Nineth Annual Birch Wine Competition 2005

The Nineth Annual Birch
Thanksgiving Wine Competition 2005

Calendar: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

This years competition was conducted by a group of ELEVEN ruthless and tipsy competitors at the vacation location south of Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

The Wine competition!

This years competitors!

But before we get to the competition itself, we take a moment to express our immense appreciation from all the participants for the terrific, and essential, jobs performed by the Masters of Ceremony! This event could not happen without you!

Dave

Entries were judged in four categories:

Color
Bouquet
Taste
Finish
Overall Rating (50 to 100)

All the competitors are to be congratulated on their entries!

Red Wine Competition
Place	Entry	Entered by
1st Place Congratulations! The conveted Award!	2001 Guenoc Petite Syrah North Coast Score: 95.54	Kathy Humbly accepting the coveted award! See the video! (Short version) (Long version) Kathy will add her charm tag to those of the previous winners! And the trophy will grace her mantel for the coming year. Should she be remiss in any of her duties this year, then second will take over her duties.
2nd Place	2003 Decoy Napa Valley Red Wine Score: 94.81	Stayce
3rd Place	2001 Marianna Napa Valley Red Wine Score: 93.81	Betsy
4th Place	2002 Skrew Kappa Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Score: 92.72	Christin
5th Place	1998 Tria Syrah Monterey Score: 89.54	Kat
6th Place	2000 Montiano Lazio Score: 89.18	Dave
7th Place	2002 Martin Petite Syrah Dry Creek Valley Score: 87.81	Dale
8th Place	2002 Norman Veneyards Red Zinfindel Score: 85.54	Steve
9th Place	2003 Novy Syrah Santa Lucia Highlands Score: 83.81	Jeff
10th Place	2000 d'Arenburg Grenache, Shiraz, Mouvedre Score: 83.0	Mike
11th Place	2003 Marquis Phillips Shriaz Score: 79.09	Sue

And so ends this year's competitions... and another wonderful family vacation. *sigh*

Who will win next year? Come back and find out!