RECENT AWARDS
2023 Mead Crafters Competition
- Blueberry Honeywine — Silver, Fruit/Vegetable Melomel semi-sweet
Silver: Blueberry Honeywine
Double Gold: Wild Bill
Silver: Cranberry
Silver: Anna Pesä Louka
Bronze: Lawrence Elk
Bronze: Blueberry Honeywine
Bronze: Rosy Ass Rhubarb
Jefferson Cup (Best of Class): Wild Bill
Gold: Gold Digger
Silver: Anna Pesä Chenin Blanc
Silver: Blueberry Honeywine
Silver: Cranberry
Bronze: Mystic
Best of Class: Black Hills Red Blend 2021
Double Gold: Brianna 2021, Raspberry Honeywine
Gold Medal: Cherry Crab Apple
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Silver Medal: Raspberry Honeywine, Uncle Ralph’s Rhubarb
Bronze Medal: Calamity Jane, Red Ass Rhubarb
Silver Medal: Calamity Jane, Raspberry Honeywine, Cherry Crab Apple, Black Raspberry Fusion, Red Ass Rhubarb
Bronze Medal: Catawba, Heritage
Double Gold: Brianna 2019
Gold Medal: Lawrence Elk
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Much like everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the remaining competitions in 2020.
“Each year, Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association presents a Special Achievement Award that recognizes a person, event, organization, or business that has made a significant impact on the Black Hills and Badlands region’s tourism economy…the winery has achieved their goal of creating a “unique South Dakota experience” for the last 20 years, cementing Black Hills culture and flavor in the minds of millions.”
Double Gold Medal: Wild Bill
5 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Jefferson Cup: Wild Bill
2 Gold Medals: Calamity Jane, Rosy Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
“Poor Wild Bill Hickok met an unfortunate end in Deadwood, but in tribute to his gumption and adaptability, Prairie Berry Winery … has produced a similarly styled wine, a rose of color, flash, and drive, fitting for sipping on its own or for pairing with a traditionally beefy Midwest meal.” ~Mike Dunne, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Judge
Best of Class: Wild Bill
2 Gold Medals: Brianna 2018, Calamity Jane
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
9 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: LaCrescent 2017
Gold Medal: Razzy Apple
5 Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Anna Pesä Louka 2017, Red Ass Rhubarb
4 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Jefferson Cup: Calamity Jane
Double Gold Medal: Lawrence Elk
Gold Medal: Wild Bill
2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
5 Gold Medals: Frontenac 2017, LaCrescent 2017, Peach Mead, Red Ass Rhubarb, Wild Bill
7 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Calamity Jane, Strawberry Fusion
11 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
4 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Best in Class: Strawberry Fusion
4 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Best of Class: Anna Pesä Symphony 2015
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
Gold Medal: Lawrence Elk
6 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Peach Mead
2 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Sweepstakes Winner (Best Sweet Red Wine): Calamity Jane
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
7 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medal
Double Gold Medal: Gold Digger
Gold Medal: Crab Apple
2 Silver Medals
“Bouquets of peaches and honey are distinctive in the nose. The wine is light on the tongue with honey up front, and peach with hints of papaya that carry through to the finish. Enjoy as an aperitif or serve with a dish of vanilla bean ice cream.” ~Double Gold Tasting Notes, 2015 Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Competition
Double Gold Medal: Peach Mead
2 Gold Medals: Anna Pesä Blaufränkisch 2015, Frontenac 2015
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Double Gold Medals: Black Raspberry Fusion, LaCrescent 2015
3 Gold Medals: Frontenac 2015, Pomegranate Fusion, Strawberry Fusion
7 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Brianna 2014
5 Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals
7 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Apricot, Chuckle Berry
9 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Anna Pesä Meritage 2013, Uncle Ralph’s Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Gold Digger
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
3 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Pink Slip
2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Blue Suede Shoes
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Calamity Jane, Frontenac 2013
4 Silver Medals
6 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Gold Digger
2 Gold Medals: Cranberry, Lawrence Elk
5 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
4 Silver Medals
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Red Ass Rhubarb
Double Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
8 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 10 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Strawberry Fusion
3 Gold Medals: Blue Suede Shoes, Red Ass Rhubarb, Strawberry Fusion
2 Bronze Medals
Best Fruit Wine: Uncle Ralph’s Rhubarb
Double Gold Medal: Uncle Ralph’s Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
3 Gold Medals: 3Rednecks, Blue Suede Shoes, Strawberry Fusion
3 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
6 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Frontenac Port
4 Gold Medals: Apricot, Crab Apple, Frontenac Gris, Lawrence Elk
1 Silver Medal, 5 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Frontenac Gris, Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 5 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
4 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Jefferson Cup: Calamity Jane
Jefferson Cup Nominee: Frontenac Gris
4 Medals of American Merit: Frontenac Port, Pink Slip, St. Pepin, Strawberry Fusion
Gold Medal: Blue Suede Shoes
3 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Frontenac Gris
4 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Lawrence Elk
Best of Varietal: Lawrence Elk
2 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Pink Slip
7 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Brianna
4 Silver Medals
Best of Class: Raspberry Honeywine
2 Gold Medals: Frontenac Gris, Frontenac Port
3 Silver Medals
2 Double Gold Medals: Frontenac Gris, LaCrescent
2 Gold Medals: Blue Suede Shoes, Frontenac Port
4 Bronze Medals
6 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Phat Hogg Red, Raspberry Honeywine
3 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Frontenac
4 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
3 Gold Medals: Crab Apple, Gold Digger, LaCrescent
2 Silver Medals
Best of Class: Blue Suede Shoes
Double Gold Medal: Blue Suede Shoes
2 Gold Medals: Brianna, Lawrence Elk
4 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Blue Suede Shoes
Double Gold Medal: Blue Suede Shoes
Gold Medal: Brianna
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Gold: Pink Slip
4 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
