MERLOT - Awards & Reviews
2001CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR WINE COMPETITION
The first California State Fair was established in 1854 to enhance the State's reputation in agriculture and recognize California's commercially important vintners and grape growers. In 2000 a panal of 48 judges sampled 2,075 wines from 388 of California's finest wineries, and the event only grows more with each passing year.
BEST OF CLASS - GOLD MEDAL -- July2005
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.
GOLD MEDAL -- May2005
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.
SILVER MEDAL -- March2004
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, we received 3,064 entries. We had 49 judges who awarded 1,136 medals.
SILVER MEDAL -- February2005
THE 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.
BRONZE MEDAL -- May2003
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 -- May2003
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
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WINE COMPETITION
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. In 2004 a record breaking 565 California wineries entered more that 2,500 wine entries for the competition from wine regions in California, and those numbers grow every year.
BRONZE MEDAL -- January2005
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.
BRONZE MEDAL -- March2005
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