The 2012 winners are...
When this article runs in the Coeur d'Alene Press on Wednesday we will be just a few short hours away from the tasting on Wednesday evening. So here are the results of the judging for the 2012 North Idaho Wine Rodeo!
Best in Show Red
1st First time winner of the Belt Buckle for Best in Show Red Sean Boyd and Rotie Cellars for the 2010
Southern Red Blend
2nd Tie 2009 Smasne Carmenere and 2009 even Hills Cabernet
3rd Tie 2009 Coyote Canyon Primitivo, 2009 Bunchgrass Malbec, 2009 Thurston Wolfe Syrah
Best in Show White
1st for the second year in a row the belt buckle goes to Jed Steele for the 2009 Steele Cuvee Chardonnay!
2nd 2011 Elk Cove Rose
3rd 2010 Smasne Ice Wine
Here are the winners in the varietal categories:
White Blend
1st 2011 Thurston Wolfe PGV
2nd 2011 Coyote Canyon Andrews White
3rd 2010 Smasne Farm Girl White
Chardonnay
1st 2009 Steele, Steele Cuvee
2nd 2009 Patit Creek
3rd 2010 Balletto Teresa's
Pinot Gris
1st 2010 Del Rio
2nd 2010 Milbrandt
3rd 2011 A to Z
Other Whites
1st 2009 Williamson Viognier
2nd NV Sofia Blanc de Blanc
3rd 2011 Latah Creek Riesling
Dry Rose
1st 2011 Elk Cove Rose of Pinot Noir
2nd 2011 Steele Rose of Cabernet Franc
3rd 2011 Sofia Rose from Francis Ford Coppola
Sauvignon Blanc
1st Tie 2011 Shooting Star, and 2011 Salvard Cheverny
2nd 2010 Tangent
3rd Tie 2010 Oberon and 2011 Mills Reef
Happy Endings
1st 2010 Smasne Ice Wine
2nd 2011 Coyote Canyon late harvest Viognier
3rd 2011 Latah Creek Moscato
Pinot Noir
1st 2008 Balletto Winery Block
2nd 2008 Steele Goldchild Vineyard
3rd 2009 le Cadeaux Equinox
Cabernet Franc
1st 2008 Basalt
2nd 2005 Willis Hall
3rd 2009 Writer's Block
1st 2009 Thurston Wolfe Burgess Vineyard
2nd Tie2009 Smasne Block 3 and 2008 Coyote Canyon
3rd 2009 Shooting Star
Zinfandel
1st Tie 2007 Balletto Russian River Valley and 2009 Coyote Canyon Primitivo
2nd 2008 Angelvine Avery Vineyard
3rd 2009 Ele Primitivo
Malbec
1st 2009 Bunchgrass
2nd 2010 Smasne
3rd 2009 Reasons Black Magic
Merlot
1st 2008 Patit Creek
2nd Sinclair 5 Barrell
3rd 2009 Steele Clearlake
Cabernet Sauvignon
1st 2009 Seven Hills Walla Walla
2nd 2008 Patit Creek Columbia Valley
3rd 2009 H/H Estates Reserve
Petite Verdot
1st 2009 For a Song
2nd 2009 Gifford Herlinger
3rd 2008 Smasne
Other Reds
1st Tie 2009 Smasne Carmenere and 2008 Coyote Canyon Grenache
2nd H/H Estates Mourvedre
3rd 2006 Ascheri Barolo
Sangiovese
1st 2010 Walla Walla Vintners
2nd 2009 Sinclair
3rd 2009 Coyote Canyon
Red Blends over $20
1st 2010 Rotie Cellars Southern Red
2nd Tie 2009 Coppola Director's Cut Cinema and 2009 H/H Estates Bozac Red
3rd Tie 2009 Sinclair Pentatonic and 2008 Patit Creek "The Creek"
Red Blends under $20
1st 2010 Coppola Rosso
2nd 2007 Basalt Gemma Rosa
3rd NV Coyote Canyon Downtown Red
We hope you can join us this evening for this wonderful annual tasting event!
If there is a topic you would like to read about or questions on wine you can email George@thedinnerpartyshop.com or make suggestions by contacting the Healthy Community section at the Coeur d'Alene Press.
George Balling is co-owner with his wife Mary Lancaster of the dinner party - a wine and table top decor shop in Coeur d'Alene by Costco. George is also the managing judge of The North Idaho Wine Rodeo and writes frequently for the online version of Coeur d'Alene Magazine at www.cdamagazine.com. You can learn more about the dinner party at www.thedinnerpartyshop.com.