2018 COMPETITION RESULTS
Judging was held at Langham Wine Estate, near Dorchester, on Monday 10th September 2018, with the results announced at the awards meeting and Members Day at the same venue on Tuesday 11th September.
Judges were: Patricia Stefanowicz MW (Chair), Lindsay Oram (WSET Dip, AWE, IWSC judge), Jemma Mitchell (WSET Level 3), Richard Coulson (Hotel du Vin Sommelier, IWSC judge), Alexander Taylor (IEWA founder).
TROPHY WINNERS
SWVA WINE OF THE YEAR - Best Wine (Any class)
Langham Wine Estate Classic Cuvée Reserve Magnum 2011
SWVA COMMITTEE CUP - Best Dry White Wine
Woodchester Valley Bacchus 2017
SWVA CHALLENGE CUP - Best Oaked White Wine
Oatley Vineyard "Fraicheur" Barrel Matured 2016
THE ASSOCIATION CUP - Best Non-Dry White Wine
Three Choirs May Hill 2016
THE STEWARDS TROPHY - Best Rosé Wine
Sharpham Estate – Whole Berry Rosé 2017
THE SUNNYBANK TROPHY - Best Red Wine
Sharpham Estate Pinot Noir 2017
THE RAY PALFREY CUP - Best Sparkling Wine
Langham Wine Estate Classic Cuvée Reserve Magnum 2011
THE CHAIRMAN'S CUP - Best Sparkling Rosé
Langham Wine Estate Rosé NV
THE GILLIAN PEARKES MEMORIAL TROPHY - Best Contributor to SWVA
Simon Boyce - for work as Treasurer, and at the annual competition over many years.
FULL LIST OF RESULTS
DRY WHITES FROM THE BACCHUS GRAPE
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Trophy* Woodchester Valley 2017 Bacchus Jeremy Mount
GOLD / Camel Valley 2016 Bacchus Sam Lindo
SILVER / Camel Valley 2017 Bacchus Sam Lindo
SILVER / Wraxall 2015 Bacchus Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Poulton Hill 2017 Bacchus Three Choirs
SILVER / Three Choirs 2015 Bacchus Martin Fowke
SILVER / Sutton Ridge 2017 Bacchus Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Foxbury Fields 2017 Upper Foxbury Bacchus Three Choirs
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2017 Bacchus Duncan Schwab
SILVER / Sixteen Ridges 2017 Bacchus Simon Day
OTHER UNOAKED DRY WHITES
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2017 Pinot Gris Wild Ferment Duncan Schwab
SILVER / Three Choirs 2016 Coleridge Siegerrebe Martin Fowke
SILVER / Three Choirs 2017 Willow Brook Martin Fowke
SILVER / Smith & Evans 2017 Higher Plot White Guy Smith/Ian Edwards
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2017 Dart Valley Reserve Duncan Schwab
BRONZE / Fenny Castle 2017 Ortega James Cumming
BRONZE / Stocklands 2017 Greenhill Estate Chardonnay Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Oatley 2015 Elizabeth's Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Woodchester Valley 2017 Culver HillJeremy Mount
BRONZE / Knightor 2017 Madeleine Angevine David Brocklehurst/Salvatore Leone
BRONZE / Lily Farm 2017 Coastal Dry Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Sharpham Estate 2017 Estate Selection Duncan Schwab
BRONZE / Oatley 2017 Leonora's Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Oatley 2017 Jane's Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Claylands 2017 White No 1 Darryl Gill
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Stocklands 2016 Greenhill Estate Chard Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Three Choirs 2016 Coleridge Hill Martin Fowke
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Northend 2017 Cathy S. Chardonnay Antony Griffin
OAKED DRY WHITES
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Trophy* Oatley 2016 Fraicheur Barrel Matured Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2016 Barrel Fermented Duncan Schwab
BRONZE / Knightor Chardonnay David Brocklehurst and Salvatore Leone
BRONZE / Oatley 2016 Barrel Matured Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Polgoon 2016 Seyval Blanc and Ortega John Coulson
MEDIUM DRY WHITES
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
BRONZE / Dalwood 2017 Still Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Curload 2017 Dry White Wine Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Polgoon 2016 Madeleine Angevine John Coulson
