JUDGES SELECT TOP WINES; SANTA CRUZ RED PICKED BEST BOTTLE.Byline: Larry Lipson Daily News Restaurant Critic A wine from Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. Mountains grapes won top honors at the Los
Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fair's 59th annual Wines of the Americas competition
this weekend.
The top honor - the Governor's Award - went to Kathryn Kennedy Winery's 1996 vintage red table wine, a syrah wine grown in the Maridon Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The wine won in the $13-plus category. Kathryn Kennedy Winery Kathryn Kennedy Winery, is a small winery located in Saratoga, California. Nestled on 8 acres (32,000 m²) in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains near the Silicon Valley, Kathryn Kennedy Winery is one of the area's premier producers of Cabernet Sauvignon. is located in Saratoga, Calif. The red table wine edged out a 1996 ice wine, a sweet, late harvest wine Late harvest is a term applied to wines made from grapes left on the vine longer than usual. Late harvest is usually an indication of a sweet dessert wine, such as late harvest Riesling. from Tinhorn tin·horn n. Slang A petty braggart who pretends to be rich and important. [From the horn-shaped metal can used by chuck-a-luck operators for shaking the dice. Creek Vineyards of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Canada. The ice wine, however, did win a Sweepstakes Award in the late harvest wine category. Fifty-two authorities from around the world judged the competition, held at the Fairplex Friday through Sunday. There were 2,319 entries in this year's competition - 444 more entries than last year. The 429 wineries that participated were mainly from California but also included entries from 20 other states as well as Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The white table wine winner was a 1996 chardonnay from McIlroy Wines of Davis, Calif., made with grapes grown in the Russian River Valley area. In the blush pink and rose table wine category, a 1997 Rose of Sangiovese wine from the Swanson vineyard in Napa Valley won the top prize. The county fair will take place from Sept. 10 through the 27th. |
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