AWC 2019
held in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Grand Champion Winemaker |
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| Don Graham | British Columbia | |
| GOLD | ||
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| Elayne Mott | Nova Scotia | 49% Majestic grape, 49% Canadice grape 2% Brandy, NOT a kit & no water added. |
| SILVER | ||
| Colin Nicholson | British Columbia | 100% Palamino Entry taken from lower barrel in solera system so is a blend of many years |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Charles Fajgenbaum | Ontario | Genachd blanc 100% part fermented on grape skins, infused with a series of herbs, fruits etc |
| Jim Bradshaw | Ontario | Base of 2014 Ontario Merlot grapes, Added ingredients include: Bitters, Orange Peel, Chocolate. |
| SILVER | ||
| Clark Meredith | Ontario | Chardonnay 34%, Culp Farms, Riesling 33%, Culp Farms, Vidal 33%, Frank Kramer, Blend, Herbs added 2015 |
| BRONZE | ||
| Brian Williams | Ontario | Sweet Vermouth. Mixed herbs and spices. |
| Rick & Mary Homer | British Columbia | Aperitif |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 100% Chardonnay, Seirra Maudie Vineyard, Santa Maria, California. NW Club |
| Pat Constantine & Alan Baker | Nova Scotia | 100% California Chardonnay grapes from the Lodi Valley, California USA, Very Dry 0-5 grams sugar per litre of wine |
| Dave Burt | British Columbia | 100% Chardonnay (Falcon Crest Vineyard, Oliver, BC). Fermented with oak cubes and put through MLF. |
| SILVER | ||
| Brian McKibbin | Nova Scotia | Chardonnay grapes 100% Aylesford Mountain Vineyard NS Dry |
| Gary Constantine | Nova Scotia | 70% Australian Chardonnay Wine-Expert kit + 25% Chardonnay Skin extract from Local Chardonnay grapes from Peter Jackson vineyard + 5% apple cider lees from Noble Grape cider kit, 5 -25 grams sugar pe |
| BRONZE | ||
| Phillip Morris | Ontario | 100% chardonnay from Ed Hughes, Niagara, dry |
| Steve Ells | Nova Scotia | 100% Chardonnay, Ellslea Farms, off dry |
| Phillip Rusch | Alberta | 100% Chardonnay, grape juice from Washington, Columbia Valley. Purchased through Wine Tech, Calgary. |
| SILVER | ||
|---|---|---|
| William Cicon | Alberta | RIESLING GRAPE JUICE |
| Stephen Small | British Columbia | 100% Riesling, Three Sisters Vineyard, Naramata, BC |
| BRONZE | ||
| Andre d'Entremont | Nova Scotia | 100% New York Muscat. Cape House Vineyard, Mahone Bay, N.S. Sweetness -2 - Off-dry. 11% Alcohol |
| Ian Murfitt | British Columbia | 100% Riesling, Fool’s Gold Vineyard, Okanagan BC, 11.3% alc, pH 2.9 |
| Axel Kroitzsch | British Columbia | Siegerreebe, Langley |
| Randy Doering | Alberta | 100% Riesling juice from Washington state FG 0.999 |
| Michael Perkins | Alberta | Cellar Craft, Showcase, Viognier |
| MERIT | ||
| Michael Petric | Ontario | 100% Viognier - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Kevin Buis, Glenlake Orchards |
| Lawrence Matthews | British Columbia | 100% Viognier - Okanagan grapes |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gary Frankow | Ontario | 100% Vidal (Niagara Ontario, Watson Vineyard) |
| SILVER | ||
| John Ciardullo | Ontario | 100% Vidal Sieger Farm Ontario (Dry) |
| BRONZE | ||
| Harry Beach | Nova Scotia | 100% L'Acadie blanc from Cape House Vineyard, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Steve Ells | Nova Scotia | 100% Geisenheim, Ellslea Farms, very dry |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Matthews | British Columbia | 100% Sauvignon Blanc - Okanagan grapes |
