Amador County – Eighteen Amador County wines and grapes won awards in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition last weekend, with a public tasting to be held Saturday in San Francisco.
The Feb. 12 Chronicle listed about 18 Amador County wineries or county-grown grapes, whose wines won awards in this year’s Chronicle wine competition. Sobon Estate’s 2009 Fiddletown Lubenko Vineyard Zinfandel won the Best of Class award for zinfandels in the $20 to $25 range. Monetvina of Plymouth, Shenandoah won the Best of Class award for its 2010 Pinot Grigio in the up to $15 class.
Sobon’s 2010 Amador County Viognier won a gold medal in the up to $20 class. In the $25-$30 range, Deaver Vineyard won a double gold award for its 2008 zinfandel. Also in that class, winning gold was Fiddletown Cellars with its 2009 Bent Bow Zinfandel. Jeff Runquist Wines won a gold with its 2009 Amador County Nostro Vino Vineyard zinfandel. Another was Macchia Vineyard of Acampo wining a gold with a 2010 Amador County Adventurous Zinfandel.
In the $30-$35 class for zinfandel, gold was won by Macchia for its 2010 Amador County Prestigious. Villa Toscano Winery of Shenandoah Valley also won gold for its 2009 TC Vineyard Centuria zinfandel. Villa Toscano also won a double gold award for its 2009 Estate Barbera. Cooper Vineyards won a gold for its 2009 Estate Barbera. Urban Legend Cellars of Oakland also won gold with its 2009 Shenandoah Valley Barbera.
Bray Vineyards of the Shenandoah Valley won a gold medal for its 2008 La Dama Oscura Sangiovese. Fiddletown Cellars won a gold medal for its 2009 zinfandel in the up to $20 class, with its Old Vine. Convergence Vineyards won a double gold for its 2009 “The Italian Job” Red Wine. Black Sheep Winery of Murphys won a gold in that class with a 2008 Amador County zinfandel.
The public tasting conference is Saturday at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. For information, see winejudging.com.
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