JoieFarm is proud to announce that our 2009 A Noble Blend has been awarded Best White Wine in Show at the 29th Annual Riverside International Wine Competition in Temecula, California.  In addition JoieFarm has also been awarded the Terroir Trophy, given to “the winery that best displays regional character in its wines.”

Dan Berger, chairman of the Riverside competition, said the vote for best white wine was nearly unanimous amid the judges, something he has rarely seen.

“The judges were just blown away by this wine,” he said.

Forty-three judges from around the United States, mainly wine makers, wine journalists, and wine merchants, evaluated 1,923 wines over a three-day period, and many of the wines were evaluated using an experimental system that included regional identification.

The complete results can be found at the following link: http://www.riwcentries.com/riwc2010results/welcome.php

JoieFarm is owned and operated by Michael Dinn and Heidi Noble in beautiful Naramata, BC.  JoieFarm is interested exclusively in the grape varieties of Alsace and  Burgundy which excel in the cool-climate, desert landscape of the Okanagan Valley.

For more information, please contact Michael Dinn at 250-488-1960 or wine@JoieFarm.com.