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2015 Wine Competition Results

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

Latest News

  • NDGWA Winter 2022/2023 Newsletter January 11, 2023
  • 2022 Bylaws update December 19, 2022
  • 2023 Annual Meeting and Conference December 15, 2022
  • Cottonwood Cider House November 18, 2022
  • Grape Growing in ND November 18, 2022
  • GRANT AWARDED TO GRAPE, FRUIT AND WINE INDUSTRY August 8, 2022

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