Amador County – Amador County winemakers the Bray Vineyards in early January took 2 top awards, including the Best of Class & Judges’ Choice Awards and the Pink Sweepstakes Award at the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The world record setting field included 4,913 entries, and Bray Vineyards’ 2008 Barbera Rosato took the top prizes in the pink wine division. Bray, at 10590 Shenandoah Road in Plymouth, is owned by Robin and Oliver Bray. Its staff includes Winemaker John Hoddy and crew members Eric Burns, Dick Carter, Jennifer Burns, Eric Lindner, Joel Medina, Augustin Solis, Stephanie Anderson and Dick Minnis. The Brays established Bray Vineyards in 1996 when they purchased land from an estate. They planted their first grapes over weekend jaunts form Martinez, and hired winemaker John Hoddy in 2004. Bray Vineyards received attention from critics for its Barbera wines made soon thereafter. Bray’s 2004 Barbera won Best of Class at the 2007 Chronicle Wine Competition. And Bray’s 2006 Barbera Rosato won the Gold Medal and Best of Show award at the 2007 Amador County Fair. The win capped off gold medals that year at the Central Valley Wine Competition, Grand Harvest Awards, National Women’s Wine Competition, and the Orange County Wine Competition. This year’s Chronicle Wine Competition concluded on January 9th. It included 5 days of tasting at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in Sonoma County. Judges included 63 professional wine experts from the media and restaurants and the fields of education, winemaking and retail wine industries. The panel tasted and evaluated a world-record breaking 4,913 entries, a number organizers said maintains the competition’s status as the largest competition of American wines in the world. Bray took the Sweepstake prize for pink wines, and was one of 3 California wines to win a Sweepstake prize, with the other 2 from the Russian River Valley. Consumers can taste the Sweepstake Award Winners, along with hundreds of additional wines, at the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting, February 20th in San Francisco. Northern California Wine Examiner’s Julia Hollister last week said the “unpretentious wine from a small Amador County vineyard” is “noticeable with its soft pink color and strawberry, cranberry and cinnamon essence.” She called the Bray Barbera Rosato “playful, delicate and vibrant.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -
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Amador County – Amador County winemakers the Bray Vineyards in early January took 2 top awards, including the Best of Class & Judges’ Choice Awards and the Pink Sweepstakes Award at the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The world record setting field included 4,913 entries, and Bray Vineyards’ 2008 Barbera Rosato took the top prizes in the pink wine division. Bray, at 10590 Shenandoah Road in Plymouth, is owned by Robin and Oliver Bray. Its staff includes Winemaker John Hoddy and crew members Eric Burns, Dick Carter, Jennifer Burns, Eric Lindner, Joel Medina, Augustin Solis, Stephanie Anderson and Dick Minnis. The Brays established Bray Vineyards in 1996 when they purchased land from an estate. They planted their first grapes over weekend jaunts form Martinez, and hired winemaker John Hoddy in 2004. Bray Vineyards received attention from critics for its Barbera wines made soon thereafter. Bray’s 2004 Barbera won Best of Class at the 2007 Chronicle Wine Competition. And Bray’s 2006 Barbera Rosato won the Gold Medal and Best of Show award at the 2007 Amador County Fair. The win capped off gold medals that year at the Central Valley Wine Competition, Grand Harvest Awards, National Women’s Wine Competition, and the Orange County Wine Competition. This year’s Chronicle Wine Competition concluded on January 9th. It included 5 days of tasting at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in Sonoma County. Judges included 63 professional wine experts from the media and restaurants and the fields of education, winemaking and retail wine industries. The panel tasted and evaluated a world-record breaking 4,913 entries, a number organizers said maintains the competition’s status as the largest competition of American wines in the world. Bray took the Sweepstake prize for pink wines, and was one of 3 California wines to win a Sweepstake prize, with the other 2 from the Russian River Valley. Consumers can taste the Sweepstake Award Winners, along with hundreds of additional wines, at the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting, February 20th in San Francisco. Northern California Wine Examiner’s Julia Hollister last week said the “unpretentious wine from a small Amador County vineyard” is “noticeable with its soft pink color and strawberry, cranberry and cinnamon essence.” She called the Bray Barbera Rosato “playful, delicate and vibrant.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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