Wine Competition Awards
2022 wine competition
29th Anniversary Wine Competition Took place on January 8, 2022.
2022 wine competition award winners
Best of Show, Best Red Varietal, Best Red Blend, Best White Varietal, Best White Blend, Best Pinot Noir, Best Chardonnay, Best Sparkling, and multiple Double Golds, Golds and Silver Medals. Click here for the Press Release.
Best of show
Double Gold Medal
Gold medal
Silver medal
Behind the Scenes of a Wine Competition
Ever wonder how wine competitions are organized? Who are these judges and what are the rules? How do they taste and score so many wines? For a sneak peek behind the scenes, check out these articles.
Battle of the Bottles by Paul Omundson, who attends and reports on competition drama for Oregon Wine Press March 2022
Looking behind the curtain with Chris Cook of Majoring in Wine who interviews the 2022 Wine Competition organizers.
Mac Classic Competition brings out some Showstoppers, by Michael Alberty, The Oregonian. Jan 2022.
Great Northwest Wine reports the results of the 2022 Competition, by Eric Degerman
Sniff, Sip, Spit, Repeat by Paul Omundson, Oregon Wine Press interviews our 2022 Judges, Dec 2021.
2021 Wine Competition by A.J. Weinzettel features of Weinnotes, April 2021.
McMinnville Wine Classic Competition by Ellen Landis of Ellen on Wine, March 2021.
Wine Competition Sweepstakes Winners by Hoke Hardin of Violent Fermentation, January 2020.
McMinnville Wine & Food Classic Wine Competition by Fred Swan of NorCal Wine, January 2020.
Behind the Scenes of a Wine Competition by Erin James, Senior Editor of Sip Northwest Magazine, January 2019.
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