Midwest Wine Press

SF Int’l Wine Competition Midwest Winners

by · August 30, 2013

Wisconsin’s Wollersheim Winery won a Best in Show for their Dry Riesling at the recent San Francisco International Wine Competition. 1400 wineries entered 4,539 products from 29 states and 30 countries. Other top prizes that went to Midwest wineries included:

Best in Class

PRAIRIE BERRY WINERY, South Dakota,  NV Rhubarb Wine American 5.6%

Double Gold

CEDAR CREEK WINERY, Wisconsin,  2012 Vidal La Belle Vie

LYNN ALEKSANDR, Michigan, 2012 Riesling Lake Michigan Shore

Gold Medal Winners

BRYS ESTATE VINEYARD WINERY, Michigan,  2011 Cabernet Franc Estate Old Mission Peninsula

BLUE WATER WINERY, Michigan,  2010 Cabernet Franc Sanilac County

OLD TOWN HALL WINERY, Michigan,  2010 Norton

 

 

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Mark Ganchiff

Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.

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