Prairie Berry Wines Recognized at 2007 Grand Harvest Awards

POSTED: FEB 24, 2007

At the 2007 Grand Harvest Awards in Santa Rosa, CA, Prairie Berry Winery received medals for two of its yet-to-be-released white wines made from South Dakota grown grapes. The 2006 vintage of Frontenac Gris received a silver medal, and the 2006 St. Pepin was awarded a bronze medal. Both wines will be released for sale to the public on March 18, 2007 at Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City, South Dakota.

The Grand Harvest Awards is the only North American wine competition that presents wine entries to judges according to regional classification and "terroir."

While it is has no textbook definition, terroir is considered to be the combined expression of soil and climate in the aroma and flavor of wine beyond grape variety, clone, rootstock, cultural practices and winemaking techniques.

Judges are members of the wine media, wine marketers, researchers, restaurateurs and winemakers.

The competition traditionally includes entries from numerous U.S. and Canadian wine regions plus a few from overseas.

 

Information about the Grand Harvest Awards and terroir is from the Univeristy of California Davis, Viticultural & Enology website.

Learn more about the 2007 Grand Harvest Awards

Click here to see Prairie Berry Winery's complete awards list. 

 

 

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