| Michael Perkins | Alberta | Cellar Craft, Showcase, Pinot Grigio, Washington State |
| SILVER | ||
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 100% Sauv Blanc, Black Sage Bench, Okanagan. NW Club |
| James Pflanz | British Columbia | 50% Riesling 50% Kerner Pflanz Vineyards Kamloops BC |
| Andre d'Entremont | Nova Scotia | 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Cape House Vineyard, Mahone Bay, N.S. Sweetness -1- Very Dry. 11.5% alcohol |
| Leanna Rathkelly | British Columbia | Pinot Gris: 100% Pinot Gris grapes grown by Symphony Vineyards in Saanichton, BC. Fermented to dry, with full Malolactic secondary fermentation, no oak added. |
| Bruno Meneguzzi | Ontario | 100% unoaked Chilian Sauvignon Blanc from retailer Fermentations Toronto |
| BRONZE | ||
| Brian Aziz | Ontario | 100% Sauvignon Blanc sourced from Watsons in Niagara on the Lake. |
| Daniel Doroshenko | Nova Scotia | 100% Winexpert Selection Pacific Quartet |
| Roseline Godin-Cochrane | Nova Scotia | 23 L Pinot Grigio wine kit (World Vineyard, Italy, Global Vintners Inc. St. Catharines, Ontario.) + L'Acadie Blanc juice from own backyard vines (1.5 L - pressed in September and very acidic, kept in |
| Dave O'Hanlon | Ontario | 100% Sauvignon blanc, Watson's vineyard, Ontario, dry wine |
| Dan Stevenson | Ontario | Dry Sauvignon Blanc 100% from Watson Farms ,Niagara on the Lake Ontario |
| Allan Jost | Nova Scotia | Winexpert Limited Edition Kit LE17, South Africa Chardonnay/Chenin Blanc, Dry, 12.5% alcohol, lightly oaked. |
| MERIT | ||
| Ron Ramsdale | British Columbia | 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Okanagan Grape |
| Stephen Butt | Alberta | Milagro Blanco Winexpert kit |
| SILVER | ||
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| Don Graham | British Columbia | 85% Pinot Gris, Oliver BC, 5% Zinfandel, Lodi,California |
| Randy Doering | Alberta | 90% Mouverdre grape & 10% Riesling juice both from Washington State FG 1.006 |
| BRONZE | ||
| Ron Ramsdale | British Columbia | 100% Pinot Gris. Vancouver Island Grape. 12 hours Skin Contact |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Axel Kroitzsch | British Columbia | Klipsum Cab Sav., Wa |
| Dave Burt | British Columbia | 66% Cab Sauv, 20% Cab Franc, 8% Petit Verdot, 6% Malbec (Santa Maria Valley, California except Malbec from Walla Walla). 22 months old and new French barrels. |
| Michel Perron | Alberta | Carmenère - Washington Grapes 2016; Finished SG = 0.992 |
| SILVER | ||
| Rino Genzale | British Columbia | 100% Malbec Grapes from Make Peace Vineyards Similkameen |
| Cindy Scott & Andrew Fox | British Columbia | 45% 2015 Merlot, Okanagan, BC; 2014 22% Malbec & 23% Petit Verdot, Walla Walla, WA; 10% 2012 Cab The Dalles, OR |
| Dominic Ierullo | Ontario | Cabernet Sauvignon Greek Garden Vineyard, Lodi California |
| Patrick Levac | Ontario | 100% Malbec (grapes from Chilie Chales from Grapemasters) |
| George Beck | British Columbia | Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, Okanagan |
| Dan Ostler | Ontario | 100% Spanish Merlot from Fermentations in Toronto |
| BRONZE | ||
| John & Fran Ayris | British Columbia | merlot 50%,cabernet/sauvignon 20%, cabernet/franc 15%, Malbec 15%, OKV |
| Bruce Smith | Ontario | Merlot (85%); Cabernet Sauvignon (5%); Petit Verdot (5%); Cabernet Franc (5%); supplier Watson's Vineyard, NOTL; |
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 85%Cab Sauv,Paso Robels,California 15%Merlot,Santa Barbra,California. NW Club |
| Michael Perkins | Alberta | Cellar Craft, Showcase, Carmenere with added Cabernet Grape skins from Oliver BC |
