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Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon
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Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon Site of the 2015 NorthWest Wine Summit Judging Gold Medals 
Adega on 45th Estate Winery Osoyoos, BC 2012 Cabernet Franc, Okanagan Valley Airfield Estates Winery Prosser, WA 2012 “Runway” Merlot, Yakima Valley Alberta Distilleries Limited Calgary, AB NV “Alberta Springs” 10-year Old Rye Whiskey, Alberta Anam Cara Cellars Newberg, OR 2013 Riesling (Dry), Nicholas Estate, Chehalem Mountains 2012 Pinot Noir, Nicholas Estate, (from clones: 20% Dijon 114, 20% Dijon 115, 20% Dijon 667, 20% Dijon 777 and 20% Pommard), Chehalem Mountains Arrowleaf Cellars Lake Country, BC 2014 “First Crush White” (white blend: 50.3% Pinot Gris, 28% Auxerrois, 17.3% Bacchus, 4.4% Gewürztraminer), VQA, Okanagan Valley 2013 Zweigelt, VQA, Okanagan Valley
British Columbia (Creston Valley – Kootenay) Bench 1775 Winery Penticton, BC 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, VQA, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Blue Moon Farm, Winery & Ciderworx Courtenay, BC 2014 “Moon Light” (Asian Pear Fruit Wine), British Columbia Brian Carter Cellars Woodinville, WA 2011 “Byzance” (red ‘Southern Rhône style proprietary blend – includes Grenache, Syrah & Mourvèdre), Columbia Valley 2010 “Solesce” (red Meritage-type ‘Left Bank style’ proprietary blend – predominately Cabernet Sauvignon), Columbia Valley Cardwell Hill Cellars Philomath, OR 2014 Pinot Gris, clone 152, Willamette Valley 2012 Pinot Noir, Estate, (blend of 4 clones: Wadensvil, Pommard, Dijon 115 & Dijon 777), Willamette Valley Cathedral Ridge Winery Hood River, OR 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Hillside Vineyard (The Dalles), Columbia Valley (Columbia Gorge) Celista Estate Winery Celista, BC 2014 “Marg’s Rosé” (100% Maréchal Foch), Okanagan Valley Chaberton Estate Winery Langley, BC 2014 Siegerrebe, Reserve, (blended with 3% Gewürztraminer & 2% Viognier), Fraser Valley Cinder Garden City, ID 2014 Rosé (Dry) (100% Syrah), Skyline & Williamson Vineyards, Snake River Valley 2013 Syrah (co-fermented with 5% Viognier) (from 3 vineyards: Williamson, Sawtooth & Skyline), Snake River Valley College Cellars of Walla Walla Walla Walla, WA 2014 Roussanne, Anderson Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley 2014 Rosé (Mourvèdre), Nostra Terra Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley Colter’s Creek Winery Juliaetta, ID 2012 Merlot, (proposed/pending “Lewis – Clark Valley”), Idaho Coyote Canyon Winery Prosser, WA 2013 Albariño, Estate, Horse Heaven Hills 2012 Primitivo, (blend: 82% Primitivo, 9% Merlot, 5% Graciano, 4% Sangiovese), Horse Heaven Hills 2012 “GW Smith” H/H Estates Reserve Series, Malbec, (79% Malbec, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon), Horse Heaven Hills
2013 “Thread Bare Vines” Gewürztraminer, Okanagan Valley 2013 “Kay” Syrah, (blended with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon), Okanagan Valley 2012 “Naughty” Chardonnay, Okanagan Valley Dusted Valley Walla Walla, WA 2012 “V. R. Special” Cabernet Sauvignon (92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot & 2% Petit Verdot from 4 vineyards: Dionysus, Northridge, Red Heaven & Stone Tree), Columbia Valley Elk Cove Vineyards Gaston, OR 2014 Rosé (Pinot Noir blended with some red Pinot Noir juice), Willamette Valley Fairview Cellars Oliver, BC 2012 “The Bear” (red Meritage-type blend Estate, Okanagan Valley Field Stone Fruit Wines Strathmore, AB NV Black Currant (Dessert Fruit Wine), Alberta NV Raspberry (Dessert Fruit Wine), Alberta NV Raspberry (Fruit Wine), Alberta
2014 Ehrenfelser, “Classic Series” (off-dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley 2014 Riesling “Classic Series” (off-dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley 2014 Riesling “Private Reserve series” (dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley
2014 Ehrenfelser, Estate, Okanagan Valley 2013 “Reflection” (white proprietary and slightly fortified blend of Orange Muscat & Muscat Canelli), Okanagan Valley 2012 Pinot Noir, Odyssey series, Okanagan Valley 2010 “Traditional Brut” Odyssey series (sparkling), blend of Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay Musque & Riesling grapes), VQA, Okanagan Valley
Hillside Winery Penticton, BC 2014 Rosé, (100% Merlot), Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2014 Pinot Gris, un-oaked, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2010 “Mosaic” (red proprietary Meritage-type blend), Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley
2014 Pinot Gris, [from 3 vineyards: in East Kelowna, on a West facing slope in Oyama and the Davis Vineyard (estate)], Okanagan Valley Kermode Wild Berry Wines Dewdney, BC NV Black Huckleberry (Fruit Wine), British Columbia NV “Glacial Bear” Strawberry (Fruit) Wine, British Columbia NV Black Huckleberry “Fort” (Fortified Fruit Wine), British Columbia
15% Syrah), Walla Walla Valley Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA 2014 Rosé of Sangiovese, Columbia Valley 2013 “Winemaker’s Red” (red proprietary blend), Columbia Valley 2012 Zinfandel, [from the Alder Ridge, Clifton Hill, & Gunkel (Estate) Vineyards], Columbia Valley 2012 Syrah, Columbia Valley 2012 Syrah, Proprietor’s Reserve, Columbia Valley 2012 Cabernet Franc, Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Rattlesnake Hills
Columbia Gorge Moon Curser Vineyards Osoyoos, BC 2014 “Afraid of the Dark” (white proprietary blend of Roussanne, Viognier and Marsanne), VQA, Okanagan Valley Mt. Lehman Winery Abbotsford, BC 2012 Merlot, Reserve, Okanagan Valley 2012 Cabernet Franc, Reserve, Okanagan Valley Ovino Winery Salmon Arm, BC 2014 Gewürztraminer, Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) Page Cellars Woodinville, WA 2011 “The Artisan” Malbec, Red Mountain Paradise Ranch [ Bench 1775 Winery ] Penticton, BC 2013 Riesling Icewine, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Icewine, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley
Recline Ridge Vineyards Tappen, BC 2013 Kerner, (Northern) Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) 2011 “Just Being Frank” (100% Blaufrankisch), (Northern) Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) Reininger Winery Walla Walla, WA 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon (96% Cabernet Sauvignon & 4% Petit Verdot from the Pepper Bridge Vineyard & the Seven Hills Vineyard), Walla Walla Valley Sea Star Estate Vineyards Pender Island, BC 2014 “Prose” (sweet coastal Riesling Dessert wine blended with a touch of Island “Heritage” apples), Gulf Islands Silkscarf Winery Summerland, BC 2014 Riesling – Muscat (blend of 94% Riesling & 6% Muscat), Okanagan Valley 2014 Roussanne – Viognier (blend of 70% Roussanne & 30% Viognier), Okanagan Valley
Spangler Vineyards & Winery Roseburg, OR 2013 Viognier, Southern Oregon Spierhead Winery Kelowna, BC 2013 Chardonnay, VQA, Okanagan Valley Stag Hollow Yamhill, OR 2012 Pinot Noir, Yamhill – Carlton Styring Vineyards Newberg, OR 2013 “Afterglow” Riesling (Dessert wine), Ribbon Ridge 2012 “Wit” Pinot Noir, Reserve, Estate, Ribbon Ridge Sweet Cheeks Winery Eugene, OR 2014 Rosé (Dry), [rosé proprietary blend of Pinot Noir, Syrah & Merlot saignée from 3 vineyards: Sweet Cheeks (Estate, Willamette Valley), Serra (Southern Oregon) & Gentry (Applegate Valley)], Oregon Territorial Vineyards Eugene, OR 2014 Pinot Gris, Equinox & Red Letter Vineyards, Willamette Valley 2014 Rosé ( 100% Pinot Gris), Equinox Vineyard, Willamette Valley The BX Press Vernon, BC 2013 “The Prospector” Cider (from 24 varieties of apples) British Columbia (Okanagan Valley) Tightrope Winery Penticton, BC 2014 Viognier, Estate, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2014 Riesling, Estate, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2014 “Rosé” [95% Pinot Noir (Trout Creek Vineyard – Summerland) & 5% Estate Barbera], Okanagan Valley 2014 “Tip – Toe” (white blend: 46% Gewürztraminer, 31% Riesling & 23% Chardonnay from 3 vineyards: Brewer vineyard (Skaha Bluffs), Duncan Vineyard (Naramata Bench) & Tightrope Estate Vineyard), Okanagan Valley Tongue River Winery Miles City, MT NV ‘Frontenac Trio Rosé” (proprietary semi-sweet rosé blend of Frontenac Noir, Frontenac Gris & Frontenac Blanc), Montana Township 7 Vineyards Penticton, BC 2012 “Reserve 7” (red Meritage-type blend: 70% Merlot, 11% each Cabernet Sauvignon & Malbec, 5.