Rodeo Wines: Here are Your 2017 Uncorked! Champions

HOUSTON, TX — The bottles jostled for attention, and it was a crowded field. Nearly 3,000 entrants were hoping to make the grade, because the payoff was great: getting your wine in the hands of thousands upon thousands of visitors to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

The judges have spoken, and 13 bottles stand alone as the 2017 champions. They will be poured at the Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition on Sunday, February 26, and will be available for purchase at the Champion Wine Auction and Dinner, which takes places on Sunday, March 5.

Here are your champions:

• Grand Champion Best of Show – Arinzano Gran Vino Blanco, Pago de Arinzano D.O., 2010
• Reserve Grand Champion Best of Show – Nice Winery Notorious Malbec, Mount Veeder, 2013
• Top Texas Wine – Pedernales Cellars Texas High Plains Tempranillo, 2014
• Top Sparkling Wine – Laetitia Brut Rosé, Arroyo Grande Valley, 2014
• Top White Wine – Fall Creek Vineyards Chardonnay, Certenberg Vineyards, 2014
• Top Red Wine – Trinchero Forte Red Wine, Napa Valley, 2012
• Top Region Wine – Talosa Vino Nobile di Montelpulciano D.O.C., 2012
• Top Sweet Wine – Bodegas Dios Baco, Baco de Elite Amontillado Sherry, Jerez D.O., NV
• Top Value Wine – Aia Vecchia Lagone, Toscana I.G.T., 2013
• Top All-Around Winery – Wilson Winery of Dry Creek
• Top Region Wine Company – Palm Bay International
• Top Wine Company – Trinchero Family Estates
• Top Texas Winery – Kiepersol Vineyards & Winery

— Top image courtesy Cibitarian.com