Awards and Raves

 

 

Callaghan Vineyards

Awards:
Winner: 1998 Buena Suerte Cuvee (Served at White House State Dinner 9/00) Winemaker: Kent Callaghan
1st Annual Govenor's Choice Awards:Reds
 

Runner up: 1998 Syrah Select: Winemaker: Kent Callaghan
1st Annual Govenor's Choice Awards:Fortiffied-Dessert 

Co-winner: 2001 Syrah: Winemaker: Kent Callaghan
2nd Annual Govenor's Choice Awards:Reds

Runner up: 1999 Claire's Spirited Selection: Winemaker: Kent Callaghan
2nd Annual Govenor's Choice Awards:Dessert 

1998 Dry Riesling 88/100 WA
 
1997 Buena Suerte Cuvee 88/100 WE

1997 Dry Riesling 89/100 WA

1997 Sauvignon Blanc 87/100 WA

1996 Sauvignon Blanc 90/100 WE, 89/100 WA, Best 12 wines for two years of tasting WSJ

1994 Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir 90/100 WA

1994 Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault 87/100 WA

1994 Caitlin's Selection 90/100 WA

1994 Buena Suerte Cuvee 89/100 WA, 4 Stars/Highly Recommended Decanter

1993 Redtail Cuvee 90/100 WA

1993 Buena Suerte Cuvee 92/100 WA, Served at White House dinner 6/96

1993 Cabernet Sauvignon 89/100 WA

1993 Sauvignon Blanc 90/100 WA

1993 Chardonnay 94/100 WA

1993 Dry Riesling 89/100 WA

1992 Zinfandel 90/100 WA

1992 Redtail Cuvee 90/100 WA

1992 Buena Suerte Cuvee 88/100 WA

1992 Cabernet Sauvignon 90/100 WA

1992 Redtail Chardonnay 90/100 WA

1992 Whetstone Sauvignon Blanc 86/100 WA

1991 Cabernet Sauvignon 87+/100 WA

WA = The Wine Advocate
WE = Wine Enthusiast
WSJ = The Wall Street Journal

Raves: 

Le Monde (French national newspaper) "... astonishing, concentrated and fruity wines. This pioneer (Callaghan Vineyards) symbolizes the spirit of the wines of the New World"

1993 Buena Suerte Cuvee served at a private White House dinner for the Democratic National Committee

1998 Buena Suerte Cuvee served at Clinton's last State Dinner for the Prime Minister of India

Karen MacNeil-Fife of Sunset Magazine "At the top of the pack: anything from Callaghan Vineyards"

Robert Parker, of The Wine Advocate "Callaghan Vineyards must be one of the best kept wine secrets in America."

 
       
 

Charron Vineyards

Awards:
Winner: Blanc de Merlot: Wine maker: Leo Cox
1st Annual Govenor's Choice Awards:Non-Fortified Dessert

 
       
 

Dos Cabezas' Wineworks

Awards:
1998 Runner up Sangiovese: Winemakers: Al Buhl and Kent Callaghan
1st Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Reds

1998 Winner: Chardonnay: Winemakers: Al Buhl and Kent Callaghan
1st Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Whites 

Co-winner: "La Montana" Petit Sirah
2nd Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Reds


Gold Medal, and Best of Show, Southwest Connoisseur Classic (Petite Sirah 1998), Gold, Arizona Governors’ Choice, Arizona (Chardonnay 1998), Silver, 1998 World Wine Championships, Chicago (1997 Cochise County Reserve Chardonnay).

Raves:
"Dos Cabezas is producing fantastic wines, especially from Petite Sirah and a blend of Petite Sirah and Sangiovese." (Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2002).

"A heady, fleshy, massively constructed red wine…that tastes so big it probably doesn’t need a bottle to hold itself up." (Joshua Wesson, Forbes Magazine, May 2001).

See also articles ENJOYING THE RIDE, AZ Style, April 28, 2002, HOLLYWOOD AND VINE, Phoenix New Times, March 14, 2002.

94/100, Hoods Wine Notes (1997 Cochise County Sauvignon Blanc)

85/100, Wine Spectator (2000 Toscano)


 
       
 

Kokopelli Wines

Awards
Runner up:1999 Muscat Canelli: Winemaker: Herve Lescombes
1st Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Non-Fortified Dessert

Winner: 2000 Pinot Grigio
2nd Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Whites 

Runner up: 2001 Reisling
2nd Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Whites 

Winner: 2001 White Merlot
2nd Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Blush 

Winner: 1996 Ratafia
2nd Annual Governor's Choice Awards:Dessert


Medal Winners;
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Merlot, Pinot Noir, White Zinfandel, Sweet Lucy, Imperial Kir, Royal Kir Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Muscat Canelli, GewĂĽrztraminer, Brut Kokopelli Chardonnay, Paradise Valley Chardonnay, White Cabernet Sauvignon

 

 
       
   
 
     
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