| Len Sigurdson | British Columbia | cab sav 35%, merlot 35%, cab franc 25%, pet verd 6%, pet syrah 4%. |
| Pasquale Martino | Alberta | Cab Sauv 75% Cab Franc 25% blend. Grapes from Oliver BC. |
| Brian Williams | Ontario | 100% Cab. Sauvignon. California juice - Vin Bon |
| Paul Arcand | British Columbia | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Obsidian Vyd California |
| Mike Leeper | British Columbia | Malbec 80% WA; Cabernet Sauvignon CA 13%; Cabernet Franc 7% |
| Alan Mitchell | Nova Scotia | Wine Kit - RJS Craft Winemaking - RQ18 - 18 litre Chile Carmenere |
| Pat Zawalykut | British Columbia | 100% Dineen Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon |
| MERIT | ||
| Cathy Beck | Ontario | WineKitz, Ultimate Estate Reserve, Argentine Malbec |
| Don Osmond | Ontario | 100% Carmenere, VinBon Wines |
| William Cicon | Alberta | CAB SAUV MERLOT CELLAR CLASS WINE KIT |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don Holmes | British Columbia | 96% Pinot Noir, 4% Pinot Gris. Vancouver Island Grapes, |
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 100%Pinot Noir, The Dalles, Oregonn |
| SILVER | ||
| Rick & Mary Homer | British Columbia | Pinot Noir |
| Brian Aziz | Ontario | 100% Pinot Noir from Chile. |
| BRONZE | ||
| Stephen Butt | Alberta | 100% Pinot Noir grapes from BC. Fermented dry |
| Ian Murfitt | British Columbia | 100% Pinot Noir, Nk’Mip Vineyard, Oliver BC, 14.8% alc, pH 3.6 |
| MERIT | ||
| Brian McKibbin | Nova Scotia | Pinot Noir grapes 100% Aylesford Mountain Vineyard NS Dry |
| Lorne Weyers | Ontario | Prince Edward County 100% |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Darrel Hoeppner | British Columbia | Regent (50 percent), Marechal Foch (35 percent) Vancouver Island Grapes , Merlot (15 percent) Okanagan Grapes |
| SILVER | ||
| Peter Jucker | Nova Scotia | Leon Millot 100%, from my own vines, sweetness 1, alcohol 12.5% |
| Alan Mitchell | Nova Scotia | 100% Baco Noir grapes from the Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia |
| BRONZE | ||
| Alexander Jurbala | Nova Scotia | 60% Triumph 40% Leon Millot Grape Supplier: Kit Childs's vineyard in Canning, Nova Scotia |
| Steve Ells | Nova Scotia | 100% Petite Pearl, Ellslea Farms, off dry |
| MERIT | ||
| Franco Sartor | British Columbia | Baco noir (Campbell River grown ) |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Axel Kroitzsch | British Columbia | Zinfandel, Jesse's Grove, Ca |
| SILVER | ||
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 100% Zin, Lime Kiln Vineyard,San Benito, California |
| Mike Leeper | British Columbia | Zinfandel 100% WA |
| Julian Elliott | British Columbia | 93% Zinfandel; 7% Petit Sirah. Lodi-Spenker Ranch. |
| Michel Perron | Alberta | Zinfandel 85% + Shiraz 15%; Zin = Washington Grapes 2017, Shiraz = Washington Grapes 2015; Finished SG = 0.994 |
| Stephen Small | British Columbia | 100% Zinfandel, Jessies Grove Vyd, Lodi CA |
| Andrew M Szalontai | British Columbia | BCAWA crush zinfandel |
| BRONZE | ||
| John McMurchy | British Columbia | 100% Zinfandel Lodi California, Rob Martino |
| Len Sigurdson | British Columbia | merlot 5%, pet syr 2% |
| James Waring | British Columbia | 100 % Zinfandel, Jessies Grove, California |
| MERIT | ||
| Jimmy Irani | Alberta | 100% Zinfandel grapes from Washigton State |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Larry McIntyre | British Columbia | GSM, Meek, Wa. G 32%, S 57% M 11% |
| Patti Polfuss | Ontario | Vineco Passport French Syrah 90% Vineco French Grenache 10% |
