Just a Few Highlights of over 500 medals awarded to Rivendell Wines since 1987...

And the Hits just keep on coming!

2005 Great Hudson Valley Wine Competition

Best White Wine - 2004 Soho Cellars Johannisberg Riesling

Best Cabernet Sauvignon - 2002 Rivendell Cabernet Sauvignon

Best Merlot - (1st and 2nd Place!) 2002 Reserve Merlot and 2002 Rivendell Merlot

Runner-up for Best Chardonnay - 2003 Chardonnay Barrel Selection

Runner-up for Best Red - 2002 Merlot Reserve

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2005 New York Wine & Food Classic

9 Wines entered = 9 medals awarded to Rivendell and Soho Cellars wines including DOUBLE GOLD for the 2004 Dry Riesling! (last year's Governor's Cup winner was the 2003)

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2004 New York Wine & Food Classic

Winner of the Governor's Cup - 2003 Dry Riesling

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2004 Great Hudson Valley Wine Competition

BEST RED WINE in the HUDSON VALLEY 2004 - 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon

BEST MERLOT in the HUDSON VALLEY 2004 - 2001 Merlot Reserve

BEST RIESLING in the HUDSON VALLEY 2004 - 2003 Soho Cellars Johannisberg Riesling

BEST WHITE BLEND in the HUDSON VALLEY 2004 - Northern Lights

and some past achievements...

RIVENDELL CHARDONNAY ~ Top 2 Chardonnays outside of California ~ 2 out of 3 Medals Awarded to NY Chardonnay - American Wine Competition ~ Top 2 Chardonnays in New York State ~ The only 2 Gold Medals for Chardonnay - New York Wine & Food Classic	RIVENDELL MERLOT ~ One of the Top NY Merlots in Competition ~ only 3 medals awarded to NY produced Merlot - American Wine Competition
RIVENDELL DESSERT WINES ~ lst DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL awarded to a non-California wine (Apres...) - San Francisco National Wine Fair GOLD MEDALS 3 years in a row Late Harvest Tear of the Clouds - New York Wine & Food Classic Best of Show, Tear of the Clouds Late Harvest Dessert Wine - Florida State Fair	RIVENDELL SEYVAL BLANC ~ Top 2 Seyval Blancs in New York -New York Wine & Food Classic First New York wine to be rated Highly Recommended and Best Buy by Wine Spectator Magazine (Sarabande)