Iowa may not be wine country, but that didn't stop the state from producing what one competition named the best sweet Rosé of the year in an international wine competition earlier this month.
Soldier Creek Winery, based in Fort Dodge, walked away from the "THE Rosé Competition 2021" with a Best of Show win for the sweet wine category for its "Paragon Pink" wine.
A Rosé blend vintage 2020, "Paragon Pink" can be picked up for $19 at the Winery in-person or shipped online. Judges said they were "thrilled by its balance of fruit, sweetness and complexity" at the competition, according a news release — and the makers note online that it has strong "grape and strawberry jelly flavors."
The competition was held at the Fort Lauderdale Woman’s Club, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on June 18. Hosted by the American Fine Wine Competition, the Rosé-exclusive event had judges test and compare more than 160 entries. Judges went into each wine-tasting blind, with no information about where or when the wine was produced.
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That method "allows underdog wines from places like Iowa or Rhode Island to shine through, and even win," Judge Sunny Fraser said in the release.
Wine from other unlikely places won other categories in the competition, too: Judges gave the top award in the dry Rosé category to a wine from Newport Vineyard in Rhode Island. More conventional was the best sparkling wine winner: a Sangiovese Brut Rosé from Pope Valley Vineyards in Napa County, California.
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Judges said they were happy to see wines from different parts of the country winning this year's competition.
"It's great to discover new Rosés coming from non-traditional winemaking states such as Rhode Island, Iowa and Idaho, amongst others," Judge Michael Goldberg said in the release.
Robin Opsahl covers trending news for the Register. Reach them at ropsahl@registermedia.com or 515-284-8051.
June 29, 2021 at 06:01PM
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