| Dave Burt | British Columbia | 95% Syrah, 3% Cab Sauv, 2% Petit Verdot (Suncrest Vines, Oliver, BC except PV from Walla Walla). 17 months neutral barrel with French oak cubes. |
| Wayne Crossen | British Columbia | 70% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre |
| SILVER | ||
| Charles Fajgenbaum | Ontario | Syrah with 4% grenache blanc. must from Grapemasters |
| Cindy Scott & Andrew Fox | British Columbia | 100% Syrah, The Dalles, OR |
| Brian Williams | Ontario | 100% Shiraz. Chilean Juice. Wine Village, Stoney Creek, Ontario |
| Jim Bradshaw | Ontario | Made from grapes. 45% Syrah (Spain), 30 % Grenache (Spain), 20% Mouverde (California), 5% Petit Syrah (California). |
| Lothar Fabian | British Columbia | Petite Syrah Obsidian Ridge Cal 85%; 2006 Obsidian Ridge Calif Cab 15% |
| Don Osmond | Ontario | 100% Shiraz, Watson's Vineyards |
| Anatoli Pukhovski | Ontario | 95% Washington Syrah 2013, 5% Petite Syrah 2013, Suisun Valley CA. Both sourced through M&M, Hartford, CT |
| Len Sigurdson | British Columbia | pet syr 3% |
| BRONZE | ||
| Stephen Butt | Alberta | 100% Shiraz grapes from Oliver BC, aged with French Oak. Fermented dry |
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 90% Syrah 10% Viognier, cofermented,Suncrest Vineyard, Oliver BC.NWClub |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brian Aziz | Ontario | 45% Tempranillo, 25% Cab Sauv, 11% Merlot, 9% Cab Franc, 10% Sangiovese, sourced from California. |
| SILVER | ||
| Mike Grindler | British Columbia | 80% merlot 20% syrah |
| Mike Roman | British Columbia | Merlot 40%, Cabernet 10%, Zinfandel 20%, Syrah 15% Marchal Foch 15% Different years, Washington, California, BC |
| Stephen Butt | Alberta | 100% Nebbiolo grapes from California, aged with French oak. Fermented dry |
| Don Boucher | Ontario | 75% Zinfandal 25% Shiraz, Lodi California |
| Neil Finkle | Nova Scotia | Merlot 34% (California), Sangiovese 33% (California), Tempranillo 33% (California) 0% Residual Suga |
| Anatoli Pukhovski | Ontario | 90% Barbera 2016, Suisun Valley CA, 10% Petite Syrah 2013, Suisun Valley CA. Both sourced through M&M, Hartford, CT |
| BRONZE | ||
| Patrick Levac | Ontario | 69% Syrah, 31% Tempranillo ( Grapes from California -acquired through Dominic Ierullo) |
| Cindy Scott & Andrew Fox | British Columbia | 50% Cab, Okanagan, BC (2016); 50% 2nd run Zin skins (2014, Lodi), Nebbiolo kit - Winexpert, Eclipse Piedmont, Italy |
| Lorne Weyers | Ontario | Touriga National (Lodi), 50% & Merlot (Napa) 50% |
| Brian McKibbin | Nova Scotia | Merlot grapes 65% California French American Hybrids 35% Kit Childs Vineyard NS Dry |
| Alan Mitchell | Nova Scotia | Wine Kit - Winexpert - LE17 - Italy Negroamaro |
| Brian Williams | Ontario | 100% Nebiola from Italian Juice. Ponte Vecchio, St.Catharines |
| Peter Bennell | Ontario | 70% Zinfandel, California, Dominic Ierullo. 20% Cabernet Franc, Ontario-Niagara, Kevin Watson. 10% Petite Syrah, California, Dominic Ierullo. |
| MERIT | ||
| Marilyn Chiasson | Alberta | RJ Spagnols-La Batalla- 2016 Limited Release ( Tempranillo,Cabernet & Grenache Blend) |
| Dominic Ierullo | Ontario | Touriga Nacional California Central Valley |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 100% Viognier, Suncrest Vineyard,Oliver B C. NW Club |
| Brian Aziz | Ontario | 100% Riesling, sourced from Watsons in Niagara on the Lake. |
| SILVER | ||
| Dan Stevenson | Ontario | 100% Vidal Ice Wine from Watson Farms , Niagara on the Lake Ontario |
| BRONZE | ||
