfied”
2025 Art Contest Entries
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Art Contest!
Celebration Time
Mountain Grapes
Wine with Merlot the Cat
A bottle of Colorado JOY!
Cheers to Colorado Wine Under a Moonlit Night
Untitled
Wine Season
Wine on the Western Slope
Vintner’s Sunset
The Sweetness of Their Song
Peace of Patchwork
Harvest
Coloring Page – Winefest
