Awards and Testimonials

CellarCraft Award Winning Wines from the 2007 Wine Maker Magazine Competition

Awards and Testimonials
Handcrafted Wines of Global Distinction

CellarCraft has been winning awards in Wine Competition throughout North America. here is a sample of some recent reported wins.

Click here for the WineMaker Magazine 2007 Awards.

Click here for the WineMaker Magazine 2006 Awards.

Click here for the WineMaker Magazine 2005 Awards.

Wine	Category	Vinter	Competition	Result
Carmenere/Merlot	Red	Ron Arbuckle	Barrie Amateur Wine	Gold
Caves de Vin	White	Sal Lipari	Barrie Amateur Wine	Silver
Late Harvest Reisling	Dessert	Gordon Andrews	Chilliwack	Bronze
Piesporter	White	Doug Kirkman	Chilliwack	1st
Piesporter	White Other	Michel Perron	Alberta Wine	Silver
Rosso Fortissimo	Other Red	Tom Hefferman	Winemaker Magazine	Silver
Rosso Fortissimo	Merlot	Max Waddington	Indiana State Fair	Silver
Washington Merlot	Merlot	Rick Halajcsik	California State Fair	Double Gold
Washington Merlot	Merlot	Bert Gris	Hamilton	Bronze
Rosso Fortissimo	Red	Bert Gris	Ontario Amateur	Bronze

We are proud to present the first testimonial on our website, please take your time to read the story below.

REX JOHNSTON & BARBARA BENTLEY OF WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA, WIN THE GOLDEN BEAR TROPHY FOR THE BEST OF SHOW WHITE WINE AT THE 2006 CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR WITH YAKIMA VALLEY VIOGNIER

The highest award a California amateur winemaker can aspire to win is a California State Fair Golden Bear trophy. The 2006 California State Fair amateur winemaking competition was judged using exactly the same standards, scales, and system employed in judging the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition. Using these very strict guidelines, only three white wines out of over 600 total wine entries received a gold medal. Cellar Craft International 2004 Yakima Valley Viognier, produced by Bentley Cellars, received one of them and went on to win the Golden Bear as the Best of Show White Wine. This kit also won Bentley Cellars a gold medal at the 2006 Orange County Wine Society's amateur competition. Similarly, this competition uses very high judging standards and extremely qualified judges.

Barbara Bentley was awarded the Cellar Craft International 2005 Yakima Valley Viognier kit for winning the Gold prize for her Elephant Heart Plum label in the 2004 Winemaker magazine's label competition.

Thank you Cellar Craft International, for helping us win our dream bear!!

Rex Johnston and Barbara Bentley

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Congratulations to all the winners and if you know of other successful CellarCraft entries, please let us know.