| Wayne Dumanski | Ontario | Vidal, Ice wine style. 100% Vidal ice wine juice. Mike Wier Vinyards Beamsville Ontario, Canada |
| Kevin Bramhoff | British Columbia | 100% Blackberry - Fruit from British Columbia & Oregon |
| MERIT | ||
| Marilyn Chiasson | Alberta | RJ Spagnols Cru Select Speciality Premium Kit Vidal Ice Wine |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wayne Dumanski | Ontario | Port-style wine 80% Merlot and 20% of freeze fractionated wines of various types. Barrel-aged 5 years American Oak, two years French Oak. Bottled in 2009. |
| Bruce Drewitt | Ontario | 100% palomino from Calif. Vin Bon suppplier Non vintage - solera sweetness ca. 10% |
| Sandy Kirk | British Columbia | 100% Zinfandel Barrel Blend of various years, bottled 2019 |
| SILVER | ||
| Dan Stevenson | Ontario | Port Style - 10% concord Staff Farms Vineland, 80% merlot Hipple Farms Beamsville , 10% Wine Expert Port Kit |
| Rick & Mary Homer | British Columbia | Blended Port - Mostly Zinfandel |
| Murray Bierd | British Columbia | 100% Zinfandel, Spenker Ranch, California |
| Marilyn Chiasson | Alberta | Winexpert Speciale -2015 Chocolate Salted Caramel Port |
| Andre d'Entremont | Nova Scotia | 100% Haskap. BeeFour Farm, Mahone Bay, N.S. Sweetness - 4 - Sweet. 18% Alcohol. |
| BRONZE | ||
| Peter Bennell | Ontario | 100% Buckwheat Honey, Ontario-Beamsville, Charlie Bee(Parker) Apiary, Sweet. |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don Graham | British Columbia | 70%Chardonnay30%Muscat, Central Valley, California |
| Gary Frankow | Ontario | 50% Vidal, 25% Riesling, 25% Kerner (all Niagara Ontario, Watson Vineyard) |
| BRONZE | ||
| Andre d'Entremont | Nova Scotia | 50% Haskap (BeeFour Farm, Mahone Bay N.S.), 40% L'Acadie, 10% NY Muscat, Cape House Vineyard, Mahone Bay, N.S. Sweetness - 1 - Very Dry. 12% Alcohol. |
| Reg Jeffery | Ontario | Vidal, Ontario, Watson's, dry |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ward | Nova Scotia | 100% local strawberries, Alcohol% 10.5%, Sweetness 3 Medium 25-45 per litre of wine. Not a kit |
| SILVER | ||
| George Huckalo | Ontario | 95% Vidal wine, 5% frozen pressed raspberries for juice. Vidal grapes from Ed Hughes vineyard, Raspberries from Costco. |
| BRONZE | ||
| Rick & Mary Homer | British Columbia | Muller Thurgau |
| Mike Leeper | British Columbia | Riesling 100% Naramata |
| Elayne Mott | Nova Scotia | 85% apples (our own apples), 15% Maple Syrup (local maple sugar supplier),NOT a kit. |
| Daniel Doroshenko | Nova Scotia | 100% Niagara Mist Chocolate Cherry Pinot Noir |
| BRONZE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Andre d'Entremont | Nova Scotia | 100% Haskap. BeeFour Farm, Mahone Bay, N.S. Sweetness - 2- Off-dry. 10.5% Alcohol |
| MERIT | ||
| Arthur Ward | Nova Scotia | 50% Kennie's Pick Strawberry 50% home grown Rhubarb, Alcohol% 11%, Sweetness 2 Off Dry 5 -25 sugar per litre of wine. Not a kit |
| BRONZE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Axel Kroitzsch | British Columbia | Yellow Plum, Axel's Back Yard |
| Franco Sartor | British Columbia | Blackberry (Campbell River grown) |
| MERIT | ||
| Elayne Mott | Nova Scotia | 90% Rhubarb (my own), 10% orange juice (I squeezed myself)...no water added, NOT a kit. |
| GOLD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gloria Bell | British Columbia | Pure Single Varietal Newton Pippin Apple Cider 8% |
| SILVER | ||
| Joel Falk | Alberta | Various varieties of Apples + lime juice |
| BRONZE | ||
| Bob MacDiarmid & Jim&Elsie Martin | Nova Scotia | 85% Sterlings pressed cider,15% Allen’s apple juice 2% residual sugar,6% alcohol |