Being new in the wine business doesn’t have to hold you back. The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition proved this face by awarding a top prize to a Geneva vineyard. Fred, Sean, and Brendan Zugibe opened Zugibe Vineyard in 2005. Source for this article – Finger Lakes Competition awards an infant winery by Select Best Wine.

The opposition is Ripe

3,259 wines from 788 wineries entered in the 2011 Finger Lakes Competition, the greatest variety of participants ever; even beating last year’s record splitting numbers. The recession has proven to end well from this industry. There was participation from 19 nations. All of the fifty United States had an entry from somebody. There were 4 person panels that the sixty judges were put into. The fine wine winners were decided depending on this. These judges didn’t go easy either, as head judge Linda King described one wine as, “something the nostril would mistake for a burning fire in a smoky cabin.” The highest 4 winners are listed below:

  • Top Riesling: Zugibe Vineyard’s 2009 Late Harvest Riesling
  • Best Ice Wine: Vignoble Rivière du Chene Winery’s 2009 Monde
  • Best in Show top Chardonnay: Santa Barbara Winery of California’s 2008 Reserve Chardonnay
  • Best in Show top Cabernet Sauvignon: J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines’s 2007 Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon

Fundraising money by drinking some wine

This competition isn’t simply a variety of the worlds wine snobs getting drunk for good show. Almost always there is a cause for the event. It lasts two days. This event and the May gala dinner will end up earning lots of money for Camp Good Days and Special Times. This is an organization that helps improve the lives of adults and kids that have cancer. You may be attempting to discover something fun to do for a night in May. This may be the perfect event for you. It is easy to discover a complete list of champions. Have a look at http://www.fliwc.com/results/2011results.asp for it.

Information from

Democrat and Chronicle

democratandchronicle.com/article/20110329/BUSINESS/110329020/Zugibe-Vineyards-wins-top-Riesling-award-in-Finger-Lakes-competition

Democrat and Chronicle

democratandchronicle.com/article/20110327/NEWS01/103270364/Finger-Lakes-wine-competition-has-record-turnout

Finger Lakes

fliwc.com/results/2011results.asp

Henrietta Post

henriettapost.com/feature/x1626571683/Winners-of-Finger-Lakes-International-Wine-Competition-announced


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