CANYONVILLE, Ore. - The Umpqua Valley Winegrowers Association recently staged the 43rd Greatest of the Grape as J. Scott Cellars and Abacela left Oregon's oldest wine event with the top awards. J. Scott Cellars, a Eugene project by Silvan Ridge winemaker Jonathan Scott Oberlander, won the professional judges' best of show for its 2011 Grenache. Abacela's 2009 Estate Syrah … [Read more...] about Awards for Abacela wines go beyond Tempranillo in Oregon
Wine competitions
Northwest wines win top medals at Florida competition
EAST PALATKA, Fla. - Northwest wines won 12 gold medals from the 26th annual Florida State Fair International Wine Competition. Leading the way with three gold medals were Barking Frog, a winery in Carlton, Ore., that uses primarily Washington grapes, and Kiona Vineyards Winery on Washington's Red Mountain. Kiona also received six silver medals. Kitzke Cellars on Candy … [Read more...] about Northwest wines win top medals at Florida competition
Tasting Cabernet Sauvignon
On Thursday, the Great Northwest Wine crew tasting through 140 Cabernet Sauvignons, a blind judging for Wine Press Northwest magazine. These Cabernet Sauvignons were from Washington, Oregon and Idaho and ranged from $8 to $85 per bottle, so we got to see a real range of red wines. How do we judge 140 wines in the space of six hours? First of all, we have two panels of … [Read more...] about Tasting Cabernet Sauvignon
A closer look at some Northwest wines at the San Francisco Chronicle judging
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition - the Daytona 500 of North American wine judgings - presented the best of its 5,500 entries for the sweepstakes round last Friday in Cloverdale, Calif. Now that we've had a chance to sort through the decoder ring and the 180-page binder of results from the wine competition, here are some of the best wines from the Pacific … [Read more...] about A closer look at some Northwest wines at the San Francisco Chronicle judging
How Northwest wines fared at the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Here are the medals won by Pacific Northwest wineries in the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, held in Cloverdale, Calif. Best in class Airfield Estates 2011 Barbera, Yakima Valley, $28 Barnard Griffin 2011 Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, $14 Gordon Brothers Cellars 2009 Merlot, Columbia Valley, $21 Kiona Vineyards Winery 2011 Chenin Blanc, Columbia … [Read more...] about How Northwest wines fared at the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition