2016 Awards

2016 Harvest Challenge

• NV Black Willow Winery Black Widow Berry – SILVER
• 2015 Black Willow Winery Chardonnay – BRONZE
• 2015 Black Willow Winery Classic Diamond – BRONZE

World Value Wine Challenge: Beverage Tasting Institute (Tastings.com)

• 90 pts – GOLD & Best Buy – Trilogy Red
• 85 pts – SILVER – Trilogy White
• 85 pts – SILVER – Classic Diamond

Indy International Wine Competition

• SILVER – Trilogy White
• SILVER – Trilogy Red

New York State Fair Commercial Wine Competition

• DOUBLE GOLD – Black Widow Berry
• GOLD – Bare Cat Blush
• GOLD – DePeche Meow
• SILVER – Classic Diamond
• SILVER – Trilogy Red
• BRONZE – Trilogy White

New York International Wine Competition

• 2016 MEAD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
• SILVER – Odin’s Nectar

International Women’s Wine Competition

• SILVER – Cabernet Franc
• SILVER – 2014 Trilogy Red
• SILVER – 2014 Trilogy White

2016 Ultimate Wine Challenge

• 93 pts – Valkyrie’s Lure Mead
• 85 pts – Classic Diamond 2014
• 88 pts – Trilogy White 2014

Pacific Rim Wine Competition

• GOLD –  Classic Diamond

Tasters Guild International Wine Competition

• SILVER – Trilogy Red
• SILVER – Trilogy White

Tastings Summer Whites and Rosés

• 87 pts – SILVER – Trilogy White

• 85 pts – SILVER – Bare Cat Blush

• 88 pts – SILVER – Classic Diamond

Tastings Wine Category Results

• 87 points – SILVER – BEST BUY – 2014 Chardonnay

Finger Lakes International Wine Compratition

• SILVER – Classic Diamond
• BRONZE – Bare Cat Blush
• BRONZE – DePeche Meow (peach, Vidal Blanc)

2016 Florida State Fair International Wine and Grape Juice Competition

• DOUBLE GOLD – Bare Cat Blush
• GOLD – Classic Diamond
• GOLD – Black Widow Berry
• BRONZE – DePeche Meow

2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

• GOLD – Bare Cat Blush
• GOLD – Black Widow Berry (red blend)
• BEST IN CLASS – GOLD – Classic Diamond
• GOLD – DePeche Meow (fruit wine)
• GOLD – Trilogy White (white blend)
• BRONZE – Riesling

International Eastern Wine Competition (East Meets West)

• GOLD – Classic Diamond
• SILVER – Black Widow Berry
• BRONZE – Cabenet Franc
• BRONZE – Valkyrie’s Lure

Beverage Tasting Institute

• Dessert Fortified & Fruit Wines Category:
• SILVER (88 pts) – 2004 Flight 6-1-37
• SILVER BEST BUY (86 pts) – DePeche Meow

Tasters Guild International

• DOUBLE GOLD – Classic Diamond
• SILVER – Trilogy Red
• SILVER – Chardonnay
• SILVER – Trilogy White
• SILVER – Bare Cat Blush
• SILVER – Black Widow Berry

Canberra International Riesling Challenge 2016

• BRONZE – Riesling

Beverage Tasting Institute: US Chardonnay Review – November 2016

• BRONZE (83 PTS) – Chardonnay