Award Winners
Home Winemakers Classic 2001
2001 Home Winemakers Classic
95 wines were judged, 43 medals were awarded in 15 categories
Sauvignon Blanc
1st Place 2000 Sauvignon Blanc Glass Mountain Cellars
Chardonnay
1st Place 2000 Sonoma Dylan's Reach
2nd Place 2000 Sonoma Valley Silverado Wines
3rd 1999 Carneros Morningwood Cellars
Pinot Noir 1996-2000
2nd Place 1998 Carneros Rivers Edge
3rd Place 96/97 Russian River Tangled Vines
3rd Place 2000 Carneros Esperanza
Merlot
2nd Place 95 Napa Valley Chinnock Cellars
2nd Place 99 Sonoma Valley Silverado Wines
3rd Place 99 Napa Valley Chateau Garnier
3rd Place 99 Carneros Keon Winery
3rd Place 99 Dixon Rinearson Cellars
Pre 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon
1st Place 89 Stags Leap Vance
2nd Place 1996 Napa Valley Leap of Faith
2nd Place 97 Sonoma County Bell Cellars
3rd Place 95 Carneros Salute Per Tutti
3rd Place 97 Napa Valley Casa Montanez
1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
2nd Place Chateau Pomerette
2nd Place Morningwood Cellars
3rd Place Buoncristiani
3rd Place Mufich Cellaars
99 Cabernet Sauvignon
1st Place Napa Valley Murphy Creek
1st Place Napa Valley Andreae Papale
1st Place Stags Leap Spoto Wines
3rd Place Napa Valley Franz Valley Vineyards
1996 - 1998 Meritage
1st Place 98 Napa Valley Leap of Faith
2nd Place 98 Alexander Valley Shoestring Cellars
1999 Meritage
3rd Place Napa Valley Bacchanalia
Miscellaneous Reds
1st Place 1999 Cabernet Franc Chateau Garnier
2nd Place 1997 Petite Verdot Bell Cellars
2nd Place 1998 Charbono Noggle Vineyards
Syrah and Petite Sirah
1st Place 1999 Syrah Perry Vineyards
3rd Place 1999 Petite Sirah Shoestring Cellars
Zinfandel 1996-1998
1st Place 1998 Napa Valley Sassi di Casanova
2nd Place  1998 Dry Creek Benton-Furrow
3rd Place 1998 Napa Valley Buoncristiani
Zinfandel 1999
2nd Place 1999 Oakley 39th Street Cellars
3rd Place 1999 Napa Valley Cosmic Steward's Private Preserve
Dessert Wines
1st Place 2000 Olallieberry Chateau Plaisant
2nd Place Napa County Peach AJM
2nd Place 1999 Zinfandel Sherry Carlson Family Vineyards
Best of Show Red Wine 1999 Dry Creek Zinfandel- J. Benton Furrow
Best of Show White Wine 2000 Sonoma Chardonnay- Dylan's Reach
Best of Show Rose 2000 Grenach Rose - Scavenger Cellars
Best of Show Dessert 2000 Reserve Olallieberry- Chateau Plaisant

Thanks to the Judges of the 2001 Home Winemakers Classic
Don Van Staaveren
Stephen Tebb
Dan Gustafson
Mary Pisor
Margaret Harre
Mary Brown
Jim Powers
David Llodra
Cornell Baila
Judging Coordinator Linda Champagne

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