Award-Winners

St. Joseph Vineyard 2010 Pinot Noir, Grand River Valley AND St. Joseph Vineyard 2010 Reserve Pinot Noir, Grand River Valley have been chosen by this year's Pinot Noir Shootout panel to win Silver Medals.

The competition was fierce and the panel was amazed that there were so many stellar wines.

The 11th Pinot Noir Shootout panel tasted and evaluated over 442 outstanding Pinot Noirs (just a few more than last year but the quality was the best ever!).

Port Clinton Rotary Winter Wine Festival

Kinkead Ridge is on the cover, and a feature article starts on page 12. The Edible series of magazines is nation-wide with a focus on locally produced and grown food and wine. A link to the digital versions is at http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=142601

Henke Winery's 2011 Cellar Blush recieved a gold medal at the 2012 Indy International. They also were awarded silver medals for their 2011 Vin de Rouge, 2010 Chardonnay, 2011 Vidal Blanc, and the 2010 Cabernet Franc. Henke's 2010 Seyval and Norton NV won bronze.

Rhubarb, Chateau Tebeau Winery

Winemaker's Blend

Maison Blanc (Niagara)

Henke Winery's 2010 Cabernet Franc was awarded a Silver medal at the Cincinnati International Wine Festival.

Camelot Cellars Winery was recently awarded a Gold Medal by the Beverage Tasting Institute for its 2008 New Zealand Gewurztraminer. This wine was awarded a 90 point (Exceptional) rating along with its Gold Medal. BTI had the following review of the New Zealand Gewurztraminer, "Golden straw color. Rich toasty coconut and warm peach-pineapple compote aromas with a silky, fruity medium body and a honeyed apple, lime curd tart, concord grape, and peppered dried mango finish. A fun, fruity, flavor ride." (The official review of this wine can be found at http://www.tastings.com/scout_wine.lasso?id=196939) The Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial wine reviews for consumers. Today, this philosophy still holds true. Over the years, our buying guides have appeared in the Wine Enthusiast, Restaurant Hospitality, The New Yorker Magazine, Wine & Spirits, International Wine Review, Epicurious.com, All About Beer, and many others. Currently we produce a popular free website, Tastings.com and publish a monthly e-newsletter called eTastings

BEAU GUILLIAMS, WINEMAKER FOR RAVEN’S GLENN WINERY OF WEST LAFAYETTE, OH RELEASED TODAY, THE WINERY’S RECEIPT OF FOUR GOLD MEDALS AND TWO BEST OF CLASS AWARDS AT THE INDIANAPOLIS “INDY” INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION.

BEAU EXPLAINED “OUR RAVEN ROUGE CONCORD BLEND AND OUR PETITE SIRAH ACTUALLY RECEIVED DOUBLE GOLD’S, WITH OUR 2010 PINOT GRIGIO AND THE 2010 VIDAL BLANC ICE WINE RECEIVING TRADITIONAL GOLDS. BEAU ADDED “THE BIG SURPRISE WAS RECEIVING OUR FIRST “BEST OF CLASS” WHICH WENT TO OUR WHITE RAVEN AND THE PETITE SIRAH.” GUILLIAMS CONCLUDED, “THE PETITE ENDED UP BEING PARTICULARLY SMOOTH AND A WELL BALANCED WINE AND PAIRS WELL WITH GRILLED MEATS AND HARDY CHEESES. WE JUST HAD TO BE PATIENT WITH THE RELEASE.”

JAYSON SLUSSER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT RAVEN’S GLENN, EXPLAINED THAT MANY PEOPLE MISINTERPRET THE NAME PETITE SIRAH (also spelled Petite Syrah both in France and California) AS MEANING A SIRAH THAT IS SMALLER IN STATURE OR SOMETHING THAT IS “LESSER” THAN A TRADITIONAL SIRAH WINE. JAYSON WENT ON TO SAY “PETITE REFERS TO THE SMALL NATURE OF THE GRAPES OF THIS CULTIVAR AND HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE MAKEUP OF THE WINE WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE BOLD WHEN COMPARED TO A TRADITIONAL SIRAH.”

THE INDY INTERNATIONAL IS CONDUCTED BY PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST WINE COMPETITIONS IN THE U.S. JUDGING OVER 2,600 WINES FROM 15 COUNTRIES AND 40 STATES.

RAVEN’S GLENN WINERY AND RESTAURANT IS LOCATED EAST OF WEST LAFAYETTE IN COSHOCTON COUNTY AND ONE OF THE FIVE LARGEST OF THE STATE’S 150 PLUS WINERIES. RAVEN’S GLENN MAINTAINS 60 EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE WINERY, VINEYARD AND RESTAURANT OPERATIONS.