Mourvedre wine earns top honors in its category; Viognier wine wins bronze medal in the same competition — Second major wine award this year
Students enrolled in the enology program at the Yavapai Community College Southwest Wine Center in Clarkdale were awarded the Jefferson Cup during invitational competition in Kansas City, Missouri on November 16 and 17 for their 2016 Mourvedre wine. They also received a bronze medal for their Viognier wine in the same competition.
The Jefferson Cup was bestowed on 16 of 750 participating wines in the invitational. The competitors came from 27 different states. In January the students won a gold medal for Best Sauvignon Blanc at the Arizona Republic’s Arizona Grand Wine Festival in January.
Michael Pierce, director of YC’s enology program, said the Jefferson Cup awards are a great honor for YC enology students and for the Southwest Wine Center. Both the winning Mourvedre and the Viognier also “are getting good response from our customers in the SWC tasting room.”
You may read more about the awards in the December 6, 2017 Cottonwood Journal Extra by Zachary Jernigan (it will appear later online). You may read the College’s announcement of the awards by clicking here. You may read Mr. Jernigan’s January 2017 article about the gold medal by clicking here.