Four Daughters Wins Top Honors at Cold Climate Contest
The 2011 LaCrescent from Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery in Spring Valley, MN won the Governor’s Cup at the 2012 International Cold Climate Competition in St. Paul.
The Minnesota Governor’s Cup, a large silver ice bucket, recognizes the “Best of Show” or top prize of all Minnesota gold-winning wines. This is fourth year the traveling trophy has been awarded.
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The Four Daughters 2011 La Crescent also won the “Best of Show” award for the top white wine. Other “Best of Show” awards went to the Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne, Vt., for its 2010 Marquette Reserve, as best red wine and to the Danzinger Vineyards, Alma, Wis., for its Midnight Voyage Dessert Red Wine, for best specialty/fortified wine.
For more information and a complete list of winners see: 4th Annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition