BREAKING NEWS OCT. 7, 2009: THIS JUST IN — Wine made last year in the RootsLiving wine cellar took first place in the Zinfandel category at this year’s Topsfield Fair. This was the first time the RootsLiving wine cellar entered one of its wines in a competition. The 2008 Zinfandel is on display at America’s oldest agricultural fair through Oct. 12. More details and photos to come.
That was the excitement, just a few days ago, when we found out RootsLiving took top honors in the Zinfandel category at the Topsfield Fair. But what we didn’t realize until yesterday when we visited the fair was that RootsLiving also took a third place award in the “Wine Label” competition.
Both the wine and label were on display at the fair in the Fruits and Vegetables Farmer’s Market building — the same room where the giant pumpkin was on display.
Below are links to seven previous posts which trace the victorious journey of last year’s batch and also document the creation of this year’s batch, which was created the same way and now awaits Mother Nature’s magic in the RootsLiving Wine Cellar. Will we have another winner on our hands?
Wine Entered in Topsfield Fair Competition (Aug. 10, 2009)
Nature is Key in Making a Good Batch of Wine (Sept. 20, 2009)
Preparations and Equipment Needed to Make Wine (Sept. 21, 2009)
Getting the Grapes (Sept. 28, 2009)
Crushing the Grapes (Sept. 29, 2009)
Shhh! Listen and Watch the Wine Ferment (video) (Oct. 1, 2009)
Taking the Wine Out of the Barrel and Pressing the Grapes (Oct. 7, 2009)
This Win is For My Father (June 4, 2009)
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