Day #2 Who won the competition in Salem

As promised today I'll talk about the winners of the 26th Oregon Wine & Food Festival wine competition.

I can tell you that the judging was based on bouquet, taste, and color. The categories were Pinot Noir, Red, White, Dessert and Speciality. I can't comment on the quality of the judges as the event organizer, Excel Marketing and Events LLC does not release that information and that makes me wonder. Just how was the selection really made? a dart board?

When I produced the same event (1995-2000) I always let the wineries know who was doing the judging. The event at that time was a fundraising effort for the local Catholic churches in Salem. I had a lot of fun with the wine competition by having the Priests from several surrounding area churches forming a panel and having them do the tasting. It was done on stage, after a private tasting session and the judges had to announce their choices using a points system. Of course it was a blind tasting and it was done by the type of wine. This system was great fun for the crowd with a lot of support from each Priests congregation. (it didn't hurt the gate either)

Anyway back to story at hand.


Pinot Noir ----------------------------------------
Gold Medal
Dalla Vina Vineyards Best of Show
(06) Pinot Noir
Silver Medal
Purple Cow Vineyards
(06) Pinot Noir
Bronze Medal
Duck Pond Cellars
(06) Pinot Noir
Red -----------------------------------------------
Gold Medal
Barking Frog Winery
(06) Syrah
Silver Medal
Spangler Vineyards
(05) Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze Medal
Silverton Cellars/Vitis Ridge
(06) Marechal Foch
White ---------------------------------------------
Gold Medal
Silver Falls Vineyards
(06) Silver Mist
Silver Medal
Henry Estate Winery
(06) Riesling
Bronze Medal
Silver Falls Vineyards
(06) Reserve Chardonnay
Dessert --------------------------------------------
Gold Medal
Seufert Winery
Late Harvest Bella
Silver Medal
Silverton Cellars/Vitis Ridge
(05) Pinot Gris Grifio D'Oro
Bronze Medal
Spangler Vineyards
(06) Chardonnay
Speciality ------------------------------------------
Gold Medal
Silvan Ridge/Hinman Vineyards
06 Early Mascat/Sparkling
Silver Medal
Cubanisimo Vineyards
(06) Pinot Noir-Rose
Bronze Medal
Silver Falls Vineyards
(06) Rose

Okay for today, the next report will be on what Shirley (my lovely wife) and I tasted on Sunday and why we are telling you about that.