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december 2017 / the tasting panel / 1 1 1 WINE DIVISION BEST IN SHOW and SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS BEST SAUVIGNON BLANC IN SHOW – MUD HOUSE 2016 SAUVIGNON BEST ZINFANDEL IN SHOW – ZINPHOMANIAC 2015 ZINFANDEL BEST BORDEAUX BLEND IN SHOW – CELLARDOOR WINERY 2013 NED SAID RED BORDEAUX BLEND BEST PINOT NOIR IN SHOW – CELLARDOOR WINERY 2013 PINOT NOIR BEST PINOT GRIGIO IN SHOW – DARK HORSE 2016 PINOT GRIGIO BEST CABERNET SAUVIGNON IN SHOW – LOUIS M. MARTINI 2014 CABERNET SAUVIGNON BEST SANGRIA IN SHOW – BASS NOTE PEACH TARRAGON SANGRIA BEST LATE HARVEST IN SHOW – MÁD WINE 2014 LATE HARVEST WHITE BEST CHARDONNAY IN SHOW – NOTABLE 2015 OAKY AND BUTTERY CHARDONNAY BEST WHITE BLEND IN SHOW – CHATEAU DE MALLE 2015 WHITE BLEND BEST BARBERA D'ASTI IN SHOW – MONTALBERA 2014 BARBERA D'ASTI BEST SPARKLING WINE IN SHOW – V. SATTUI WINERY 2012 BRUT BEST WHITE AND BEST GEWURZTRAMINER IN SHOW – V. SATTUI 2016 DRY GEWURATRAMINER BEST RED AND BEST ITALIAN VARIETAL IN SHOW – VELENOSI 2016 LACRIMA DIMORRO D'ALBA SUPERIORE BEST SYRAH IN SHOW – WESTWOOD 2015 SYRAH DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS Mud House 2016 Sauvignon Blanc ZinPhomaniac 2015 Zinfandel Cellardoor Winery 2013 Bordeaux Blend Cellardoor Winery 2013 Pinot Noir Dark Horse 2016 Pinot Grigio Gallo Family Vineyards Sweet Apple Louis M. Martini 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Bass Note Peach Tarragon Sangria Mád Wine 2014 Late Harvest White Notable 2015 Chardonnay Château de Malle 2015 White Blend Seifried Estate 2016 Riesling Montalbera 2014 Barbera d'Asti Montalbera 2013 Barbera d'Asti Tom Gore Vineyards 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon V. Sattui Winery 2012 Brut V. Sattui Winery 2016 Dry Gewurztraminer Velenosi 2016 Lacrima di Morro d'Alba Superiore Wente Vineyards 2014 Pinot Noir Westwood 2015 Syrah GOLD MEDAL WINNERS Luna Nuda 2016 Rosé Beato Bartolomeo Breganze 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Chateau Minuty 2016 Rosé Eagle Eye Winery 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Barefoot Bubbly Peach Sparkling Barefoot Cellars Moscato Frei Brothers 2015 Sauvignon Blanc Gallo 2015 Zinfandel Gallo Family Vineyards Sweet Peach Ghost Pines 2015 Zinfandel J Vineyards 2016 Pinot Gris Starborough 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Talbott 2015 Chardonnay Gary Farrell Winery 2014 Pinot Noir Dry By Tokaj 2015 Dry White Wine Matua 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Mt. Defiance Sweet Vermouth Narmada Winery 2014 Red Blend Algodon 2014 Bonarda Spencer Hill 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Spirits of Norway Vineyard Brianna V. Sattui Winery 2015 Chardonnay V. Sattui Winery 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Taylor Wines 2015 Shiraz Wakefield/Taylor Wines 2015 Shiraz Taylor Wines 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Taylor Wines 2016 Shiraz SILVER MEDAL WINNERS Geyser Peak Winery 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Geyser Peak Winery 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Mud House 2015 Pinot Noir AJA Vineyards 2014 Proprietary Red Wine Paul Dolan Vineyards 2015 Zinfandel Luna Nuda 2016 Red Blend Luna Nuda Prosecco Cellardoor Winery 2015 Viognier Cellardoor Winery 2013 Red Blend Chateau Changyu 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Distant Cellar 2013 Zinfandel Distant Cellar 2013 Red Blend Eagle Eye Winery 2013 Petit Verdot Eagle Eye Winery 2013 Meritage Kulara Family Estate 2016 Chardonnay Allegrini 2016 Valpolicella Barefoot