2019 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition 2,305 entries judged April 12-14, 2019 in West Dover, Vermont 2,305.......................... entries aroma, taste, aftertaste and overall impression. The wines were entered in 50 different categories and included an astonishing 464.......................wine flights array of varietals and wine styles. Kit wines competed alongside 673............. total judging hours fresh-grape entries in this blind tasting. Entries were awarded 50................... American states gold, silver, bronze and best of show medals based on the aver- age score given by the judging panel. The Gene Spaziani Grand 5............... Canadian provinces Champion Wine award was the top overall scoring wine across 6............................. Countries all categories. The Club of the Year was given to the club whose members won the most medals and the Retailer of the Year and U-Vint of the Year awards were given to the winemaking sup- rom April 12 to 14, 2019, a total of 2,305 different ply stores whose customers outperformed other similar shops. wines were judged at the Grand Summit Lodge and Finally the Winemaker of the Year award was given to the indi- Conference Center at Mount Snow Resort in West vidual entrant who has the highest average score across their F Dover, Vermont. This year’s competition was again top 5 scoring wines in the competition. the largest wine competition of its kind in the world. The 2,305 Congratulations to everyone who won a medal, and a sincere entries arrived from hobby winemakers living throughout North thanks to our sponsors, Competition Director Ric Quental, Events America in all 50 American states and 5 Canadian provinces and Manager Jannell Kristiansen, our judges, competition volunteers, as far away as Australia. It continues to be the single largest and of course everyone who took time to enter. We are already and most diverse collection of hobby wines assembled annual- busy planning for the 2020 edition of this competition so get ly under one roof. Over the course of three days, experienced your wines ready for the Tuesday, March 17, 2020 entry dead- judging panels worked through 464 flights, examining each wine line! Cheers and thanks for entering your wines! using the UC-Davis 20-point wine scale evaluating appearance, GENE SPAZIANI GRAND CHAMPION WINE Kathleen Ondrus Fruita, Colorado SPONSOR: 100% Muscat Canelli 2018 BEST OF SHOW RED WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR BEST OF SHOW KIT/ Jon Schwartz Kathleen Ondrus Centennial, Colorado Fruita, Colorado CONCENTRATE 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, SPONSOR: Larry Janke 5% Cabernet Franc 2016 Eagan, Minnesota SPONSOR: 100% RJS Craft Winemaking Cru Specialty Coffee Dessert Wine 2018 SPONSOR: 2019 WineMaker Conference Logo.qxp_Layout 1 5/9/18 1:32 PM Page 1 BEST OF SHOW WHITE BEST OF SHOW ESTATE GROWN Don Rieger Cornelious Ashe Elyria, Ohio Dillsboro, North Carolina 100% Estate La Crescent 2018 RETAILER OF THE YEAR 100% Cayuga 2018 SPONSOR: ValleyVintner • Livermore, California SPONSOR: SPONSOR: BEST OF SHOW DESSERT Elmer Baugess BEST OF SHOW SPARKLING CLUB OF THE YEAR Wake Forest, North Carolina Timothy M. Valdez Contra Costa Wine Group • California 