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot from 2 vineyards (Naramata Estate and Black Sage Road), Okanagan Valley Tsillan Cellars Chelan, WA 2012 Syrah, Reserve, Estate, Lake Chelan Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery Sooke, BC 2013 “Vintage Sac” Mead (sweet, fortified), Sooke Apiary, Vancouver Island Van Western Vineyards Naramata, BC 2013 “Vivacious” (white blend of 92% Pinot Blanc & 8% Pinot Gris), Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2012 “Vulture” Cabernet Franc, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2011 “Voluptuous” (red Meritage-type blend: 67% Merlot & 33% Cabernet Franc), Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley 2011 “ V “ [red Meritage-type (Right Bank Bordeaux style) blend: 49% Merlot, 24% Malbec, 21% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon & 2% Petit Verdot], Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley
Canyon Ranch, Art Den Hoed & Wallula), Columbia Valley Whistler { Bench 1775 Winery ] Penticton, BC 2013 Chardonnay, Late Harvest, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Wild Goose Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC
2013 “Autumn Gold” (white proprietary blend: Gewürztraminer, Riesling & Pinot Blanc), Estate, VQA, Okanagan Valley Willow Wine Cellars Underwood, WA 2013 Albariño, Columbia Valley Wynwood Cellars Wynndel, BC 2012 Pinot Noir, British Columbia (Kootenays – Creston Valley) CONGRADULATIONS ! 
SUPERLATIVE AWARDS BEST WINE OF OREGON (The Mount Hood Award) Styring Vineyards Newberg, OR
Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA 2012 Cabernet Franc, Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Rattlesnake Hills BEST WINE OF IDAHO (The Mount Borah Award) Cinder Garden City, ID 2014 Rosé (Dry) (100% Syrah), Skyline & Williamson Vineyards, Snake River Valley BEST WINE OF MONTANA (The Granite Peak Award) Tongue River Winery Miles City, MT
Frontenac Noir, Frontenac Gris & Frontenac Blanc), Montana BEST WINE OF SASKATCHEWAN (The Cypress Hills Award) Living Sky Winery Perdue, SK NV “Juliett” (Cherry Fruit Wine, port-style Dessert Wine), Saskatchewan [ Silver Medal Winner ] BEST WINE OF ALBERTA (The Mount Columbia Award) Field Stone Fruit Wines Strathmore, AB NV Raspberry (Fruit Wine), Alberta BEST WINE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (The Mount Fairweather Award) Spierhead Winery Kelowna, BC 2013 Chardonnay, VQA, Okanagan Valley The Pioneer Award - Best Pinot Noir Anam Cara Cellars Newberg, OR 2012 Pinot Noir, Nicholas Estate, (from clones: 20% Dijon 114, 20% Dijon 115, 20% Dijon 667, 20% Dijon 777 and 20% Pommard), Chehalem Mountains The Bob Woehler Award - Best Cabernet Sauvignon ~ ~ TIE ~ ~ Dusted Valley Walla Walla, WA 2012 “V. R. Special” Cabernet Sauvignon (92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot & 2% Petit Verdot from 4 vineyards: Dionysus, Northridge, Red Heaven & Stone Tree), Columbia Valley AND Reininger Winery Walla Walla, WA 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon (96% Cabernet Sauvignon & 4% Petit Verdot from the Pepper Bridge Vineyard & the Seven Hills Vineyard), Walla Walla Valley THE “CRYSTAL ROSE” AWARDS Best White Wine Wild Goose Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC 2013 “Autumn Gold” (white proprietary blend: Gewürztraminer, Riesling & Pinot Blanc), Estate, VQA, Okanagan Valley Best Rosé Wine Del Rio Vineyards Gold Hill, OR 2014 Rosé (rosé proprietary Bordeaux blend), Estate, Rogue Valley Best Red Wine Backyard Vineyards Langley, BC 2014 Cabernet Franc, Reserve, (South Langley, Campbell Valley) Fraser Valley Best Dessert Wine (non-fortified) Styring Vineyards Newberg, OR 2013 “Afterglow” Riesling (Dessert wine), Ribbon Ridge Best Fortified Wine Field Stone Fruit Wines Strathmore, AB NV Raspberry (Dessert Fruit Wine), Alberta Best Sparkling Wine Gray Monk Estate Winery Lake Country, BC 2010 “Traditional Brut” Odyssey series (sparkling), blend of Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay Musque & Riesling grapes), VQA, Okanagan Valley Best Ice Wine Paradise Ranch [ Bench 1775 Winery ] Penticton, BC 2013 Riesling Icewine, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Best Non-Grape Wine Kermode Wild Berry Wines Dewdney, BC NV “Glacial Bear” Strawberry (Fruit) Wine, British Columbia Best Distilled Spirit Alberta Distilleries Limited Calgary, AB NV “Alberta Springs” 10-year Old Rye Whiskey, Alberta FROM THESE NINE WINES WAS SELECTED THE BEST OF COMPETITION 
