32nd Annual Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition Announces 2008 Results.UKIAH, Calif. -- The Mendocino County Fair has announced the results of its 32nd annual wine competition. Fifty-four wineries entered 255 wines, 100% of them crafted exclusively from Mendocino County winegrapes. The distinguished panel of 14 judges awarded 202 medals in 19 categories. Three wines won Sweepstakes awards, which included a new green wine sweepstakes award for a wine made from winegrapes farmed using sustainable, certified organic or Biodynamic bi·o·dy·nam·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to the study of the effects of dynamic processes, such as motion or acceleration, on living organisms. 2. [R] practices. The Best in Show Red was taken by Graziano Family of Wines 2005 Petite Sirah; Best in Show White was Parducci Wine Cellars 2007 Sauvignon Blanc; and the Green Wine sweepstakes was won by Bonterra 2006 Chardonnay. Double Gold medals were awarded to Bonterra Vineyards 2007 Rose, Londer Vineyards 2007 Dry Gewurztraminer, Parducci Wine Cellars 2007 Mendocino Sauvignon Blanc, Parducci Wine Cellars 2006 Anderson Valley Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region in western Mendocino County in northern California. Located approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of San Francisco, the name "Anderson Valley" applies broadly to several rural, unincorporated communities in or near the alluvial Pinot Noir, and Standish Wine Co. 2006 Mayflower Mayflower, ship Mayflower, ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, Pinot Noir. Navarro Vineyards led in the number of medals with 20, followed by Husch Vineyards with 14, Graziano Family of Wines with 12, and Handley Cellars with 10. Several wineries won gold medals with the entry of a single wine: Cakebread Cellars 2005 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir; Raye's Hill 2005 Henneberg Anderson Valley Pinot Noir; Roederer Estate Brut Brut, Brute (both: br  t), or Brutus (br NV; Scharffenberger Cremant; and Terra Savia 2006 Sanel
Valley Vineyard Chardonnay.
Rich Schaefers, this year's Chairman of Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission, which annually manages the competition, said, "One of the most gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. aspects of the competition was to see the overall high caliber of entries, which resulted in nearly 80% of them getting awards from a very experienced and tough panel of judges." Heidi Dickerson, author of Mendocino: The Ultimate Wine & Food Lover's Guide, directed this year's competition. "It was interesting to note that the sweepstakes and gold medal winners came from a diversity of Mendocino County AVA's, a fact that reflects the quality of winegrapes and wines from all of the county's eleven distinct growing regions," she said. Judges included Mark Bowery, George Bursick, Jeff Cox Jeffrey Lindon Cox (born November 9, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball third base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Previously, Cox was a backup second baseman for the Oakland Athletics during the 1980 and 1981 seasons. He batted and threw right handed. , Thom Elkjer, Ziggy Eschliman, Linda Murphy, Ben Pearson, Pooch Pucilowski, Glen Putman, Renato Sardo, Christopher Sawyer Christopher Sawyer (born October 20, 1982 in Denver, Colorado) is an American soccer player, who graduated from the University of Notre Dame as the best goalkeeper in the school's history. , Tom Simoneau, Forrest Tancer, and Wilfred Wong. To see the full list of 2008 medal winners, please visit www.mendowine.com. About Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission The Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission is an alliance of 73 wineries and 343 winegrape growers based in Mendocino County, California Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the Central Valley. As of 2000, the population was 86,265. The county seat is Ukiah. . The Commission, founded in 2006, is dedicated to sharing knowledge of the singular attributes of the winegrapes, wines and wine estates of Mendocino County, America's Greenest Wine Region, with a diversity of audiences around the world. www.mendowine.com, (707) 468-9886. |
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