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Best Wines of Wisconsin Winery Vintage Wine Name 2017 Wine Is Wisconsin Wine Competition Presented by UW-Madison Department of Food Science Best Wines of Wisconsin Winery Vintage Wine Name Best Wine of Wisconsin Parallel 44 Winery and Vineyard 2015 Door 44 Sparkler Best Fruit Wine or Mead of Wisconsin Apple Barn Orchard and Winery NV Honey Crisp Apple Harvest Best Cider of Wisconsin White Winter Winery 2016 Bois Brule Hopped Cider Best of Class Class Winery Vintage Wine Name Fruit Wine Apple Barn Orchard and Winery NV Honey Crisp Apple Harvest Red Wine Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Marquette White Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Frontenac blanc Dessert Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Ice Wine Sparkling Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Sparkler Cider White Winter Winer 2016 Bois Brule Hopped Cider Double Gold Medal Winner Category Winery Vintage Wine Name Sparkling Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Door 44 Sparkler Gold Medal Winners Category Winery Vintage Wine name Apple/Pear Apple Barn Orchard and Winer NV Honey Crisp Apple Harvest White Blends Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2016 Ballet La Crescent Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Lindy Marquette Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Marquette White Varietal, other Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Frontenac blanc Ice Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Ice Wine Method Champenoise River Bend Winery NV Cheers Cider White Winter Winery 2016 Bois Brule Hopped Cider White Blends Wollersheim Winery/Campus Craft 2016 Campus Craft White Silver Medal Winners Category Winery Vintage Wine name Apple/Pear Apple Barn Orchard and Winery NV Hardy Pear Cider Brix Cider NV Craft Cider Brianna Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2016 Promenade Marquette Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Marquessa Frontenac Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2016 Sashay Marquette Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Bill's Waltz La Crescent Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Crescent Moon Petite Pearl Duck Creek Vineyard and Winery 2016 Pearly Duck Blush Elmaro Vineyards 2016 Sweet Cheeks Sweet Red Wines Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Frozen Tundra Red La Crescent Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 La Crescent Marquette Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Door 44 M Other Sweet Grape Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Door 44 Cellar Door Sparkling Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Door 44 Bubbler White Blend Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Glacier Fume Ice Wine Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Icewine Cider von Stiehl Winery NV Schmiling Bros. Hard Apple Cider Pure Honey Wines and Meads White Winter Winery 2016 Sweet Mead Iced Wine (Cider) White Winter Winery 2016 Eiszider White Blends Wollersheim Winery 2016 Eagle White Marechal Foch Wollersheim Winery 2016 Prairie Sunburst Red Marechal Foch Wollersheim Winery 2015 Domaine du Sac Bronze Medal Winners Category Winery Vintage Wine name Fruit and Vegetable Blend Apple Barn Orchard and Winery NV Cranberry Homestead Cider Brix Cider NV Wild Apple Cider Marechal Foch Cedar Creek Winery 2016 BonVivant Cider Cider House of Wisconsin Cherry Flight Cider Marquette Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2013 Marquette La Crescent Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Christine's Foxtrot Red Blend Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Tap Dance Frontenac Dancing Dragonfly Winery 2015 Christine's CanCan Brianna Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Danzinger White Frontenac Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Danzinger Red Frontenac gris Danzinger Vineyards 2016 Golden Sunrise Naturally Flavored Wines DnA Vintners 2016 Frost Watch Orange Cranberry Berry DnA Vintners 2016 Raspberry Fruit and Vegetable Blend DnA Vintners 2016 CranRuby Brianna Edwin Brix Vineyard 2015 Brianna Grape and Fruit Blends Elmaro Vineyards 2016 Currant Affair St. Pepin Elmaro Vineyards 2015 Barell Aged St. Pepin Method Champenoise Elmaro Vineyards 2012 Method Champenoise St. Pepin Indigenous Wines 2016 St. Pepin Fortified Wine Indigenous Wines 2016 Aronia Port Berry Lake Nokomis Cranberries 2016 Ben Lear Rose Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Drink Pink Blush Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Door 44 Pink Door Blush Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Sunburst Other White Varietals Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 44 White Red Blend Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2015 Vintners Reserve White Blend Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery 2016 Frozen Tundra White La Crescent River Bend Winery 2016 La Crescent Brianna Spirits of Norway Vineyard NV Brianna Marquette Spirits of Norway Vineyard NV Marquette Brianna Vines and Rushes Winery 2016 Brianna Marquette Vines and Rushes Winery 2015 Marquette St. Pepin Vines and Rushes Winery 2016 St. Pepin Cider von Stiehl Winery NV Schmiling Bros. Bourbon Barrel Aged Hard Apple Cider Marquette von Stiehl Winery 2013 Marquette Marechal Foch von Stiehl Winery 2013 Marechal Foch Rose von Stiehl Winery 2016 Stony Creek Rose Iced Wine (Cider) von Stiehl Winery NV Apple Icing Honey and Fruit Blend White Winter Winery 2016 Black Mead Sparkling Winey (Mead) White Winter Winery 2016 My Faire Lady Rose Wollersheim Winery 2016 Prairie Blush .
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