BRONZE / Aldwick Estate 2017 Buteo Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Foxbury Fields 2017 Upper Foxbury Ortega Three Choirs
MEDIUM/SWEET WHITES
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Trophy* Three Choirs 2016 May Hill Martin Fowke
STILL ROSÉ
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Trophy* Sharpham Estate 2017 Whole Berry Rosé Duncan Schwab
SILVER / Dunleavy 2017 Pinot Noir Rosé Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Polgoon 2016 Rondo and Pinot Noir Rosé John Coulson
BRONZE / Three Choirs 2017 Rosé Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Sutton Ridge 2017 Rosé Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Aldwick Estate 2017 Rosé Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Claylands 2017 Pink Darryl Gill
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Perch Hill 2017 Mendip Rosé Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Sharpham Estate 2017 Rosé Duncan Schwab
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Sixteen Ridges 2017 Pinot Noir Rosé Simon Day
RED
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2017 Pinot Noir Duncan Schwab
SILVER / Poulton Hill 2016 Special Reserve Red Three Choirs
BRONZE / Stocklands 2017 Greenhill Estate Pinot Noir Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Three Choirs 2016 Ravens Hill Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Polgoon 2017 Rondo John Coulson
BRONZE / Lily Farm 2016 Jurassic Red Steve Brooksbank
BRONZE / Sixteen Ridges 2016 Pinot Noir Early Simon Day
BRONZE / Three Choirs 2015 Pinot Noir Précoce Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Knightor 2017 Pinot Noir David Brocklehurst/Salvatore Leone
BRONZE / Three Choirs 2017 Pinot Noir Précoce Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Knightor 2017 Pinot Noir David Brockehurst/Salvatore Leone
BRONZE / Three Choirs 2017 Pinot Noir Précoce Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Sharpham Estate NV Beenleigh Reserve Duncan Schwab
BRONZE / Northend 2016 Northend Ridge Antony Griffin
BRONZE / Aldwick Estate NV Flying Pig Steve Brooksbank
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Looe Valley 2016 Locrenton Red Charles Boney
SPARKLING WHITE
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Trophy* Langham Wine Estate 2011 Classic Reserve Mag. Daniel Ham
GOLD / Langham Wine Estate 2013 Blanc de Noirs Daniel Ham
GOLD / Wayford 2014 Sparkling Pinot Noir Alex Mills, Pebblebed
SILVER / Knightor 2011 Vintage Cuvée David Brocklehurst/Salvatore Leone
SILVER / Camel Valley 2014 Brut Sam Lindo
SILVER / Sharpham Estate 2014 Sparkling Blanc Duncan Schwab
SILVER / Knightor 2011 Blanc de blancs David Brocklehurst/Salvatore Leone
SILVER / Smith & Evans 2014 Higher Plot Guy Smith/Ian Edwards
SILVER / D'Urberville 2014 D'Urberville Daniel Ham
SILVER / Wayford 2015 Sparkling Pinot Noir Alex Mills, Pebblebed
SILVER / Sutton Ridge 2015 Dewdown Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Sharpham Estate NV Sparkling Reserve Duncan Schwab
BRONZE / Sixteen Ridges 2013 Signature Cuvée Simon Day
BRONZE / Spuncombe Bottom 2015 Sparkling Three Choirs
BRONZE / Three Choirs NV Classic Cuvée Martin Fowke
BRONZE / Northend 2015 Chardonnay Brut Antony Griffin
BRONZE / Fenny Castle 2015 Brut James Cumming
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Wayford 2016 Sparkling Pinot NoirAlex Mills
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Three Choirs 2013 Blanc de Noirs Martin Fowke
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Perch Hill 2016 Brut James Cummings/Three Choirs
SPARKLING ROSÉ
AWARD VINEYARD YEAR WINEMAKER
GOLD / Langham Wine Estate NV Rosé Daniel Ham
SILVER / Three Choirs 2014 Pinot Noir Rosé Martin Fowke
SILVER / Camel Valley 2015 Pinot Noir Rosé Brut Sam Lindo
SILVER / Lily Farm 2014 Sparkling Rosé Steve Brooksbank
SILVER / Sixteen Ridges 2013 Pinot Noir Rosé Simon Day
BRONZE / Langham Wine Estate 2016 Sparkling Red Daniel Ham
BRONZE / Sharpham Estate 2014 Sparkling Pink Duncan Schwab
HIGHLY COMMENDED / Fenny Castle 2014 Brut Rosé James Cumming