East Tennessee Wines Win Big in North Carolina Wine Competition
Categories: Awards, Best Wineries in Tennessee
Let’s raise our glasses to the wineries of East Tennessee’s Nine Lakes Wine Country! They did incredibly well at the Asheville Wine Competition in North Carolina recently.
Of the 9 Double-Gold medals given by judges at the 2017 Asheville Wine and Food Festival International Wine Competition, 5 were from Tennessee! Of the 27 Gold medals, 9 were from Tennessee. These Gold Medal wines came from the best wineries in Tennessee and highlight the quality of wines being produced in Nine Lakes Wine Country.
Wines from the Nine Lakes Region of East Tennessee have been earning accolades for years and many can be found in Nine Lakes Wine Country. Regional vintners have a proud tradition of growing world-class wine grapes, and continuing award recognition helps winemakers better tell the story of the unique terroir on which their grapes are grown. Awards allow consumers to recognize regions that have truly unique growing conditions that are expressed in the wines.
Wine competitions are a good independent assessment of quality of the wines and skills of the vintner. Overall, good wines tend to win medals, but the reverse is usually not true. Multiple awards for the same wine from different competitions are a true gauge of a wine’s quality. Consistent superior performance among all wines is a true gauge of a vintner’s skills.
Here are the award-winning wineries and their Gold Medal wines. You can visit these wineries and others in East Tennessee when you explore one of the many East Tennessee Wine Trails.
Goodwater Winery and Vineyards earned a double gold medal for its Corot Noir and gold medals for Everything’s Peachy and Goodwater Raz.
The Winery at Seven Springs Farm received double gold medals for its Riesling, Moscato and Southern Belle wines and gold medals for its Farmhouse White, Heritage Red, Vineyard White, Royal Blue and Muscadine wines.
Cades Cove Cellars won a gold medal for its Firefly wine.
Congratulations to all of our award-winning Tennessee wineries!