Mo. wines take gold at Indy competition

The Missouri Department of Agriculture said Monday that 11 Missouri wines won gold medals at the Indy International Wine Competition held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

Jim Anderson, executive director of the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, said in a statement that more than 3,100 wines from around the world were entered in the competition with only 277 gold medals presented. The competition ran July 27-29.

Missouri Gold medal winners included Baltimore Bend 2003 Norton; Augusta 2003 Norton; Montelle 2005 Dry Vignoles and Himmelswein; St. James Winery 2004 Late Harvest Vignoles; Syrah 2005 Vintner’s Select Vignoles and Velvet White; and Stone Hill Winery’s Blanc de Blancs, Golden Rhine, Rose Montaigne and 2003 Norton.

Special honors went to Augusta Winery for winning a Concordance Gold award for its 2005 Seyval Blanc. The Concordance Gold medal is given when all judges on a panel of five unanimously vote to give a wine a gold medal.

Missouri wineries awarded the Silver medal included Les Bourgeois, Augusta, Montelle, St. James, Stone Hill, Strussione, Crown Valley, Wenwood, Sugar Creek, Summit Lake, Tower Rock and Chaumette.

Fifteen wineries from across the state of Missouri earned gold, silver and bronze medals at the event, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Source: bizjournals.com