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Kendall-Jackson Tops In California Wine Winners 2002
Survey Covers Top Nine California Wine Competitions
Santa Rosa, Calif. (December 5, 2001) - Kendall-Jackson Winery earned first
place honors in the annual survey of wine competitions conducted by Varietal
Fair and published in the popular guidebook "California Wine Winners 2002:
Best of the 2001 Judgings."
Kendall-Jackson won the top ranking with a total of 630
points for 55 distinct wines, besting Geyser Peak, ranked second with 517
points. Kendall-Jackson won top honors from 1994 through 1997, and for the
period from 1994 to 2001, earned 1,035 points, more than any other winery.
Editor J.T. Devine assembles results from the top nine
California wine competitions each year and assigns points for gold, silver and
bronze medals earned. Ranked competitions, which begin in February and end
in late June each year, include California, Los Angeles and Orange County Fairs,
along with the Riverside, San Francisco and New World Internationals, West Coast
Wine Competition and the San Diego Competition.
This is the 19th year the guidebook has been published.
"We're honored by our showing in this strictest of
judging environments," said Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates President John
Grant, noting that top competitions follow rigid blind-tasting protocols, and
include varied panels representing winemakers, retailers, wine writers and other
industry specialists.
While best known for its Vintner's Reserve® Chardonnay,
which won medals in eight of the nine competitions rated in 2001,
Kendall-Jackson also demonstrated quality winemaking across the board, winning
medals for Vintner's Reserve®, Grand Reserve and Great Estates versions of
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Red Meritage,
Cabernet Franc, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah, and Collage® style blends of
Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz and Zinfandel/Shiraz. Also winning awards were
Vintner's Reserve® and Grand Reserve versions of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc,
Fume Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Pinot Blanc, Semillon, White Meritage, Riesling, Gewürztraminer,
and Muscat.
The California Wine Winners Guide to the Best of the 2001
Judgings is available at bookstores, or by contacting Varietal Fair at (707)
823-8795.
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates produces a quality-focused
portfolio of premium wines crafted from hillside and coastal growing regions in
California, Italy, Chile, Argentina and Australia. Along with
Kendall-Jackson, which features Collage®, Vintner's Reserve®, Grand Reserve,
Great Estates* and Stature* wines, KJWE offers Camelot and Pepi brands with
California appellations, Sonoma County's La Crema Winery, Edmeades from
Mendocino's Anderson Valley, Villa Arceno from Tuscany, Italy, Yangarra Park
from Australia, and South American wineries Calina from Chile and Tapiz from
Argentina.
Visit Kendall-Jackson on the Web at kj.com
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