TEXAS WINE COUNTRY – Bending Branch Winery, Duchman Family Winery, Pedernales Cellars and Spicewood Vineyards – which make up Texas Fine Wine – all won Double Gold and other top awards at recent international wine competitions, showing the quality and diversity of Texas wines.
Bending Branch Winery won double gold for its 2019 Estate Tannat, Lost Pirogue Vineyard at the 2022 San Francisco International Wine Competition; double gold for its 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon at the 2023 Houston Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition; and double golds for its 2019 Mourvèdre, Desert Willow Vineyards and 2019 Tannat, Tallent Vineyards at the 2023 San Antonio Rodeo International Wine Competition.
Pedernales Cellars won two Jefferson Cups at the 2022 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition, one for its 2018 Block Zero, the last vintage of its Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Tannat and Malbec blend from Kuhlken Vineyards, and for its 2020 Texas High Plains Grenache. The Block Zero also won a double gold at the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
Spicewood Vineyards won a Jefferson Cup for its 2019 Tandem. The winery won double golds at the San Antonio Rodeo competition for its 2018 Syrah (Texas Class Champion), 2019 Tandem and 2019 The Independence.
Duchman Family Winery won a double gold and best in Montepulciano for its 2018 Montepulciano at the 2022 Lone Star International Wine Competition.
“Being known for its big, bold reds, Bending Branch Winery, AKA ‘The Tannat House of Texas,’ is super excited to receive four double golds, including two for our Tannats, both from Texas Hill Country vineyards, and one each for Cabernet and Mourvèdre,” says Bob Young, MD, co-owner and winemaker of Bending Branch Winery in Comfort. “We, along with our colleagues in Texas Fine Wine, have demonstrated once again that outstanding wine is being produced by our wineries from a wide diversity of grape varieties being grown in Texas – from Roussanne and Picpoul Blanc to Tannat, Tempranillo, Syrah and Montepulciano.”
Texas Fine Wine hosts its last 2022 Talk and Taste on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 6-7 p.m. Winemakers and winery representatives will discuss several of the award-winning wines: Bending Branch Winery 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon; Duchman Family Winery 2016 Tempranillo; Pedernales Cellars 2018 Texas High Plains Graciano; and Spicewood Vineyards 2019 The Independence. Join the Zoom.
Here is a summary of recent award-winning wines from the Texas Fine Wine group:
Bending Branch Winery 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon
Duchman Family Winery 2018 Montepulciano
Pedernales Cellars 2020 Grenache
Spicewood Vineyards 2018 Syrah
Bending Branch Winery
2022 San Francisco International Wine Competition
- Double Gold/Best Other Red Varietal 2019 Estate Tannat, Lost Pirogue Vineyard
- Gold 2019 Texas Tempranillo
- Gold 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Ice Wine, Y Knot Vineyard
- Silver 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Newsom Vineyards
- Silver 2018 Petite Sirah Reserve, Newsom Vineyards
- Silver 2019 Mourvèdre, Desert Willow Vineyards
2023 Houston Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition
- Double Gold/Reserve Class Champion/Texas Class Champion 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon
- Gold/Reserve Class Champion/Reserve Texas Class Champion 2019 Tannat, Tallent Vineyards
- Gold/Reserve Class Champion/Reserve Texas Class Champion 2019 Tempranillo, Newsom Vineyards
- Gold 2019 Tannat, Newsom Vineyards
- Gold 2020 Texas Tannat
- Silver/Texas Class Champion 2021 Petit Manseng, Friesen Vineyard
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Newsom Vineyards
- Silver 2019 Anniversary Blend, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Malbec, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Sagrantino, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Texas Tempranillo
2023 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition
- Double Gold/Top of Class 2019 Mourvèdre, Desert Willow Vineyards
- Double Gold/Top of Class 2019 Tannat, Tallent Vineyards
- Gold/Texas Class Champion 2020 Texas Tannat
- Gold 2019 Anniversary Blend, Texas High Plains
- Gold 2019 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon
- Silver/Texas Class Champion 2021 Picpoul Blanc, Texas High Plains
- Silver Branch Texas Red
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Newsom Vineyards
- Silver 2019 Sagrantino, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Tannat, Newsom Vineyards
- Silver 2019 Texas Tempranillo
Duchman Family Winery
