There is no wine competition that excites us more than San Francisco. It’s like sending our wines into the lion’s den. The competition is fierce! All the ‘big guys’ enter wines in San Francisco. The judges come from all corners of the wine world. This year, five of our wines emerged from the competition with medals! Our Stinger Mead was declared the best mead in the competition with a gold medal (again). Our Nokomis, Deer Garden Red and Merlot won silver medals. Our Nicollet won a bronze medal! We’re so proud of all of our awards and delighted that our Minnesota wines have been recognized as some of the best in the world!
Winehaven won 11 medals at the International Eastern Wine Competition in New York. The Strawberry-Rhubarb and Raspberry Wines earned top honors with scores of 94 and 92 respectively. The Nicollet white wine from the newly patented Nicollet grape received its first award ever - a silver. The newly bottled 2017 Nokomis wine won a silver medal competing in the $40.00 per bottle and higher category. A complete listing of the award winning wines is listed below:
Strawberry-Rhubarb Wine: Gold Medal
Raspberry Wine: Gold Medal
Nokomis: Silver Medal
Nicollet: Silver Medal
Marquette Reserve: Silver Medal
Marechal Foch: Silver Medal
Lakeside Rosé: Silver Medal
LaCrescent: Silver Medal
Cranberrry Wine: Silver Medal
Frontenac Gris: Bronze Medal
Deer Garden Red: Bronze Medal
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