{"id":13695,"date":"2012-11-11T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2012-11-11T23:54:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:54:27","slug":"houston-livestock-show-rodeo-international-wine-competition-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/houston-livestock-show-rodeo-international-wine-competition-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Livestock Show &#038; Rodeo International Wine Competition Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PB110047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3956\" title=\"Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo Committeheads\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PB110047-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo Committeheads with the Grand Champion wine and Reserve Grand Champion wine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This weekend I, along with 99 other judges, swirled, sniffed and tasted our way through more than 2,900 wines to help determine the winners of the <a href=\"http:\/\/rodeohouston.com\/Events\/RodeoUncorked\/InternationalWineCompetition.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo&#8217;s international wine competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo Wine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2978-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope to share the details of my first wine judging experience soon, as well as fill you in on more about the Rodeo. In the meantime, though, I&#8217;ve got to fill you in on the big news.<\/p>\n<h2>The\u00a0 big winners are:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2991.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3944\" title=\"CYRUS Alexander Valley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2991-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Grand Champion: Alexander Vally Vineyards CYRUS, Alexander Valley, 2008<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3947\" title=\"Williams Selyem Pinot Noir\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2988-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Reserve Grand Champion: Williams Selyem Westside Road Neighbors Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2010<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Top Italian Wine: \u00a0Bolla Amarone, Veneto, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Top Red Wine: \u00a0 Silkwood Wines Alicante Bouche, California, NV<\/li>\n<li>Top White Wine: \u00a0Consilience Wines Viognier, Santa Barbara County, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Top Sparkling Wine: \u00a0Gosset Excellence Brut, Champagne, NV<\/li>\n<li>Top Sweet Wine: \u00a0Yalumba Museum Reserve Antique Tawny, Barossa Valley, NV<\/li>\n<li>Top Value Wine: Cycles Gladiator Winery Pinot Noir, California, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Top Texas Wine: \u00a0Pedrnales Cellars Voignier, Texas, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like I said, I hope to fill you in soon on all the details: just how purple my teeth really are, whom I had the honor to meet, how many wines I evaluated (more than 200!!) and what happens behind the scenes at the Rodeo wine competition.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, check out these wines and let me know what YOU think of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This weekend I, along with 99 other judges, swirled, sniffed and tasted our way through more than 2,900 wines to help determine the winners of the Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo&#8217;s international wine competition. 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