Bending Branch Winery, Pedernales Cellars and Spicewood Vineyards won big at the 2024 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition, bringing home some of the top awards.
The wineries won Double Gold awards – Bending Branch for its 2020 Alicante Bouschet, Newsom Vineyards and 2020 Tannat, Tallent Vineyards; Pedernales for its 2020 Canted County Tempranillo Reserva and 2021 Tempranillo Reserve; and Spicewood Vineyards for its 2021 Black Label Tempranillo.
All four Texas Fine Wine wineries won Gold at the competition:
🍷 Bending Branch Winery for its 2020 Reserve Malbec, Cherokee Rose Vineyards and 2020 Petit Verdot, Narra Vineyards
🍷 Pedernales Cellars for its 2020 Pepper Jack Vineyards Teroldego
🍷 Duchman Family Winery for its Grape Growers BBQ White and 2019 Montepulciano, Oswald Vineyards
🍷 Spicewood Vineyards for its 2021 El Guey
Bending Branch Winery
2020 Tannat, Tallent Vineyards – Double Gold and Top of Class
2020 Alicante Bouschet, Newsom Vineyards – Double Gold
2020 Petit Verdot, Narra Vineyards – Gold and Texas Class Champion
2020 Reserve Malbec, Cherokee Rose Vineyard – Gold
2020 Estate Tannat, Lost Pirogue Vineyard – Silver and Texas Reserve Class Champion
2023 Tannat Frizzante – Silver
Duchman Family Winery
Grape Growers BBQ White – Gold
2019 Montepulciano, Oswald Vineyards – Gold
2023 Viognier – Silver
Grape Growers BBQ Red – Silver
2023 Grape Growers BBQ Rosé – Silver
2023 Vermentino – Silver
2018 Aglianico – Silver
Pedernales Cellars
2020 Canted County Tempranillo Reserva, Texas High Plains – Double Gold and Texas Class Champion
2021 Tempranillo Reserve, Texas High Plains – Double Gold
2020 Pepper Jack Vineyards Teroldego, Texas High Plains – Gold
2023 Viognier – Silver and Texas Reserve Class Champion
2021 GSM Melange – Silver and Texas Reserve Class Champion
2021 Aletheia, Texas High Plains – Silver and Texas Class Champion
2021 Carignan – Silver
Spicewood Vineyards
2021 Black Label Tempranillo, Texas High Plains – Double Gold and Texas Reserve Class Champion
2021 El Guey – Gold
2023 Cinsault Rosé – Silver
2022 Tempranillo, Dell Valley Vineyards – Silver
2021 The Independence – Silver
2023 Sauvignon Blanc – Silver
2019 Blend 2 – Silver