2,497 Total Entries Judged April 7 - 9, 2017 at Mount Snow Grand Summit Hotel in West Dover, Vermont 2,497....................total entries 50 different categories and included an astonishing array of vari- etals and wine styles. New this year was the addition of the Apple 506.......................wine flights Hard Cider and Perry category to meet demand from hobbyists. Kit 759............. total judging hours wines competed alongside fresh-grape entries in this blind tasting. Entries were awarded gold, silver, bronze and best of show medals 50................... American states based on the average score given by the judging panel. The Grand 6............... Canadian provinces Champion Wine award was the top overall scoring wine across all categories and is being renamed this year the “Gene Spaziani Grand 7............................. Countries Champion Wine” in recognition of our longtime judging director. 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 rom April 7 to 9, 2017, a total of 2,497 different wines were Year awards were given to the winemaking supply stores whose judged at the Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at customers outperformed other similar shops. Finally the Winemaker Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont. This year’s of the Year award was given to the individual entrant who has the f competition was again the largest wine competition highest average score across their top 5 scoring wines in the com- of its kind in the world. The 2,497 entries arrived from hobby petition. winemakers living throughout North America in 50 American Congratulations to everyone who won a medal, and a sincere states and 6 Canadian provinces and as far away as Norway thanks to our sponsors, Competition Director Ric Quental, Events and Australia. It continues to be the single largest and most Manager Jannell Kristiansen, our judges, competition volunteers, diverse collection of hobby wines assembled annually under and of course everyone who took time to enter. We are already one roof. Over the course of three days, experienced judging busy planning for the 2018 edition of this competition so get your panels worked through 506 flights, examining each wine using wines ready for the March 16, 2018 entry deadline! Cheers and the UC-Davis 20-point wine scale evaluating appearance, aroma, thanks for entering your wines! taste, aftertaste and overall impression. The wines were entered in GENE SPAZIANI GRAND CHAMPION WINE Philip Locilento SPONSOR: Weston, ON 100% Vin Bon Premium Fresh Juice Vidal 2014 BEST OF SHOW RED WINEMAKERS OF THE YEAR RETAILER OF THE YEAR George Featherman and Jim Lowney Rex Johnston and Barbara Bentley MoreWine! • California and Pennsylvania Flemington, NJ Walnut Creek, CA SPONSOR: 33.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, SPONSOR: 33.3% Merlot, 33.3% Sangiovese 2015 SPONSOR: BEST OF SHOW WHITE BEST OF SHOW SPARKLING CLUB OF THE YEAR Ron Powell Callie McHarg and Keith Warawa Contra Costa Wine Group Marksville, NC 100 Mile House, BC California 100% Estate Carlos Muscadine 2015 100% RJS Craft Winemaking Orchard Breezin’ SPONSOR: SPONSOR: Acai Raspberry 2016 SPONSOR: U-VINT OF THE YEAR BEST OF SHOW DESSERT BEST OF SHOW KIT/ CONCENTRATE Vin Bon • Bradford, ON Dan Boykin • Concord, CA SPONSOR: Port-Style 95% Merlot, William Stefan • Fairfax, VA 5% Petit Verdot 2014 100% RJS Craft Winemaking Cru Select SPONSOR: Specialty Riesling Ice Wine 2016 SPONSOR: BEST OF SHOW BEST OF SHOW COUNTRY FRUIT BEST OF SHOW MEAD ESTATE GROWN Stephen Plaso • New Philadelphia, OH Robert Broome • Terrace, BC Chuck Gower and Cheryl DiPanfilo • Boulder, CO 100% Ohio Elderberry 2015 70% Fireweed Honey, 30% 75% Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, SPONSOR: Gravenstein Apple 25% Estate Merlot 2015 SPONSOR: SPONSOR: 2 2017 Medal Winners White Native Red or White Native Glenn Sweatt • Jeffersonville, IN American Varietal American Late Harvest 100% Ives 2016 Sponsor: LOGIC, Inc. and Ice Wine 13 Entries No Entries SILVER GOLD Steve Auer • Coos Bay, OR Bill and Deby Macecevic • Stafford, VA White French-American 100% Estate Leon Millot 2015 100% Estate Diamond 2015 Hybrid Varietal John Blichmann • Lafayette, IN Sponsor: Fulkerson 80% Noiret, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon BRONZE Winery & Juice Plant 2013 Gary Graves • New Albany, IN 48 Entries Gary Catapano • Brookline, NH 100% Niagara 2015 GOLD 100% Estate Foch 2016 Matt and Amy Jones • La Grange, IN Joe Krajkiewcz • Grandville, MI Gary Grant • Strasburg, VA 100% Niagara 2016 90% Traminette, 10% Chardonel 2015 100% Estate Chambourcin 2015 Donald Rieger • Elyria, OH Regina M. Place • Elbridge, NY 100% Estate Niagara 2016 SILVER 100% Finger Lakes Vincent 2015 Lou Benedetto • Fontana, WI White Native 100% Traminette 2015 BRONZE American Blend Jim Borton • Wooster, OH Harold Baker • New Palestine, IN No Entries 93% Estate Tramniette, 7% Estate 100% Chambourcin 2016 Riesling 2015 David A. Capperella • Bellefonte PA Red Native Thomas J. DeLong • Concord, OH 100% Estate Chambourcin 2014 American Varietal 100% Finger Lakes New York Vignoles James Castelli • Burlington, NJ 23 Entries 2016 100% Estate Chambourcin 2014 GOLD Warren W. Fitzpatrick • Sewickley, PA Daniel Celentano • Canton, CT Christopher Gugel 100% Seyval Blanc 2015 100% Estate Marquette 2015 Jacksonville, FL Dominick Profaci • New Paltz, NY William Gray • Stanwood, WA 100% Muscadine, Semi-Sweet 2016 100% Estate Vidal Blanc 2016 100% Schuyler 2015 Ron Powell • Marksville, NC Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT Hasani Hooks • Raleigh, NC 100% Estate Noble Muscadine 2015 100% Estate La Crescent 2016 90% Chambourcin, 10% Merlot 2015 Greg and Carol Salyer • Gray, TN Dein Shapiro • Stockton, NJ 100% David Luckenbaugh • Duncannon, PA 85% Estate Steuben, 15% Estate Pennsylvania Vidal Blanc 2015 100% Baco Noir 2016 Blueberry 2014 Tim Schellinger • Appleton, WI BRONZE 100% Estate Marechal Foch 2015 BRONZE John Edlund • Macedon, NY Joseph Serpico • Gilberts, IL Jeff Boswell • Cochranton, PA 100% Cayuga 2015 100% Estate Chancellor 2015 100% Fredonia 2015 Gary Graves • New Albany, IN Mike Tomell • Frenchtown, MI Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT 100% Vignoles 2014 100% Estate Marquette 2015 100% Estate Valiant 2016 Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT Bob Zinkel • Madison, WI Greg and Carol Salyer • Gray, TN 100% Estate Prairie Star 2016 100% St. Croix 2015 100% Estate Catawba 2014 Dean Scott • Kutztown, PA 100% Cornell NY-81 2015 Red French-American Red Native John Michael Tulloss • Stafford, VA Hybrid Blend American Blend 100% Debonne Vineyards Vidal 2016 10 Entries Sponsor: Lallemand, Inc. Bob Zinkel • Madison, WI BRONZE 6 Entries 100% Delaware 2015 Steve Auer • Coos Bay, OR GOLD 60% Baco Noir, 30% Leon Millot, 10% Steven White • Sandusky, OH White French-American Tempranillo 2015 40% Catawba, 31% Niagara, 29% Hybrid Blend Hal Hoyt • Oak Ridge, TN Concord 2016 3 Entries 60% Estate Chambourcin, 40% Estate SILVER Cynthian 2014 SILVER Jim Borton • Wooster, OH Donald Rieger • Elyria, OH 50% NY 81.0315, 46.5% Traminette, Blush/Rosé French- 50% Estate Concord, 50% Estate 3.5% Riesling 2015 American Hybrid Niagara 2016 David Lipps • Cincinnati, OH 8 Entries 65% Estate Vidal Blanc, 35% Estate BRONZE Blush/Rosé Seyval Blanc 2015 Alan Putnam • Corvallis, MT Native American 97% Estate St. Pepin, 3% Estate Sponsor: The Beer Essentials Red French-American Marechal Foch 2016 8 Entries Hybrid Varietal SILVER Sponsor: Fulkerson Red or White Larry Janke • Eagan, MN Winery & Juice Plant French-American Late 100% Estate Concord 2016 53 Entries Harvest and Ice Wine Steven White • Sandusky, OH GOLD 3 Entries 80% Catawba, 20% Concord 2016 Richard W. Howe • Los Lunas, NM No Medals Awarded 85% Chambourcin, 15% Baco BRONZE Noir 2015 Chardonnay Jay Buermann • Milton, VT Don and Judy Howell • Lansing, NY Sponsor: BSG HandCraft 100% Estate Wild Grape 2015 100% Rougeon 2016 91 Entries Kathleen Ondrus • Fruita, CO Kelly Ross • Sherwood Park, AB GOLD 100% Catawba 2016 75% Estate Marechal Foch, 10% Estate Marie Graham • Kitchener, ON Ron Powell • Marksville, NC Triumph D’Alsace, 10% Heritage Estate 100% Vineco Atmosphere Chardonnay 100% Estate Noble Muscadine 2016 Shiraz, 5% Lucy Kuhlmann 2016 2016 David Underwood • Keller, TX Jon Schwartz • Centennial, CO 100% Estate Muscadine 2016 90% Estate Petite Pearl, 10% Estate SILVER Marechal Foch 2016 Kathleen Swanson and Michael 2017 Medal Winners 3 MacWilliams • San Francisco, CA Thomas B. Foster • Thompson, PA Dave Fellowes • Aurora, ON 100% Chardonnay 2015 100% Winexpert Pinot Gris 2013 100% RJS Craft Winemaking Cellar Dan Puckett • West Harrison, IN Deborah R. Haff • Newton, NJ Classic Winery Series Riesling Auslese 100% Winexpert Chardonnay 100% Winexpert Selection Limited 2015 2016 Edition Pinot Grigio Verduzzo 2017 Scott Haldi • Erie, PA Chad Schwab • Minneapolis, MN Larry Janke • Eagan, MN 100% Riesling 2016 100% Master Vintner Winemaker’s 100% Master Vintner Winemaker’s Todd R. Holman • Longview, TX Reserve Chardonnay 2016 Reserve Pinot Grigio 2016 100% Winexpert Washington Glen Phillips • Aurora, ON Columbia Valley Riesling 2015 BRONZE 100% RJS Craft Winemaking Cellar Philip Locilento • Weston, ON Steve Auer • Coos Bay, OR Classic Winery Series Pinot Grigio 100% Vin Bon Classic Fresh Juice 100% Chardonnay 2015 2016 Riesling 2015 Mark Besore • Woodbridge, VA Sandy Shivas • Ilion, NY Jeff Kulp, Paul Laffredo, and 100% Winexpert Selection Original 100% Fontana Classic Pinot Grigio Patricia Lucas • Canton, MI California Chardonnay 2015 2016 100% Winexpert World Collection Brian Clapsaddle • Plymouth,