2022 San Francisco International Wine Competition
- Silver 2021 Roussanne, Oswald Vineyard
- Silver 2021 Sangiovese, Reddy Vineyard
- Silver 2018 Montepulciano, Oswald Vineyard
2023 Houston Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition
- Silver 2021 Viognier, Bingham Family Vineyard, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2018 Montepulciano, Oswald Vineyard, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2017 Aglianico, Oswald Vineyard, Texas High Plains
2023 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition
- Gold/Texas Class Champion 2021 Roussanne, Oswald Vineyard, Texas High Plains
- Gold/Texas Reserve Class Champion 2016 Aglianico, Oswald Vineyard, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2021 Sangiovese, Reddy Vineyard, Texas High Plains
2022 Lone Star International Wine Competition
- Double Gold/Best in Montepulciano 2018 Montepulciano
- Gold 2021 Roussanne
Pedernales Cellars
2022 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition
- Jefferson Cup 2018 Block Zero
- Jefferson Cup 2020 Texas High Plains Grenache
- Gold 2019 Valhalla
- Silver Texas High Plains Vermentino
2022 San Francisco International Wine Competition
- Double Gold 2018 Block Zero
- Silver 2019 Reserve Tempranillo
- Silver 2019 Texas High Plains Valhalla
- Silver 2020 Texas High Plains Grenache
2023 Houston Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition
- Silver/Reserve Texas Class Champion 2020 Texas High Plains Grenache
- Silver 2021 Viognier Reserve
- Silver 2021 Vermentino
- Silver 2019 Valhalla
- Silver 2019 Tempranillo Reserve
- Silver 2018 Block Zero
2023 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition
- Gold/Texas Class Champion 2020 Texas High Plains Grenache
- Gold 2019 Valhalla
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo Reserve
- Silver 2021 Viognier Reserve
- Silver 2018 Block Zero
Spicewood Vineyards
2022 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition
- Jefferson Cup 2019 Tandem
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo, Dutton Vineyards (Black Label), Texas High Plains
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo, Texas Hill Country
- Gold 2019 The Independence, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2018 Estate Syrah
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Claret, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Tempranillo, Friesen Vineyards (Red Label), Texas High Plains
2022 San Francisco International Wine Competition
- Gold 2021 Picpoul Blanc, Texas High Plains
- Gold 2021 Grenache Rosé, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2021 Viognier, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Tandem, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 The Independence, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2018 The Good Guy, Texas Hill Country
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Claret, Texas High Plains
2023 Houston Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition
- Gold 2019 Tandem
- Gold 2019 The Independence, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2021 Louisa, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2021 Viognier, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Cabernet Claret, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 El Guey Tempranillo, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Purple Label Tempranillo, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2018 The Good Guy, Texas Hill Country
2023 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition
- Double Gold/Texas Class Champion 2018 Syrah, Texas Hill Country
- Double Gold 2019 Tandem
- Double Gold 2019 The Independence
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo, Dutton Vineyards (Black Label), Texas High Plains
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo, Friesen Vineyards (Red Label), Texas High Plains
- Gold 2018 The Good Guy, Texas Hill Country
- Silver 2021 Viognier, Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Tempranillo, Texas Hill Country
2022 Lone Star International Wine Competition
- Gold 2019 The Independence
- Gold 2019 Tempranillo, Dutton Vineyards (Black Label), Texas High Plains
- Silver 2019 Tempranillo, Texas Hill Country
- Silver 2019 Tandem
- Silver 2019 The Good Guy, Texas Hill Country
- Silver 2018 Estate Syrah
- Silver 2019 Tempranillo, Friesen Vineyards (Red Label), Texas High Plains
- Silver 2021 Louisa
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Texas Fine Wine is a group of four highly respected wineries making quality, benchmark wines from Texas grapes, including Bending Branch Winery in Comfort, Duchman Family Winery in Driftwood, Pedernales Cellars in Stonewall and Spicewood Vineyards in Spicewood.