Bubbly Pineapple Sparkling Barefoot Cellars Shiraz Bridlewood Estate 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Carnivor 2015 Zinfandel Chateau Souverain 2014 Merlot Chateau Souverain 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Red Blend Columbia 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Horse 2015 Chardonnay Dark Horse 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Dark Horse 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Horse 2016 Rosé Dark Horse 2015 Zinfandel DaVinci 2015 Chianti Don Miguel Gascon 2015 Malbec Edna Valley 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Edna Valley 2015 Chardonnay Edna Valley 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Frei Brothers 2015 Merlot Gallo Family Vineyards Sweet Berry Ghost Pines 2015 Merlot J Vineyards 2015 Chardonnay MacMurray Estate 2015 Chardonnay Prophecy 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Prophecy 2015 Pinot Noir Prophecy 2015 Red Blend Talbott 2015 Chardonnay Talbott 2015 Pinot Noir The Naked Grape Moscato Whitehaven 2016 Sauvignon Blanc William Hill Estate 2016 Sauvignon Blanc William Hill Estate 2015 Chardonnay William Hill Estate 2014 Merlot Experience 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Gary Farrell Winery 2014 Pinot Noir Franklin Tate Estates 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon Ingleside Vineyards 2016 Albariño JaM Cellars 2016 Chardonnay JaM Cellars 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon JaM Cellars Brut Sparkling Le Grande Courtage Blanc de Blancs Brut Le Grande Courtage Brut Rosé Toi Toi Wines 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Toi Toi Wines 2014 Pinot Noir Wildling 2013 Red Bled Narmada Winery 2014 Cabernet Franc Ravage 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Oak Ridge Winery Rosé Blend RJV 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Seifried Estate 2017 Sauvignon Blanc Seifried Estate 2017 Sauvignon Blanc Montalbera 2015 Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato Montalbera 2015 Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato Montalbera 2016 Grignolino Mirza Ghalib 2014 Red Blend Cremisan Wine Estate 2014 Baladi Thorn Clarke Wines 2016 Shiraz Thorn Clarke Wines 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Tiki Wine & Vineyards 2014 Pinot Noir Tom Gore Vineyards 2015 Chardonnay Tom Gore Vineyards 2015 Sauvignon Blanc Tomich Wines 2015 Shiraz Tomich Wines 2016 Pinot Noir Tomich Wines 2016 Pinot Noir Tomich Wines 2016 Chardonnay V. Sattui Winery 2015 Chardonnay V. Sattui Winery 2016 Dry Riesling V. Sattui Winery 2012 Select Late Harvest Riesling V. Sattui Winery 2015 Pinot Noir V. Sattui Winery 2015 Pinot Noir V. Sattui Winery 2014 Pinot Noir V. Sattui Winery 2013 Merlot V. Sattui Winery 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon V. Sattui Winery 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon V. Sattui Winery 2014 Red Blend Velenosi 2013 Offida Rosso Velenosi 2015 Rosso Piceno Superiore Velenosi 2016 Verdicchio Dei Castelli Di Jesi Classico Taylor Wines 2016 Shiraz Taylor Wines 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Taylor Wines 2016 Malbec Taylor Wines 2016 Merlot Taylor Wines 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Taylor Wines 2016 Pinot Noir Taylor Wines 2016 Riesling Taylor Wines 2016 Chardonnay Wente Vineyards 2015 Chardonnay Wente Vineyards 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Wente Vineyards 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Westwood 2015 Pinot Noir Westwood 2015 Chardonnay Windrum 2015 Pinot Noir Zilzie Wines 2017 Rosé