2016 Awards

2016 Harvest Challenge

Black Willow Winery

  • SILVER – Black Widow Berry
  • BRONZE – Chardonnay
  • BRONZE – Classic Diamond

American Wine Society Competition

The Winery at Marjim Manor

  • BEST OF CATEGORY: NATIVE GRAPE WINE – Lord of the Manor (concord)
  • SILVER – Starlight

Canberra International Riesling Challenge 2016

Black Willow Winery

  • BRONZE – Riesling

Tasters Guild International

Black Willow Winery

  • DOUBLE GOLD – Classic Diamond
  • SILVER – Triology Red
  • SILVER – Chardonnay
  • SILVER – Triology White
  • SILVER – Bare Cat Blush
  • SILVER – Black Widow Berry

Schulze Vineyards & Winery

  • GOLD – Vidal Blanc
  • SILVER – Sigfried
  • SILVER – Three Mile Point
  • BRONZE Catawba
  • BRONZE Lake House Red
  • BRONZE Ruby

Pacific Rim Wine Competition

Black Willow Winery

  • GOLD – Classic Diamond

The Winery at Marjim Manor

  • SILVER – Lady in the Window (hybrid)
  • BRONZE – Lord of the Manor (concord)

Indy International Wine Competition

Black Willow Winery

  • SILVER – Trilogy White
  • SILVER – Trilogy Red

Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition

Schulze Vineyards & Winery

  • GOLD – Crackling Catawba
  • GOLD – Tiny Bubbles (sparkling wine)

Taste of Lockport

Flight of Five Winery

  • BEST DRY WINE 

The Winery at Marjim Manor

  • BEST SWEET SIP – Applegria

New York State Fair Commercial Wine Competition

810 Meadworks

  • GOLD – Sweet Devohon
  • SILVER – Liquid Sunshine
  • BRONZE – Pound of Silence

A Gust of Sun Winery & Vineyards

  • DOUBLE GOLD – Trismegistas
  • BRONZE – Bubba’s Cabernet Franc
  • BRONZE – Lake Mariner Red

Vizcarra Vineyards at Becker Farms

  • SILVER – Almond Cherry Hard Cider
  • BRONZE – Traminette

Black Willow Winery

  • DOUBLE GOLD – Black Widow Berry
  • GOLD – Bare Cat Blush
  • GOLD – DePeche Meow
  • SILVER – Classic Diamond
  • SILVER – Trilogy Red
  • BRONZE – Trilogy White

BlackBird Cider Works

  • DOUBLE GOLD – Dry Organic Oak Aged Hard Cider
  • GOLD – Estate Reserve Semi-Dry Hard Cider

Honeymoon Trail Winery

  • SILVER – Tropical Honeymoon
  • SILVER – Full Moon
  • SILVER – Chocolate Cherry

Long Cliff Vineyard & Winery

  • SILVER – Lemberger Reserve
  • BRONZE – Bright Stars

Midnight Run Wine Cellars

  • BRONZE – Twilight
  • BRONZE – Cabernet Sauvignon

Schulze Vineyards & Winery

  • SILVER – Catawba
  • BRONZE – Vidal Blanc
  • BRONZE – Crackling Catawba

The Winery at Marjim Manor

  • GOLD – Applegria
  • SILVER – Cayuga White
  • SILVER – Pear Made in Heaven
  • SILVER – Cordially Yours
  • BRONZE – Cordelia’s Desire
  • BRONZE – Peach for the Stars

Victonanbourg Wine Estate

  • SILVER – Seyvonnay

Beverage Tasting Institute

New York International Wine Competition

  • Black Willow Winery
    • 2016 MEAD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
    • SILVER – Odin’s Nectar

Taste of Buffalo 

  • Spring Lake Winery
    • BEST WHITE WINE – 2013 Riesling

2016 International Women’s Wine Competition

  • Black Willow Winery
    • SILVER – Cabernet Franc
    • SILVER – Trilogy Red
    • SILVER – Trilogy White

2016 Ultimate Wine Challenge

Pacific Rim Wine Competition

  • Black Willow Winery
    • GOLD –  Classic Diamond
  • The Winery at Marjim Manor
    • SILVER – Lady in the Window
    • BRONZE – Lord of the Manor

Tasters Guild International Wine Competition

  • Schulze Vineyards & Winery
    • DOUBLE GOLD –  Block Three Ice Wine
    • DOUBLE GOLD –  Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
    • SILVER – Cabernet Franc Reserve
    • BRONZE – Riesling 2014
    • BRONZE – Siegfried Reserve
  • Black Willow Winery
    • SILVER – Trilogy Red
    • SILVER – Trilogy White
  • Midnight Run Wine Cellars
    • GOLD – Pear
    • SILVER – Cabernet Franc
    • SILVER – Diamond

Finger Lakes International Wine Compratition

  • A Gust of Sun Winery & Vineyards
    • GOLD – Westies Cabernet Franc 2013
    • SILVER – Trismegistus (red blend) 2013
  • The Winery at Marjim Manor
    • GOLD – Spring Lake Steuben
    • SILVER – Adam’s Appleberry (apple cranberry)
    • SILVER – Lady in The Window (Traminette, Riesling)
    • BRONZE – Jewel in the Crown (Catawba, Apricot)
  • 810 Meadworks
    • SILVER – Sweet Devotion (flavored mead)
  • Black Willow Winery
    • SILVER – Classic Diamond
    • BRONZE – Bare Cat Blush
    • BRONZE – DePeche Meow (peach, Vidal Blanc)
  • Freedom Run Winery
    • SILVER – Pinot Noir 2012
    • BRONZE – Apple Jack 2013 (dessert)
    • BRONZE – Pinot Noir 2013
  • Schulze Vineyards & Winery
    • SILVER – Block Three Ice Wine 2012
    • BRONZE – Cabernet Franc Reserve 2012
    • BRONZE – Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2012
    • BRONZE – Vidal Blanc Ice Wine 2012
  • Vizcarra Vineyards at Becker Farms
    • SILVER – Cherry Almond (hard cider)
    • BRONZE – Pinot Noir 2015
    • BRONZE – Riesling 2014
  • Schwenk Wine Cellars
    • BRONZE – Maxamillion Baco Noir Barrel Fermented 2014

International Eastern Wine Competition (East Meets West)

  • Black Willow Winery
    • GOLD – Classic Diamond
    • SILVER – Black Widow Berry 
    • BRONZE – Cabenet Franc
    • BRONZE – Valkyrie’s Lure

Florida State Fair International Wine Competition

  • Black Willow Winery
    • DOUBLE GOLD – Bare Cat Blush
    • GOLD – Classic Diamond
    • GOLD – Black Widow Berry
    • BRONZE – DePeche Meow
  • Niagara Landing Wine Cellars
    • GOLD – Rosebud Gold
    • GOLD – Hot Pepper Wine
  • The Winery at Marjim Manor
    • BRONZE – Adams Appleberry

San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

  • GOLD – Bare Cat Blush – Black Willow Winery
  • GOLD – Black Widow Berry (red blend) – Black Willow Winery
  • BEST IN CLASS – GOLD – Classic Diamond – Black Willow Winery
  • GOLD – DePeche Meow (fruit wine) – Black Willow Winery
  • GOLD – Trilogy White (white blend) – Black Willow Winery
  • BRONZE – Riesling – Black Willow Winery