The Best of Missouri Wine Classic Results are In
The Missouri Food & Wine Festival – Chateau on the Lake – April 24th & 25th
This past weekend, at the Chateau on the Lake Resort, more than a dozen Missouri wineries were exhibitors at the Missouri Food & Wine Festival. This year, the organizers of the festival held, “the Best of Missouri Wine Classic”. It is a planned annual blind tasting open to all exhibiting wine producers located in the Show Me State.
In a wine tasting contest divided into 6 categories, with 17 classifications, the judges tasted and deliberated for hours. All three knowledgeable judges used a 31 category point system to evaluate each wine on their own. The points were added up to rank them and all three judges agreed by consensus on the placement of the winners. The medaling wines and wineries are as follows:
Sparkling Wines
GOLD – Stone Hill, Golden Spumante
SILVER – Stone Hill Blanc de Blanc
Fruit Wines
GOLD – Stone Hill Jacquesse Kickin’ Berry
SILVER – OOVVDA Winery Blueberry Table Wine Styles
BRONZE – Le Cave Vineyard Blackberry Table wines
Desert/Fortified
GOLD – Stone Hill Cream Sherry
SILVER – Stone Hill Port 2007
BRONZE – Le Cave Vineyards Chambourin Port
Dry White Single Grape
GOLD – Stone Hill Traminette
SILVER – Stone Hill Dry Vingoles
BRONZE – OOVVDA Cayuga White
Semi-Sweet White Single Grape
GOLD – Stone Hill Winery Vingoles
Dry Red Single Grape
GOLD – Stone Hill Chambourcin 2007
SILVER – Le Cave VineyardsFrontenac 2007
Sweet Red Single Grape
GOLD – Stone Hill Concord
SLIVER – Le Cave Vineyards Remson Concord
Sweet Red Blend
GOLD – Stone Hill Jacquesse Kickin Berry
Missouri’s State Grape Norton
GOLD – Stone Hill Norton 2006
SILVER – Stone Hill Cross J 2007
BRONZE – Lindwedel Wine Garden Norton
Organizers Recommendation Best of Show – Le Cave Vineyards Balckberry Desert Wine
Judges Recommendation Best of Show – Stone Hill Cream Sherry
Best White Wine Overall – Stone Hill Traminette 2009
Best Red Wine Overall – Stone Hill Norton 2006
All of these award winning wines are commercially available from the producing wineries, vineyards and wine gardens. They represent some of the very best wines produced in the State of Missouri.
Organizers also awarded the “Chef of the Fest” trophy to the Chef or cook that provided the best overall presentation from the Metro Appliances & More/ Cabinet Design Source Kitchen Theatre. Over the two days of the festival, chef’s demonstrations were presented to festival goers every hour, on the hour, in a live format. After polling the attendees and consulting with the organizers, it was a unanimous decision to award this first ever recognition to Executive Sous Chef Chad Horvath of the award winning Chateau Grille. His presentation and creative style of cooking was inspiring and memorable.
Plans are already underway for the 2011 Missouri Food & Wine Festival. Bob Nichols, Managing Member of Associated Artists, producers of the festival, said, “On April 29 & 30 we will once again gather to celebrate food and beverages in grand style while offering informative seminars, cooking demonstrations, book signings, celebrity appearances, games and contests. And The Best of Missouri Wine Classic will once again be naming the best wines offered at this prestigious annual gathering of food and beverage lovers from Missouri and around the world.” He went on to thank his many sponsors such as KSFX, KRZK, Metro Appliances & More, Cabinet Design Source, AY Magazine, 417 Signs and everyone else that worked so hard, the entire year, to make the event such a big success.
2011 marks the third year for this growing annual event. Nichols said attendance was nearly double that of 2009, making this one of the largest food & wine gatherings in the entire State of Missouri. For more information, pictures and to make plans to attend next year go to www.MoFoodFest.com.
