2022 NDGWA Wine Competition
Download the 2022 NDGWA Wine Competition entry form (PDF)
We invite you to submit your wines to the 2022 NDGWA wine competition.
People’s Choice Competition
There were 42 entries in the competition. All entries received votes.
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 2022 NDGWA conference attendees. The people have chosen their favorites among this blind tasting within the categories
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 – Dakota Vines Rough Rider
Second Place – 4e Marquette
Third Place – Red Trail Vineyard First Date
Hobbyist Wine
First Place – Rainy Day Red – Mark and Nancy Lunde
Second Place – Crimson Pearl – Christie Walsh
Third Place – Marquette/Cab – Kai Martinez
Over-all Winner Red Grape Wine
RAINY DAY RED – Mark and Nancy Lunde
WHITE GRAPE WINE
Commercial White Grape Wine
First Place tie – 4e Front Gris & Dakota Vines Sundown
Second Place – Dakota Vines Prairie Sky
Hobbyist White Grape Wine
First Place – LaCrescent (Wendel) – Mark and Nancy Lunde
Second Place – Brianna – Mark and Nancy Lunde
Third Place – LaCrescent (LSV) – Greg & Allison Krieger
Over-all White Grape Wine
4e Front. Gris & Dakota Vines Sundown
FRUIT WINE – non grape
Commercial Fruit Wine – non grape
First Place – Dakota Vines – Summer Shade
Second Place – Fluffy Fields – Sipping Sunshine
Third Place – Fluffy Fields – Buster Berry Aronia
Hobbyist Fruit Wine – non grape
First Place – Haskap – Mark and Nancy Lunde
Second Place – Aronia – Mark and Nancy Lunde
Third Place – Cherry – Christie Walsh
Over-all Fruit Wine – non grape
Summer Shade – Dakota Vines
MEAD
Commercial Mead
First Place – Prairie Rose Meadery – Orange Spice
Second Place – Prairie Rose Meadery – Chokecherry
Hobbyist Mead
First Place – Apple Pie Mead – Jason Middlestead
Over-all Mead
Orange Spice Prairie Rose Meadery and Apple Pie Jason Middlestead
CIDER
No Commercial entries
Hobbyist Cider
First Place – Wild Berry – Jason Middlestead
Second Place – POG – Jason Middlestead
Third Place – Cran – Opie and Shim
Over-all Cider
Wild Berry – Jason Middlestead
The top three wines in each category will be determined by a People’s Choice tasting.