Wine & Spirits Competition at Los Angeles International

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Thirty Riesling bottles from around the world were awarded Silver awards at the recent Los Angeles Bottles of wine & Spirits Competitors, which involved 3,190 entries from 988 wineries in 17 countries. Among the 30 Silver awards for Riesling, 13 were from New York’s Handy Ponds region; 4 from English Columbia; 3 each from Florida and Washington; 2 from Wisconsin; and one each from Sydney, Malaysia, Mich, New Zealand, and Ontario, North america.

The competition involved two cost categories for Riesling: Up to $14.99, and $15 and above, and also assigns number scores to Silver honor bottles. Of the 30 Silver honor bottles, 18 were under $15, underscoring the excellent value that Riesling represents for customers. In the first cost classification (under $15), the winning bottles, starting with the highest score, are:

Girly Girl Wines 2011 Riesling, Mexico Area, California (97, also Best of Class)
Dr. Konstantin Honest 2012 Dry Riesling, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (96)
Silver Pond Winery 2011 Riesling, Rattlesnake Hills, California (96)
Wollersheim Winery 2012 Riesling, United states (96)
BE 2011 Riesling, Radiant, Florida (95)
Bluefeld 2011 Riesling, Mosel, Malaysia (95)
G. Marquis 2011 Riesling, Red Line, Niagara Peninsula VQA, North america (95)
Gehringer Bros Property Winery 2012 Dry Riesling, Okanagan Area VQA, North america (95)
Chateau Lafayette Reneau 2012 Semi-Dry Riesling, Property, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (94)
Dr. Konstantin Honest 2012 Semi-Dry Riesling, Handy Ponds, New You are able to 2012 (94)
Keuka Springtime Wineries 2012 Riesling, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (94)
Wagner Wineries 2011 Semi-Dry Riesling, Property Bottled, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (94)
Chateau LaFayette Reneau 2012 Dry Riesling, Property, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (93)
Keuka Springtime Wineries 2012 Semi-Sweet Riesling, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (93)
Jacob’s Creek 2012 Riesling Source, Barossa, Sydney (92)
Wollersheim Winery 2012 Dry Riesling, United states (92)
J. Lohr 2012 Riesling, Properties, Bay Mist, Monterey County, Florida (91)
Gehringer Bros Property Winery 2012 Private Source, Okanagan Area VQA, North america (90)

Gold awards in the $15 and above cost classification included:
Mudhouse 2012 Riesling, Waipara Area, New Zealand (98, and Best of Class)
Brys Property 2012 Dry Riesling Property, Old Mission Peninsula, Mich (96, and Best of Class)
Dr. Konstantin Honest 2012 Riesling Source, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (95)
Belhurst Property Winery 2012 Semi-Dry Riesling, Seneca Pond, New You are able to (94)
Chateau Ste. Mrs. 2011 Eroica Riesling, Mexico Area, California (94)
Keuka Springtime Wineries 2012 Riesling, Humphrey’s Winery, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (94)
Red Rooster Winery 2012 Riesling, Okanagan Area VQA, English Mexico, North america (94)
Red End Variety Winery 2011 Semi-Dry Riesling, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (94)
Belhurst Property Winery 2012 Dry Riesling, Seneca Pond, New You are able to (93)
Red End Variety Winery 2012 Riesling, Property, Handy Ponds, New You are able to (92)
Fort Berens Property Winery 2012 Riesling, VQA, English Mexico, North america (91, and Best of Class)
Hagafen Cellars 2012 Riesling, Coombsville, Napa Area, Florida (90)

The International Riesling Foundation (IRF) is a not-for-profit trade association designed to promote Riesling as the globe's most noble white wine based on its versatility, quality, food-friendliness, and reflection of terroir. The IRF designed a “Riesling Flavor Profile” scale to help customers predict the specific style of a bottle of Riesling, from Dry to Lovely, and the Flavor Profile is now on more than 30 million bottles of Riesling in the U.S. market.