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