2012 Backyard Vineyards Cabernet Franc, Reserve, (South Langley, Campbell Valley) Fraser Valley Langley, BC 37 WINES!!! 
Like the 5 cent cigar, Jerry was THE proponent for value wines! THE JERRY MEAD AWARDS ( for the Best Value Wines ) These awards are made in memory and honor of the late Jerry D. Mead (died April, 2000) a/k/a The Wine Curmudgeon (“TWC”). These three dozen – plus wines are ALL Gold medal winners. These wines retail for US$15 or less. WHITES WINES ( 23 wines ) - from 15 wineries ( 12 BC, 2 WA, 1 OR ) Arrowleaf Cellars Lake Country, BC 2014 “First Crush White” (white blend: 50.3% Pinot Gris, 28% Auxerrois, 17.3% Bacchus, 4.4% Gewürztraminer), VQA, Okanagan Valley Bench 1775 Winery Penticton, BC 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, VQA, Okanagan Valley Cardwell Hill Cellars Philomath, OR 2014 Pinot Gris, clone 152, Willamette Valley Chaberton Estate Winery Langley, BC 2014 Siegerrebe, Reserve, (blended with 3% Gewürztraminer & 2% Viognier), Fraser Valley College Cellars of Walla Walla Walla Walla, WA 2014 Roussanne, Anderson Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley Deep Roots Winery Naramata, BC 2014 “Parentage White” (white proprietary blend: basically Muscat with some Gewürztraminer), Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Dirty Laundry Vineyard Summerland, BC 2013 “Madam’s Vines” Gewürztraminer, Okanagan Valley 2013 “Thread Bare Vines” Gewürztraminer, Okanagan Valley Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Oliver, BC 2014 Auxerrois “Old Vines,” VQA, Okanagan Valley 2014 Ehrenfelser, “Classis series” (off-dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley 2014 Riesling “Classis series” (off-dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley 2014 Riesling “Private Reserve series” (dry), VQA, Okanagan Valley
2014 Ehrenfelser, Estate, Okanagan Valley 2013 “Reflection” (white proprietary and slightly fortified blend of Orange Muscat & Muscat Canelli), Okanagan Valley Intrigue Wines Lake Country, BC 2014 Chardonnay, [from the “Grown and Wine” Vineyard (Kelowna)], Okanagan Valley 2014 Pinot Gris, [from 3 vineyards: in East Kelowna, on a West facing slope in Oyama and the Davis Vineyard (estate)], Okanagan Valley Ovino Winery Salmon Arm, BC 2014 Gewürztraminer, Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) Recline Ridge Vineyards Tappen, BC 2013 Kerner, (Northern) Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) VinaTeria Idilico Woodinville, WA 2013 Albariño, Yakima Valley Whistler { Bench 1775 Winery ] Penticton, BC 2013 Chardonnay, Late Harvest, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley Wild Goose Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC 2013 Riesling, Stony Slope Vineyard, VQA, Okanagan Valley 2013 “Autumn Gold” (white proprietary blend: Gewürztraminer, Riesling & Pinot Blanc), Estate, VQA, Okanagan Valley THE JERRY MEAD AWARDS ROSES ( 6 wines ) - from 6 wineries ( 1 BC, 3 WA, 1 OR, 1 MT ) Baille – Grohman Estate Winery Creston, BC 2014 “Blanc de Noirs” Rosé (!00% Pinot Noir saignée), VQA, British Columbia (Creston Valley – Kootenay) College Cellars of Walla Walla Walla Walla, WA 2014 Rosé (Mourvèdre), Nostra Terra Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley Del Rio Vineyards Gold Hill, OR 2014 Rosé (rosé proprietary Bordeaux blend), Estate, Rogue Valley Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA 2014 Rosé of Sangiovese, Columbia Valley Tongue River Winery Miles City, MT NV ‘Frontenac Trio Rosé” (proprietary semi-sweet rosé blend of Frontenac Noir, Frontenac Gris & Frontenac Blanc), Montana Waterbrook Winery Walla Walla, WA 