WELSH VINEYARDS CELEBRATE GROWING SUCCESS Dylan was invited to judge at these Welsh Vineyards Association's annual wine awards this year and my what a job! Held at Llanerch Vineyard at Hensol in the Vale of Glamorgan, the competition saw over 50 wines entered by nine vineyards ranging from north to south Wales. Split into five classes, 21 wines were awarded Bronze, doubling last year’s achievement. Five gained Silver and this year, 3 wines were awarded Gold. The best wine in each class also received a trophy: Whjte - White Castle Vineyard’s ‘Siegerrebe’; Rosé - Llaethliw Vineyard; Red – White Castle’s Rondo; Sparkling – Tintern Parva Vineyard’s ‘Dathlu’; Sparkling Rosé - Llanerch with the 'The Thomas Davies Memorial Trophy' also being given to Llanerch Vineyard’s ‘Cariad Blush’ as overall Wine of the Competition.
The expert judging panel was comprised of Linda Johnson-Bell: wine judge, author, and founder of The Wine and Climate Change Institute; Sue Tolson: wine educator, judge and editor of the popular website, WineSofa.eu and Dylan of course!
2017 Award winners were as follows:
Bronze Llanerch, Cariad Dry 2013
White Castle, Gwin Gwyn 2016
Tintern Parva, Bacchanlia 2016
Pant Du, Gwin gwyn 2016
Llanerch, Cariad Dry White 2015
Montgomery, Solaris 2016
Conwy, Pydew 2016
Sugarloaf, Calon Lan 2016
Lleathliw, White 2016
Tintern Parva, Afon Gwy 2015
Llanerch, Cariad Medium Dry 2013
Llanerch, Cariad Rosé 2015
Lleathliw, Rosé 2016
Tntern Parva, Bwthyn Rhosyn 2015
Lleathliw, Red 2015
Tntern Parva, Ty Coch 2016
Pant Du, Gwin Coch 2016
White Castle, Rondo 2015
Conwy, Pefriog 2015
Tntern Parva, Dathliad Rosé 2010
Llanerch, Cariad Blush 2014
Silver
Tintern Parva, Baccus 2015
Conwy, Solaris 2016
Llanerch, Cariad Medium Dry 2016
Llanerch, Cariad White 2012
Glyndwr Rose 2015
Gold
White Castle, Siegerrebe 2016
Tintern Parva, Dathliad 2013
Llanerch, Cariad Blush 2011
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