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2023 Wine Competition

We invite you to submit your wines to the 2023 NDGWA wine competition.  The event will be held on Friday, February 3, 2023 at Fluffy Fields Vineyard and Winery starting at 6:30 p.m. (MST)

For each entry, please submit two bottles, along with $10.  Wine entries should be 750ml bottles, but Mead and Cider bottles may be smaller.

 

2023 Wine Competition entry form (download PDF)

 

People’s Choice Competition 

Let the people decide! As we have done in the past, the wine tasting of all of our wine competition entries to were evaluated by the 2023 NDGWA conference attendees. The people have chosen their favorites among this blind tasting within the categories.  The top three wines in each category will be determined by a People’s Choice tasting.

CATEGORIES

To be classified in a category, your wine must contain at least 75% of the category ingredient.

RED GRAPE WINE

Commercial Wine

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Hobbyist Wine

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Over-all Winner Red Grape Wine

 

WHITE GRAPE WINE

Commercial White Grape Wine

First Place tie –

Second Place –

Hobbyist White Grape Wine

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Over-all White Grape Wine

 

FRUIT WINE – non grape

Commercial Fruit Wine – non grape

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Hobbyist Fruit Wine – non grape

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Over-all Fruit Wine – non grape

 

MEAD

Commercial Mead

First Place –

Second Place –

Hobbyist Mead

First Place –

Over-all Mead

 

CIDER

Commercial Cider

Hobbyist Cider

First Place –

Second Place –

Third Place –

Over-all Cider

 

 

 

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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