2009 International Sweet Wine Challenge results
Trophy Winners
International Sweet Wine of the Year: Brown Bros 2006 Patricia Noble Riesling
Category Winners
Best
Medium Sweet, Orange
Highland Wines 2009 Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc (Aust)
Best Young
Sweet, Floral Styles, Muddy
Waters Wines 2008 Sugar Daddy Riesling (New Zealand)
Best Young Sweet, Semillon
Predominant , Not
Awarded
Best
Young Sweet – other varieties and blends, Lerida
Estate 2008 Lake George Pinot Gris (Aust)
Best Ice Wine, Orange Mountain Wines 2009 Mountain Ice (Aust)
Best
Mature Sweet - Floral Styles,
Brown Bros 2006 Patricia Noble Riesling (Aust)
Best Mature Sweet White
Semillon Predominant, De
Bortoli Wines 2007 Noble One (Aust)
Best
Mature Sweet Other Varieties and blends,
Lillypilly Estate 2002 Noble Blend (Aust)
Best
Sweet White from the Museum Class,
McWilliam’s 2004 Limited Release Botrytis Semillon (Aust)
(Sponsored by Vinkem)
MEDAL WINNERS
| GOLD | ||
Brown
Brothers Pty Ltd |
2006 |
Brown
Brothers Patricia Noble Riesling |
Casella
Wines |
2005 |
Casella
Wines Botrytis Semillon |
De
Bortoli Wines |
2007 |
Noble
One Semillon |
Lerida
Estate |
2008 |
Lake
George Botrytis Pinot Gris |
Lillypilly
Estate Wines |
2002 |
Lillypilly Noble Blend |
Muddy
Water Wines |
2008 |
Muddy
Water Sugar Daddy Riesling |
Orange
Highland Wines |
2009 |
Orange
Highland Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc |
Orange
Mountain Wines |
2009 |
Mountain
Ice |
Seifried
Estate |
2009 |
Seifried
Winemakers Riesling Ice Wine - Sweet Agnes |
Elliot
Rocke |
2008 |
Elliot
Rocke Ice |
Forrest
Wines Ltd |
2008 |
Forrest
Botrytised Riesling |
G.gramp
& Sons |
2006 |
Gramp's
Botrytis Semillon |
Heggies
Vineyard |
2007 |
Heggies
Vineyard Botrytis Riesling |
Josef
Chromy Wines |
2008 |
Josef
Chromy Sgr Delikat Riesling |
Josef
Chromy Wines |
2008 |
Josef
Chromy Botrytis Riesling |
Konrad
Wines |
2007 |
Konrad
Sigrun Noble Two Riesling / Sauvignon Blanc |
Lillypilly
Estate Wines |
2008 |
Lillypilly Noble Blend |
McWilliam's
Wines |
2008 |
McWilliam's
Limited Release Botrytis Semillon |
McWilliam's
Wines |
1996 |
Show
Reserve Auslese Riesling |
Moores
Hill |
2008 |
CGR
Late Harvest Riesling |
Spy
Valley Wines |
2009 |
Spy
Valley Noble Chardonnay |
Tertini
Wines |
2008 |
Tertini
Reserve Noble Riesling Riesling |
Westend
Estate |
2007 |
Westend
3 Bridges Reserve Botrytis Semillon |
Westend
Estate |
2007 |
Westend
3 Bridges Golden Mist Botrytis Semillon |
Allan
Scott Family Winemakers |
2008 |
Allan
Scott Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc |
Anvers
Wines |
2009 |
Anvers Moscato |
Australian
Vintage Ltd |
2007 |
McGuigan
Lated Picked Traminer Riesling |
Australian
Vintage Ltd |
2005 |
Tempus
Two Pewter Botrytis Semillon |
Australian
Vintage Ltd |
2005 |
McGuigan
PR Botrytis Semillon |
Beelgara
Estate |
2009 |
Moscato
|
Berton
Vineyards |
2009 |
The
Muscato Frizzante |
Bimbadgen
Estate |
2007 |
Bimbadgen
Estate Botrytis Semillon |
Bimbadgen
Estate |
2006 |
Bimbadgen
Estate Botrytis Semillon |
D'Arenberg |
2008 |
The
Noble Prankster Chardonnay |
D'Arenberg |
2008 |
The
Stump Jump Sticky Chardonnay |
D'Arenberg |
2008 |
The
Noble Mud Pie Viognier |
De
Bortoli Wines |
2008 |
Sero
Moscato |
De
Bortoli Wines |
2006 |
Deen
Debortoli Botrytis Semillon |
Forrest
Wines Ltd |
2005 |
John
Forrest Collection Noble Riesling |
Hunter's
Wines (NZ) Ltd |
2007 |
Hunter's
Hukapapa Riesling |
Isabel
Estate |
2006 |
Noble
Sauvage Sauvignon Blanc |
Lillypilly
Estate Wines |
NV |
Lillypilly Sweet Harvest v24 |
McWilliam's
Wines |
2009 |
Barwang
Tumbarumba Riesling |
McWilliam's
Wines |
