2003 Wine Competition Update!
By now we have pretty much established a reputation for consistently excellent wines & with the ability to collect GOLD & Better Awards, and in an effort to reduce operating costs without effecting wine quality at the end of 2002 the plan was to not enter wine the "2003"competitions which can be vary expensive -& time consuming- for limited production (about 1000 between our two wines) winery such as Fanucchi Vineyards. For example The 1998 Old Old Vine Zinfandel which was The #! Most Awarded Zinfandel in the Top 11 competitions in 2002 & 2001; in-fact, in 2001 scored more medal points than all entered but 3 red wines (A Meritage, Pinot & a Cabernet or Syrah) cost several $/ Case! Wineries who make many thousands to millions of cases calculate costs in fractions of pennies per case but in these times we are all expected to discount our wines!
... O.K. so we are skipping many of the 2003 competitions.
Another draw back of entering competitions is that often the schedule requires entering wines before they may be fully ready. I believe the 2002 Trousseau Gris probably won't be fully developed till after fall 2003, but as of 4-18-2003 it was already Awarded A Silver medal in the prestigious West Coast Wine Competition! (The First Competition We Entered & our First medal of 2003!)
Generally 27 to 33% of the entries receive any Medal, 13 to 17% Bronze, 11 to 13% Silver, 3 to 8% Gold & 0.6 to 2% Special Awards above Gold ..."NO Medal" can be the result of environment, timing/positioning among other wines & human fatigue, so multiple awards of even Silver & Bronze can be a greater indication of a wine's Popularity & Quality!
2003 Medal Talley
1. West Coast Wine Competition! -Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris
2.Pacific Rim International Wine Competition! -Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris -Bronze for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel -Bronze for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel
On 5-7 my mail had 2 medal notices; another 6 medals!
3. San Diego National Wine Competition! - Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris -Silver for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel -Silver for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel (This year only 20% of 2733 wines won ANY award in this competition!)
4. Riverside International Wine Competition! - Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris -Bronze for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel -Silver for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel
5. Los Angeles County Fair; Wines Of The World Competition BEST OF CLASS & GOLD for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel, Bronze for 2002 Trousseau Gris (This year only 135 wines out of 3832 were awarded best of class & less than 10% received Gold)
6. L.A. County Fair Limited Production Wines! Silver for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel
7. San Diego National Wine Competition! Silver for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel -Silver for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel - Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris
8.Orange County Fair Wine Competition -Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris
9. International Eastern Wine Competition - Silver for 2002 Trousseau Gris -Bronze for 1999 Old Vine Zinfandel -Bronze for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel
10. California State Fair Wine Competition -Silver, 92 POINTS, Best Varietal in Region & ? for 2002 Trousseau Gris -Bronze & 84 Points for 2000 Old Vine Zinfandel
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(Some of these wines are still available in fine wine shops & restaurants!)
1998 Old Vine Zinfandel Wins 12 GOLD+/GOLD & 98 Points!>The #1 Zinfandel 2 Years running!
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