100% RJ Craft Winemaking Cru Specialty Black Colorado Springs, Colorado SPONSOR: Forest Chocolate Cherry Dessert Wine 2016 100% Johannesburg Riesling 2016 SPONSOR: SPONSOR: BEST OF SHOW COUNTRY FRUIT BEST OF SHOW MEAD U-VINT OF THE YEAR Mike Dault Eric Olson Bacchus Winemaking • Toms River, New Jersey Edgewood, Kentucky Valley Center, California SPONSOR: 40% Blueberry, 30% Raspberry, 59% Wildflower Honey, 40% Raspberry, 1% 30% Blackberry 2018 Chipotle 2019 SPONSOR: SPONSOR: 2 2019 Medal Winners White Native Red Native David Sylling • Seattle, WA 100% Estate Siegerrebe 2017 American Varietal American Blend Anthony Turek • St. Louis, MO Sponsor: LOGIC, Inc. 2 Entries 100% Estate Chardonel 2018 15 Entries BRONZE GOLD Frederick J. Black • Centreville, VA BRONZE Thomas J. DeLong • Concord, OH 70% Norton, 10% Old Vine Zinfandel, Don Andreas • Bangor, PA 100% Ohio Catawba 2018 8% Cabernet Sauvigon, 6% Barbera, 100% Cayuga 2018 Kathleen Ondrus • Fruita, CO 6% Syrah 2017 Mike Bleill • Brookville, IN 100% Colorado Armorella 2017 Tom Fitzgerald • Harvest, AL 100% Vidal Blanc 2018 40% Estate Cabernet Zehn, 40% Estate Max Boutelle • Lebanon, OH SILVER Estate Norton, 20% Estate Sauvignon 100% Vidal Blanc 2016 John Cicero • Livonia, NY Blanc Stephen Brunkhorst • Chesterfield, MO 100% Estate Iona 2017 100% Chardonel 2018 Robert Porten • Utica, NY Blush/Rosé Native Myron Kirksey • Mulberry, AR 100% Diamond 2018 American 100% Opportunity 2014 Robert M. Rosser • Boaz, AL Larry Liberatore • Auburn, NY 100% Estate Muscadine 2018 Sponsor: The Beer Essentials 4 Entries 100% Fulkerson Seyval Blanc 2016 Mark Pausch • Rocky Hill, NJ BRONZE GOLD Don Andreas • Bangor, PA 100% Estate Traminette 2018 Charles E. Bright • Louisville, KY 75% Concord, 25% Seyval 2018 Kelly Ross • Sherwood Park, AB 100% New York Diamond 2018 80% Estate Ravat, 20% Estate Jason Razzo • Englewood, CO Eyangeline 2018 100% Armorella 2018 SILVER Harold and Sharon Whitworth Glenn Sweatt • Jeffersonville, IN Teresa and Mark Stenning • Holly, MI Taylorsville, KY 100% Traminette 2015 100% Niagara 2017 100% Catawba 2018 Peter Voyt • Newark, NY 100% Armorella 2018 White French-American Steven J. White • Sandusky, OH BRONZE Hybrid Blend Steven J. White • Sandusky, OH 100% Ohio Niagara 2017 13 Entries 80% Catawba, 20% Concord 2017 SILVER White Native Robert Fowler • Hudson, WI Red or White 50% La Crescent, 50% St. Pepin 2017 American Blend Native American Late Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT No Entries 60% Estate Louise Swenson, 40% No Medals Awarded Harvest and Ice Wine Brianna 2018 1 Entry BRONZE Red Native Mark A. Daniels • Parma, OH BRONZE James Abate • Red Bank, NJ American Varietal 100% Estate Concord 2018 33 Entries 60% Estate Vidal Blanc, 20% Estate GOLD Traminette, 20% Estate Chardonnay Cornelious Ashe • Dillsboro, NC White French-American 2017 100% Alwood 2018 Hybrid Varietal Ron Mensink • Madison, WI Edward Rollins • Johnson City, TN 52 Entries 55% St. Pepin, 35% La Crescent, 10% 100% Estate Norton 2016 GOLD Chardonnay 2017 James Bresnan • Leraysville, PA Peter Meulepas • Lakeville, MN SILVER 100% Estate Valvin Muscat 2018 30% Estate St. Pepin, 25% Estate David Flegle • Indiana, PA Thomas J. DeLong • Concord, OH Edelweiss, 25% Estate La Crescent, 20% 