Riesling from the 2011 vintage the toast of the 2018 Clare Wine Show

A 2011 Riesling – Woodvale Vintners Skilly Riesling – won the Jim Barry Trophy for best wine of show at the 2018 Clare Wine Show.

Woodvale Vintners is owned by Kevin Mitchell and wife Kathleen Bourne.

Trophies

Cellar Door of the Year
Sevenhill Cellars

Chair of Judges Award
2018 Mr Mick Rose

Best Dry White other than Riesling
2017 Jim Barry Wines Reserve Assyrtiko

Best Sweet Wine of Show
2018 Petaluma Cane Cut Riesling

Best Rose of Show
2018 Jim Barry Wines Annabelles Rose

Best Fortified Wine of Show
2018 Mad Bastard Sweet Fortified

Best Exhibition Section Dry Riesling, 2017 Vintage
2017 Naked Run Wines Place in Time Sevenhill Riesling

Best Exhibition Section Dry Riesling, 2016 Vintage and older
2011 Woodvale Vintners Skilly Riesling

Best Vintage Section Shiraz
2017 Taylors Wines Reserve Parcel Shiraz

Best Vintage Section Cabernet Sauvignon
2017 Artwine The Good Life

Best Vintage Section Dry Red Blends and other varieties
2017 Kilikanoon Wines Mr Hyde The Full Monte Montepulciano

Best Dry Red from Exhibition Sections
2015 Kilikanoon Wines Tregea Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Best Current Vintage Riesling – Mick Knappstein Trophy
2018 Jim Barry Wines The Lodge Hill Riesling

Best Vintage Section Dry Red – Carl Sobels Trophy
2017 Kilikanoon Wines Mr Hyde The Full Monte Montepulciano

Best Riesling of Show
2011 Woodvale Vintners Skilly Riesling

Best Small Producer
Naked Run Wines

Best Single Vineyard Wine
2018 Petaluma Cane Cut Riesling

Viticulturist Trophy
Mike Harms

Best Exhibitor of Show
Jim Barry Wines

Wine of Provenance – Br John May Trophy
Annie’s Lane Copper Trail Shiraz, 2016, 2008, 2002

Best Wine of Show – Jim Barry Trophy
2011 Woodvale Vintners Skilly Riesling