Professional Wine Judged
This year six wineries submitted twenty different wines for judging in the inaugural professional wine judging competition. The wines were evaluated by a panel of judges using the American Wine Society 20 point evaluation system. In total 5 silver and 9 bronze medals were awarded. (GOLD, 18-20; Silver, 15-17; Bronze, 12-14)
Bear Creek Winery
Petite Pearl – Silver
Dakota Sun Gardens
Black Currant – Bronze
Chocolate Cherry – Bronze
Chocolate Raspberry – Silver
Haskap – Bronze
Honey Mead – Bronze
Marquette – Bronze
Plum – Bronze
Prairiewood Winery
LaCrescent – Bronze
Tongue River Winery
Black Currant – Silver
Frontenac Trio Rosé – Bronze
LaCrescent – Silver
Wolf Creek Winery
Apple – Silver
Aronia – Bronze
People’s Choice Awards
The People’s Choice awards is categorized into five categories for grape wines and five categories for non-grape wines. The wines are tasted blind by attendees of the annual conference and the most votes in each category are awarded a people’s choice award.
Professional
White Grape
Tongue River Winery – LaCrescent
Red Grape
Bear Creek Winery – Petite Pearl
Rosé Grape
no entries
Grape Blend
Tongue River Winery – Frontenac Trio Rosé
Dessert Grape
no entries
Stone Fruit
Dakota Sun Gardens – Plum
Berry Fruit
Dakota Sun Gardens – Haskap
Tongue River Winery – Black Currant
Honey Mead
Dakota Sun Gardens – Honey Mead
Other Non-Grape
Wolf Creek Winery – Apple
Non-Grape Dessert
Dakota Sun Gardens – Chocolate Raspberry
Hobbyist
White Grape
Mark and Nancy Lunde – Frontenac Blanc
Red Grape
Greg Krieger – Frontenac/Marachel Foch/Sabervois
Rosé Grape
Bryon Severson – Frontenac/Marquette
Grape Blend
Bryon Severson – Petite Pearl/Fronenac/Marquette/Wild Grape
Dessert Grape
Chateau Moravia – LaCrescent
Stone Fruit
Robert Drown – Apricot/Pear
Robert Drown – Chokecherry
Berry Fruit
Mark Kok – Huckleberry
Honey Mead
no entries
Other Non-Grape
Steve Sagaser – Strawberry/Rhubarb
Non-Grape Dessert
Mark Vining – Apple Ice