80% Concord, 20% Cranberry 2017 100% Vignoles 2018 Estate Briana 2018 Charles Goebel • Baton Rouge, LA Jon Lalumondier • Festus, MO Shirley Moore • Minnetrista, MN 100% Muscadine 2017 100% Vignoles 2015 40% Estate Petite Amie, 40% Estate Chris Norton • Columbia, MO Joel Langerak • Grand Rapids, MI Frontenac Gris, 10% Estate La Crescent, 100% Concord 2018 100% Traminette 2017 10% Estate Frontenac 2015 Kent Nienaber • Ham Lake, MN BRONZE 100% Frontenac Blanc 2018 Red French-American Joseph Guglielmucci • Knoxville, TN Kathleen Ondrus • Fruita, CO 100% Colorado Brianna Hybrid Varietal 100% Concord 2018 77 Entries Joseph Guglielmucci • Knoxville, TN Rae and John Phillips • Kinsman, OH 85% Cayuga, 15% Blackberry GOLD 100% Muscadine 2018 James Bresnan • Leraysville, PA Preston Hunt • Nashville, TN SILVER 100% Estate Marquette 2015 90% Estate Norton, 10% Malbec 2018 Scott Dismeier • Palatine, IL Lisa Nordmann • Fenton, MO Dan Puckett • West Harrison, IN 100% Estate Marquette 2018 100% Chardonel 2018 100% Estate Concord 2018 Steve and Sylvia Kott • Auburn, NY Howard Oertel • Madison, WI Robert M. Rosser • Boaz, AL 100% Estate Noiret 2017 100% Seyval 2017 100% Muscadine 2018 Don Marty • Middleton, WI Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT Robert M. Rosser • Boaz, AL 100% Estate Beta 2018 100% Estate Prairie Star 2018 100% Muscadine 2018 Kathleen Ondrus • Fruita, CO Don Rieger • Elyria, OH Deanne Sasser • Valparaiso, IN 100% New York Black Muscat 2018 100% Estate Frontenac Gris 2018 100% Estate Steuben 2018 Greg Stricker • St. Charles, MO Bob Sawitski • Ypsilanti Township, MI Greg Stricker • St. Charles, MO 80% Corot Noir, 20% Chambourcin 2017 100% Estate La Crescent, semi-dry 2017 80% Norton, 20% Corot Noir 2017 Brian Thompson • Parma, OH Bob Sawitski • Ypsilanti Township, MI Anthony Turek • St. Louis, MO 100% Chambourcin 2018 100% Estate Norton 2017 100% Estate Traminette, semi-dry 2017 Bob Sawitski • Ypsilanti Township, MI 100% Estate Brianna, sweet 2017 2019 Medal Winners 3 SILVER 30% Ruby Cabernet 2016 SILVER Jean Corriveau • Aurora, CO Eric Beere • Smiths Falls, ON 100% Colorado Marquette 2016 SILVER 100% Vineco Atmosphere Australian David Lipps • Cincinnati, OH Dominick Profaci • New Paltz, NY Chardonnay 2018 90% Estate Chambourcin, 10% Estate 24% Estate DeChaunac, 15% Estate Joseph R. Caimona • Youngstown, OH Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Corot Noir, 15% Estate Noiret, 15% 100% Chardonnay 2018 Don Marty • Middleton, WI Pinot noir, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, Michael Corey • Ballston Spa, NY 100% Estate Valiant 2018 14% Cabernet Franc, 4% Estate 80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Grigio 2017 Greg Stricker • St. Charles, MO Marquette 2017 Ron Dershem • Davisburg, MI 75% Chambourcin, 25% Norton 2016 Jason Razzo • Englewood, CO 100% Winexpert Selection California Sveneric Svensson • Värobäcka, Sweden 70% Noiret, 30% Chambourcin 2017 Chardonnay 2018 90% Estate Rondo, 10% Estate Sirame Dennis E. Doherty, M.D. • Lexington, KY 2015 BRONZE 100% Columbia Valley Chardonnay 2016 Bob Zinkel • Madison, WI Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT Tony Gabrielli • Woodstock, ON 100% Petite Pearl 2017 50% Estate Marquette, 50% Estate Petite