Got a quickie message from Patti Levenson from the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum with a reminder about an upcoming event. In it, she says:

Forgot to mention that you can see all the info about the Napa Valley Mustard Festival & World-Wide Mustard Competition at www.mustardfestival.org.

If you know any mustard makers that should enter, let them know that the deadline for entry is Jan 19th (really until the first judging day) so there’s still time to enter.

Sounds like a must for those who make spicy mustards! Checking the website, here’s the skinny on the contest:

World Wide Mustard Competition

The Competition

The Napa Valley Mustard Festival presents the eleventh annual World-Wide Mustard Competition in 2007.

The deadline for entries is January 19, 2007. There are 19 categories from Sweet-Hot to Classic Dijon. The competition is overseen by Barry Levenson, curator of the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.

Medals for first, second, and third place in each category will be presented at The Awards on the evening of Friday, March 16.

Nancy Bartush, owner of Silver Spring Gardens, receives the Grand Champion Award of The Napa Valley Mustard Festival World-Wide Mustard Competition for their Silver Spring Gardens Bookbinder’s Horseradish Mustard, at The Awards, 2004

Guidelines for the Competition are available by clicking here: World Wide Mustard Competition Guidelines & Entry Form (84 Kb PDF).

Barry Levenson, Curator of The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, provides the guidelines for the World-Wide Mustard Competition and has coordinated the judging panel since it was launched in 1995. Barry and his wife, Patti, attend The Awards and The Marketplace as honored guests of the Napa Valley Mustard Festival.

Mustard and gourment product companies are invited to participate in The Marketplace ~ The Festival Signature Event – (not required in order to particpate in the Competition) – Please contact us regarding participation in this event for Connoisseurs.

The Marketplace

Celebrate the mustard season and taste mustards from around the world at The Marketplace, the Napa Valley Mustard Festival’s Signature Event, on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, in Napa.

Mustards and an array of gourmet products will be showcased alongside sensational Wine Country cuisine, world famous wines, hearty craft brews, and fine arts and crafts. Explore the best of Napa Valley at The Marketplace during the most beautiful time of year in the Wine Country, when the brilliant gold of mustard in bloom carpets hillsides, valleys and vineyards.