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Busch's Grove Restaurant - St. Louis, Missouri
The National Norton Wine Competition

The 2007 National Norton Wine Competition was held Saturday, August 4, 2007, at Busch's Grove Restaurant in St. Louis (above). Eight distinguished judges from around the country tasted 113 Norton wines submitted in four categories to name the following award winners. We thank all the producers who entered the competition, and congratulate the award winners for their excellent showing in the first ever National Norton Competition. Next year will be even bigger and better! We hope you will join us again.

View Medal Winners in Each Category:



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2007 Norton Wine Competition
Overall Winners

Best in Show
Sugar Creek Vineyards & Winery (Mo.)
2006 Cynthiana (at right)

Best of Class – Dry Norton
Sugar Creek Vineyards & Winery (Mo.)
2006 Cynthiana

Best of Class – Port Norton
Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery (Mo.)
2002 Missouri Red Port


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Gold Medal Winners
(Dry Norton)

  1. Bethlehem Valley Vineyards (Augusta, Missouri)
    2004 Norton

  2. Chrysalis Vineyards (Middleburg, Virginia)
    2005 Barrel Select 100% Virginia Norton

  3. Chrysalis Vineyards (Middleburg, Virginia)
    2004 Locksley Reserve Norton

  4. Mary Michelle Winery (Carrollton, Illinois)
    2006 Norton

  5. Sugar Creek Vineyards & Winery (Augusta, Missouri)
    2006 Cynthiana

  6. Westphalia Vineyards (Westphalia, Missouri)
    2006 Norton Reserve


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Silver Medal Winners
(Dry Norton)

  1. Chrysalis Vineyards (Virginia)
    2004 Estate Bottled Norton

  2. Chrysalis Vineyards (Virginia)
    2005 Estate Bottled Norton

  3. Hermannhof Winery (Missouri)
    2002 Norton

  4. Jowler Creek Winery (Missouri)
    2006 Norton

  5. Les Bourgeois Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Norton Premium Claret

  6. Spirit Knob Winery (Illinois)
    2005 Norton

  7. Spirit Knob Winery (Illinois)
    2006 Estate Reserve Norton

  8. St. James Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton

  9. St. James Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Cynthiana

  10. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2002 Norton

  11. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Norton

  12. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Norton, Cross J Vineyards


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Bronze Medal Winners
(Dry Norton)

  1. Augusta Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Estate Bottled Norton Reserva del Patron

  2. Augusta Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton

  3. Augusta Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Estate Bottled Norton

  4. Augusta Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Estate Bottled Norton Reserva del Patron

  5. Baltimore Bend Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Cynthiana

  6. Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton Missouri Dry Red

  7. Cave Vineyard (Missouri)
    2004 Norton

  8. Chrysalis Vineyards (Virginia)
    2003 Locksley Reserve Norton

  9. Cooper Vineyards (Virginia)
    2004 Norton

  10. Cooper Vineyards (Virginia)
    2005 Norton

  11. Crown Valley Winery (Missouri)
    2002 Norton Limited Edition

  12. Crown Valley Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton Estate

  13. Crown Valley Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton Proprietor's Select

  14. Hermannhof Winery (Missouri)
    2002 Norton Hermann French Oak Reserve

  15. Hermannhof Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton Hermann

  16. Hinnant Family Vineyards (North Carolina)
    2004 Beaverdam Vineyards Estates

  17. Holy-Field Winery (Kansas)
    2004 Cynthiana

  18. Holy-Field Winery (Kansas)
    2005 Cynthiana

  19. Horton Vineyards (Virginia)
    2004 Norton

  20. Keswick Vineyards (Virginia)
    2005 Norton

  21. Keswick Vineyards (Virginia)
    2006 Norton

  22. Les Bourgeois Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Winemaker's Select Norton

  23. Mary Michelle Winery (Illinois)
    2004 Cynthiana

  24. Mary Michelle Winery (Illinois)
    2005 Illinois Cellars Norton

  25. Mount Pleasant Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton

  26. Piasa Winery (Illinois)
    2003 Norton

  27. Rappahannock Cellars (Virginia)
    2006 Norton

  28. Rappahannock Cellars (Virginia)
    2006 Virgina Headwaters Norton

  29. St. James Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton

  30. St. James Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Reserve Norton

  31. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2003 Norton Estate Bottled Hermann

  32. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton Estate Bottled Norton

  33. Stone House Vineyards (Texas)
    2005 Claros Norton

  34. The Winery at La Grange (Virginia)
    2005 Norton

  35. The Winery at La Grange (Virginia)
    2006 Norton

  36. Tiger Mountain Vineyards (Georgia)
    2002 Mountain Cynthiana

  37. Tower Rock Winery (Missouri)
    2006 Cynthiana


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Bronze Medal Winners
(Off-Dry Norton)

  1. Cooper Vineyards (Virginia)
    Non-Vintage Noche Norton
     
  2. Keswick Vineyards (Virginia)
    2005 Late Harvest Norton
     
  3. Kugler's Vineyards (Kansas)
    2004 Cynthiana
     
  4. Summerside Vineyards (Oklahoma)
    2006 Dam Red


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Gold Medal Winners
(Port Norton)

  1. Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery (Missouri)
    2002 Missouri Red Port


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Bronze Medal Winners
(Port Norton)

  1. Crown Valley Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton Port
     
  2. Davenport Orchards & Vineyards (Kansas)
    Olde Squidde Port
     
  3. French Lick Winery (Indiana)
    2002 Heaven's View Port
     
  4. Montelle Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Cynthiana Port
     
  5. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2004 Norton Port
     
  6. Stone Hill Winery (Missouri)
    2005 Norton Port
     
  7. Stone House Winery (Texas)
    Screaming Beagle Port


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National Norton Wine Festival
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40% of the proceeds from this historic event were donated to the Missouri Historical Society.

An Event Presented by:

25 Brix Marketing , Slay & Associates & Missouri Life Magazine


 


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