2009 |
Sunstone
|
Muddy
Water Wines |
2008 |
Muddy
Water Unplugged Riesling |
Ngatarawa
Wines Ltd |
2007 |
Farmgate
Noble Harvest Riesling |
Nugan
Estate |
2006 |
Cookoothama
Botrytis Semillon |
Piromit
Wines |
2006 |
Piromit
Wines Semillon |
Punt
Road Wines |
2008 |
Punt
Road Wines Semillon |
RidgeView
Wines |
2006 |
RidgeView
"Tipplers Gold" Botrytis Semillon |
Seifried
Estate |
2008 |
Seifried
Winemakers Riesling Ice Wine - Sweet Agnes |
The
Yalumba Wine Company |
2008 |
Yalumba
Botrytis Viognier |
Toorak
Wines |
2008 |
Willandra
Botrytis Semillon |
Trentham
Estate Wines |
2009 |
Trentham
Estate "La Famiglia" Moscato |
Val
D'or wines |
2006 |
Autumn
Blessing Semillon Bortytis |
Waimea
Estate |
2006 |
Waimea
Late Harvest Riesling |
Westend
Estate |
2008 |
CMLG
Riverina Botrytis Semillon |
Westend
Estate |
2007 |
CMLG
Riverina Botrytis Semillon |
Westend
Estate |
2006 |
Vintage
Cellars Riverina Botrytis Semillon |
Xanadu
Wines Pty Ltd |
2008 |
Xanadu
Cane Cut Semillon Sauvignon Blanc |
The Sweet Wine Challenge is conducted each year by the Riverina Winemakers Association and is open to any non-fortified sweet wine. To be eligible for the Challenge a sweet wine must be commercially available in the country of origin, and hold a minimum stock of 50 case lots (12 x 750 ml or equivalent) at the time of entry. There is also a museum class for wines that are not commercially available.
For the 2009 judging the Riverina Winemakers Association welcomed Stephen Brook as guest judge for the International Sweet Wine Challenge. Stephen is the leading authority on Sweet wines (see bio below). His Liquid Gold: Dessert Wines of the World won the Andre Simon Award in 1987 and Sauternes and the Other Sweet Wines of Bordeaux (Faber 1995) has become the standard work on the subject.
Stephen joined Lester Jesberg (Winewise) and David Morris (Morris WInes, Rutherglen) as the three principal judges.
Stephen Brook |
Born in London in 1947,
Stephen Brook studied English and philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. After many
years as a publisher’s editor, in both the United States and Britain, he became a
freelance writer in 1982, specialising in travel and wine. As well as his books on Sweet
wines, his other wine books include Pauillac, The Wines of California, Wine
People, Bordeaux: People, Power and Politics, and The Wines of Germany. In 2007
his monumental work The Complete Bordeaux was published. He has just completed, for
the second time, a comprehensive revision and updating of the wine encyclopaedia, the Hugh
Johnson Wine Companion. He has won numerous awards, including the Wines of France award in 1995, the Bunch Award for wine writer of the year in 1996, the Glenfiddich, Lanson, and Veuve Clicquot awards for his book on The Wines of California (1999), and the Andre Simon Award in 2007. He is also in demand as a wine judge in North America and Australia, and is chairman of the American section of the Decanter World Wine Awards. His many travel books - including New York Days, New York Nights, The Double Eagle, and L.A.Lore - have won wide acclaim, and The Club: The Jews of Modern Britain was a bestseller. He has contributed travel articles to many newspapers and magazines and writes regularly on wine for Decanter, of which he is a Contributing Editor, Fine Wine Magazine, and Falstaff (Austria). He has regular columns in Livets Goda (Sweden) and Winies (Korea). He has also written about food and restaurants for Food & Travel, The Cigar Aficionado, The Financial Times, and other publications. For more about Stephen visit his web page www.stephenbrook.com |