2014 “Rosé” (100% Sangiovese from 4 vineyards: Oasis, Canyon Ranch, Art Den Hoed & Wallula), Columbia Valley THE JERRY MEAD AWARDS NON-GRAPE WINES ( 4 wines ) - from 3 wineries ( 2 BC, 1 AB ) Blue Moon Farm, Winery & Ciderworx Courtenay, BC 2014 “Moon Light” (Asian Pear Fruit Wine), British Columbia Field Stone Fruit Wines Strathmore, AB NV Raspberry (Fruit Wine), Alberta Kermode Wild Berry Wines Dewdney, BC NV Black Huckleberry (Fruit Wine), British Columbia NV “Glacial Bear” Strawberry (Fruit) Wine, British Columbia THE JERRY MEAD AWARDS RED WINES ( 4 wines ) - from 4 wineries ( 3 BC, 1 WA ) Arrowleaf Cellars Lake Country, BC 2013 Zweigelt, VQA, Okanagan Valley Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA 2013 “Winemaker’s Red” (red proprietary blend), Columbia Valley Mt. Lehman Winery Abbotsford, BC 2012 Cabernet Franc, Reserve, Okanagan Valley Recline Ridge Vineyards Tappen, BC 2011 “Just Being Frank” (100% Blaufrankisch), (Northern) Okanagan Valley (Shuswap) 
WINERY OF DISTINCTION These 14 wineries won at least THREE Gold Medals 10 from Canada (9 from BC, 1 from AB) and 4 from the US (3 from WA, 1 from OR) ( alphabetical ) Anam Cara Cellars * OR Coyote Canyon Winery WA Dirty Laundry Vineyards BC Dusted Valley WA Field Stone Fruit Wines AB Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery BC Gray Monk Estate Winery BC Hillside Estate Winery BC Kermode Wild Berry Wines BC Maryhill Winery WA Recline Ridge Estate Winery BC Tightrope Winery BC Van Westen Winery BC Wild Goose Estate Winery BC * won only 2 Gold Medals, but still ”in consideration” for overall performance Looking at each winery’s over-all performance in this year’s competition, The 2015 WINERY of DISTINCTION is TIGHTROPE WINERY Penticton, British Columbia Lindsay & Graham O’Rourke, owners They entered 8 wines and won 4 Gold Medals and 4 Silver Medals 
 
Runners-up: Maryhill Winery, Goldendale, Washington Coyote Canyon Winery, Prosser, Washington And
Kermode Wild Berry Wines, Dewdney, British Columbia 
2015 JUDGES Maryam Ahmed WWCC Enology student; Walla Walla, WA Alan Busacca Vinitas Consulting, Bingen, WA Kevin Buster consumer, attorney; Atlanta, GA Mary Cressler wine blogger (Vindulge); Portland, OR Tom DiNardo certified wine appraiser; Seattle, WA Seaberg Einarsson (former Sommelier) Welches, OR Christopher Cary Goat Rocks Winery, Cowiche, WA Delphine Gladhart Winter’s Hill Winery; Daytoin, OR Jade Helm blogger (Tasting Pour); Portland, OR Michelle Hunt Bergevin Lane Vineyards; Walla Walla, WA Roland Kruger Wild Goose Winery; Okanagan Falls, BC Katrina Lange wine blogger (Will Travel for Wine); Portland, OR Dominic McCosker winemaker, La Frenz Winery; Penticton, BC Larry Miller Stangeland Vineyards & Winery; Salem, OR Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope Winery; Naramata, BC Mike Raffan Township 7 Winery; Penticton. BC Bill Reynolds (former) wine wholesaler; Atlanta, GA Bobby Robbins consumer; Tiger, GA Jerry Sass Sass Winery; Salem, OR Larry L. Smith Legoe Bay Winery; Lummi Islans, WA Dennis Sullivan consumer, Duluth, GA Valerie Szice Sommelier, Seattle, WA Kirsten Telander Freelance wine blogger; Walla Walla, WA Patrick Werry Small House Winery; Sandpoint, ID BACKROOM: Thomas J. Reagan, Jr. Atlanta, GA George H. Redwine Doraville, GA Michelle Schreck Flowery Branch, GA and others 
NEXT YEAR WE WILL RETURN TO the COLUMBIA GORGE HOTEL In HOOD RIVER, OREGON 2016 TENTATIVE DATES: SUNDAY, APRIL 24th - TUESDAY, APRIL 26th ( and in British Columbia about a week earlier ) Download 294.23 Kb. Share with your friends:
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