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GOLD STRIPE CHARDONNAY - Awards & Reviews
2005
2003
2002


2005

GOLD STRIPE CHARDONNAY 2005 5/07

A double gold is awarded when all the judges on a panel give the wine a gold medal rating. We were quite proud to receive unanimous golds on our 2005 Gold Stripe Chardonnay.   

DOUBLE GOLD -- INTERNATIONAL EASTERN WINE COMPETITION - May2007


GRAND HARVEST AWARDS

SILVER -- GRAND HARVEST AWARDS - March2007


DALLAS MRONING NEWS WINE COMPETITION

SILVER -- DALLAS MORNING NEWS WINE COMPETITION - April2007


WEST COAST WINE COMPETITION

SILVER -- WEST COAST WINE COMPETITION - June2006


WINE ENTHUSIAST

"Crisp and Zesty, this Chardonnay has very bright, pure flavors of tangerines, limes, pinapple and vanilla-carmel oak. High acidity balances the honeyed sweetness.” S.H.   

87 POINTS -- WINE ENTHUSIAST - May2007


CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR WINE COMPETITION

The State Fair Commercial Wine Competition is the oldest and most prestigious wine competition in North America and is open to California bonded wineries selling retail. The competition is limited to California wineries.

  

GOLD AND BEST OF CLASS -- June2007


California State Fair Wine Competition

  

SILVER -- June2006



2003

GOLD STRIPE CHARDONNAY 2003 - 3/1/06

Silver -- New World International Wine Competition - Ontario, CA - March2006


GOLD STRIPE CHARDONNAY

SILVER -- RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION - April2006



2002

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS WINE COMPETITION



The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition was established in 1985 in order to provide consumers with a gudie to high quality wines. For the 2005 competition, they received 3,064 entries and had 49 judges who awarded 1,136 medals.   

SILVER MEDAL -- April2004


GRAND HARVEST AWARDS



The Grand Harvest Awards is a unique wine judging that spotlights American viticultural regions by identifying the most outstanding wines from these areas. The 2005 event judged over 1,300 entries from both the United States and Canada, and a few from overseas.

  

BRONZE MEDAL -- March2004


SAN DIEGO NATIONAL WINE COMPETITION



The judges of the San Diego National Wine Competition includes winemakers, wine writers, educators, wine trade professionals, and wine enthusiasts with experience and proven proficiency judging wine. In 2003 it became the third-largest wine competition in the nation with more than 2,700 entries in 2003.
  

SILVER MEDAL -- April2004


THE SALINAS VALLEY FAIR WINE COMPETITION



The Salinas Valley Fair includes 282 international producers who sent in over 1,300 different wines to King City, each with the hope of draping their bottles with a medal from the Monterey Wine Competition. This year judges awarded 100 gold medals, 257 silver medals and 474 bronze medals. About 30 of the gold medal winners were nominated for the sweepstake.
  

SILVER MEDAL -- May 01, 2004


WEST COAST WINE COMPETITION



The event is sponsored by Vineyard & Winery Management , whose wine competition experience spans more than 25 years, and is operated by a nucleus of industry professionals. Participants now include wineries from California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico as well as producers in British Columbia, Austrailia, New Zealand and Western Mexico.   

SILVER MEDAL -- April2004


ORANGE COUNTY FAIR



The Orange County Fair's competition is the largest and most comprehensive judging of California wines in the world.   

SILVER MEDAL -- June2004


NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION



Jerry D. Mead's New World International Wine Competition was established in 1990. It was his desire to establish a wine competition that, for the first time in America and perhaps the world, to pit the best wines from each price class against each other resulting in a Best of Variety award.   

SILVER MEDAL -- March 01, 2005


LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR WINE COMPETITION



The L.A. County Fair wine competition is the oldest county fair wine tasting in the nation. The event began in 1935 with only 16 judges and fewer than 200 wines. Today, 80 international wine professionals will taste approximately 4,000 wines from more than 700 wineries over the course of three days.   

SILVER MEDAL -- May 01, 2005


RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION



The Riverside International Wine Competition exists to encourage the development of all wines made worldwide by recognizing wines of excellence. There were over 3,000 entries this past year.   

BRONZE MEDAL -- May2004


INTERNATIONAL EASTERN WINE COMPETITION



The IEWC was established in 1975 to judge and promote all wines marketed in the United States and Canada. Today, it is one of the largest and most competitive tastings in North America, topping over 2,300 entries in recent years with wines from 16 countries and 34 states.   

BRONZE MEDAL -- May2005


SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION



In 2004 a record breaking 565 California wineries entered more that 2,500 wine entries for the competition from wine regions in California. In 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is open to all commercial bonded wineries with wines bottled or grapes produced from California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho wine regions.   

BRONZE MEDAL -- January2005


PACIFIC RIM INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION



As one of the largest and most respected wine competitions in the west, the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition receives entries from throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, and New Zealand. The Pacific Rim International Wine Competition has grown from approximately 100 entries in 1985 to over 2200 entries in 2005.   

BRONZE MEDAL -- March2005






 
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