“Another outstanding wine came from South Dakota’s Prairie Berry Winery, a sweet red made from Concord called Calamity Jane. Don’t start laughing; lots of people ask me for a sweet red recommendation, and this may be one of the best I’ve ever tasted.” ~Jeff Siegel, “The Wine Curmudgeon” and Judge at the 2011 Lone Star International Wine Competition
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
3 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Best Off-Dry Red: Blue Suede Shoes
Best Fruit Wine: Red Ass Rhubarb
4 Gold Medals: Blue Suede Shoes, Brianna, Calamity Jane, Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 5 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal
Double Gold Medal: Brianna
2 Gold Medals: Pumpkin Bog, Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
2 Gold Medals: Brianna, Calamity Jane
3 Bronze Medals
7 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
4 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
7 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Double Gold Medals: Cranberry, Raspberry Honeywine
Gold Medal: Crab Apple
3 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Gold Digger, Red Ass Rhubarb
Double Gold Medal: Frontenac Port
4 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Crab Apple
1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Gold Digger
1 Silver Medal, 4 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Gold Digger
4 Bronze Medals
Sweepstakes Winner — Best Off Dry Red: Calamity Jane
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
5 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
4 Gold Medals: Crab Apple, Lawrence Elk, Raspberry Honeywine, Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals
Best of Class: Raspberry Honeywine
Gold Medal: Raspberry Honeywine
3 Silver Medals
2 Gold Medals: Lawrence Elk, Phat Hogg Red
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Chairman’s Award — Unanimous Gold: 2009 Frontenac Port
1 Silver Medal, 4 Bronze Medals
“This is one of the best fruit wines I’ve ever had. It’s tangy, like having rhubarb pie, and its moderate sweetness means it could work well with dinner or dessert. Unless Oakland A’s second baseman Mark Ellis starts hitting again, this wine could be my 2nd favorite thing about South Dakota, just behind watching untrained college kids wrestle alligators at Reptile Gardens.” ~W. Blake Gray, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Judge
Best of Class: Red Ass Rhubarb
Judges’ Choice Award: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Pink Slip
1 Silver, Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Calamity Jane, Lawrence Elk
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Pink Slip
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
Platinum Award: Frontenac
2 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Gold Medals: Lawrence Elk, Red Ass Rhubarb
5 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
5 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Frontenac, Frontenac Gris
Sweepstakes Award — Rosé/Blush Wine: Frontenac Gris
Sweepstakes Nominee: Frontenac
3 Gold Medals: Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, St. Pepin
1 Silver Label Award, 1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Label Award, 5 Bronze Medals
Best of Class: Gold Digger
Double Gold Medal: Gold Digger
1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: LaCrescent, Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Bronze Medal
Chairman’s Award — Unanimous Gold: Frontenac Gris
2 Gold Medals: Frontenac, Raspberry Honeywine
3 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Frontenac
1 Bronze Medal
Double Gold Medal: Frontenac Gris
4 Gold Medals: Frontenac, Gold Digger, Raspberry Honeywine, Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals
5 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: LaCrescent
2 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
4 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals: Chokecherry Medley, Frontenac
2 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Frontenac Gris
1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals
2 Best of Class: Frontenac Gris, Red Ass Rhubarb
6 Gold Medals: Crab Apple, Frontenac Gris, Lawrence Elk, Pumpkin Bog, Red Ass Rhubarb, Wild Plum Fusion
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
3 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Gold Medals (Panel A): Frontenac, Red Ass Rhubarb
Gold Medal (Panel B): Red Ass Rhubarb
4 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
3 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
4 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Frontenac
8 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Bronze Medals
4 Gold Medals: Brianna, Frontenac Gris, Lawrence Elk, Raspberry Honeywine
4 Silver Medals
4 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Highly Recommended: Frontenac (89 points), Calamity Jane (88 points)
2 Bronze Medals
6 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Raspberry Honeywine
3 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Best of Class: Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Gold Medals: Lawrence Elk, Phat Hogg White
5 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
3 Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Frontenac
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Label Design: Red Ass Rhubarb
3 Silver Medals, 7 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Lawrence Elk
1 Bronze Medal
2 Gold Medals: Calamity Jane, Gold Digger
2 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Seyval Blanc
Best Varietal: Seyval Blanc
2 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Frontenac
6 Silver Medals
Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
6 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Best Fruit Wine: Raspberry Honeywine
100 Best of the East: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Highly Recommended: Cascade Falls (86 points), Phat Hogg White (88 points)
2 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
1 Bronze Medal
1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
1 Bronze Medal
1 Silver Medal
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
2 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
Double Gold Medal: Calamity Jane
3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Best Fruit Wine: Red Ass Rhubarb
100 Best of the East: Raspberry Honeywine
1 Silver Medal
2 Gold Medals: Chokecherry Medley, Razzy Apple
2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Bronze Medal
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Bronze Medal
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
100 Best of the East: Raspberry Honeywine, Red Ass Rhubarb
2 Silver Medals
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Concordance Gold: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals
1 Bronze Medal
1 Bronze Medal
1 Bronze Medal
1 Silver Medal
100 Best of the East: Heritage, Red Ass Rhubarb
Gold Medal: Chokecherry Honeywine
1 Bronze Medal
2 Gold Medals: Apricot, Heritage
1 Bronze Medal
1 Bronze Medal
2 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
Gold Medal: Red Ass Rhubarb
1 Bronze Medal
100 Best of the East: Buffaloberry
1 Silver Medal
3 Bronze Medals
2 Bronze Medals
100 Best of the East: Heritage, Wild Grape
2 Bronze Medals
1 Silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Double Gold Medal: Wild Grape