JUDGMENT OF PARIS--1976
Placed in the Top 10 Wines, Voted “Most French in Style” --WHITE WINES, CHARDONNAY
The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 (or the “Judgment of Paris”) was a wine competition organized in Paris on May 24, 1976 by British Wine merchant Steven Spurrier. French judges did blind tastings of top-quality chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon wines from France and from California. California wine rated best in each category, causing surprise and upset in France as it was generally regarded as being the foremost producer of the world’s best wines. Chateau Montelana took first place for the Chardonnay wines, and Veedercrest placed in the Top 10 wines.
CURRENT RELEASES
VEEDERCREST ESTATES
645 POINTS (SO FAR THIS YEAR!) AND COUNTING
TWO DOUBLE GOLDS, FIVE GOLDS
THE ACCOLADES CONTINUE TO POUR IN FOR VEEDERCREST WINES!
VEEDERCREST IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUT OF FIVE WINES SUBMITED FOR EVALUATION BY WINE ENTHUSIAST VEEDERCREST WAS AWARDED FIVE RATINGS AT 90 POINTS AND ABOVE. THESE RATINGS WILL SHOW UP IN THE DECEMBER 1 ISSUE (ON NEWS STANDS OCT. 31)
WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED NINETY POINT AND ABOVE RATINGS FROM JAMES SUCKLING (former European Bureau Chief, Wine Spectator, now with his own newsletter and rating service) FOR TWO OUT OF THREE WINES SUBMITTED.
LAST, OF THE THREE WINES SUBMITTED TO THE AMERICAN FINE WINE COMPETITION ALL THREE RECEIVED GOLD OR DOUBLE GOLD AWARDS AND ALSO RECEIVED A DOUBLE GOLD AND THREE GOLDS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WINE JUDGING (largest judging in California).
05 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon Vintners Reserve
94 POINTS – Wine Enthusiast
Wine Enthusiast - Editor’s Choice
06 St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon, Tittel-Coloyonnaides Vineyard, Glass Mountain
Bordeaux Blend – 85% cabernet, 10% merlot, 2.5% petite verdot, 2.5% cabernet franc
93 POINTS - WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE Dec 2011
WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE - Cellar Selection
Double Gold – San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Top 10 California Cabernet Sauvignons - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Gold – American Fine Wine Competition, Boca Raton
Best of Show – Sequoya Country Club Members Annual Wine Judging
06 Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon , Pym Rae Vineyard
92 POINTS – Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Wine Enthusiast Cellar Selection
91 POINTS – James Suckling (formerly European Bureau Chief, Wine Spectator)
Gold – SF Chronicle Wine Competition
Gold – American Fine Wine Competition
07 Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon, Pym Rae Vineyard
92 POINTS - WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE NOV 2011
WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE NOV 2011 - Cellar Selection
Double Gold - American Fine Wine Competition, Boca Raton
Gold - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
08 Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon, Pym Rae Vineyard
93 POINTS – James Suckling (formerly European Bureau Chief, Wine Spectator)
08 Oakville Merlot Villa Mille Rose Estate Grown
Silver - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
09 Villa Mille Rose Oakville Chardonnay Estate Grown
90 POINTS – WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE NOV 2011
Sliver – San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
05 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Vintners Reserve
Best of Show – Turks & Caicos Gourmet Affair
Sommeliers Selection – Turks & Caicos Gourmet Affair
THE INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION—Bristol England 1981
1978 WHITE RIESLING AUSLESE, GOLD AWARD
1974 PETITE SIRAH (BATCH 2), GOLD AWARD
1979 GEWERZTRAMINER, GOLD AWARD
1978 GEWERZTRAMINER LATE HARVEST, SILVER AWARD
1979 WHITE RIESLING, BRONZE AWARD
OTHER AWARDS
(Los Angeles County Fair, Vintners Club of San Francisco and others)
Five Golds
Seven Silvers
Nine Bronze
Two First Places