2005 Grand Harvest Awards

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Expanding regions

British Columbia's wineries are now located in the Okanagan, Gulf Islands, Fraser Valley, Similkameen, Kootenays and Vancouver Island.

You have to Laugh

Opening soon in Naramata is Laughing Stock Vineyards heres is what David and Cynyhia Enns have to say about their name choice:

Is there a story behind your name?

Yes, there most definitely is.  Given their background in the investment industry, this move from Vancouver to the Okanagan to open a winery has resulted in their trading in financial stocks for grape stocks.  In the eyes of their peer group, this venture could be interpreted as a whimsical, romantic, and well, ... foolish investment. A financial decision
that could make Cynthia and David the outright laughing stock in the eyes of their workmates in the financial industry. David often humourously refers to having made a Vow of Poverty when he decided to build a winery.

Laughing Stock is a name that will raise an eyebrow or two in the Okanagan Valley . It counters the traditional approach to wine marketing - largely based on elegance, refinement, stature, heritage etc. It also magnifies the vulnerability that Cynthia and David must bear. Every morning, they wake up motivated NOT to do anything that would validate their winery name. With a name like Laughing Stock, they have no choice but to produce exceptional wines.

When did you open What is your history? 

We purchased a 5 acres parcel on the Naramata Bench that included some vineyard planted to Merlot and have since planted additional acreage to other Bordeaux varietals such as Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot & Malbec.  We completed our first crush in 2003 and will be releasing this premium red blend in fall 2005 after 18 months of barrel aging.  However, we will be participating in the upcoming Cornucopia in Whistler and likely selling futures beginning fall 2004.

G.B.B.Fuller
President & CEO
Asolo Development Corp.
Proprietor
d'Asolo Vineyards Ltd.

THE 24TH ANNUAL OKANAGAN FALL WINE FESTIVAL JUDGING AWARDS

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GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

Burrowing Owl Vineyards Pinot Gris 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Dry Riesling 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Merlot 2002
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Classic Riesling 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards See Ya Later Ranch Ping 2002
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards HMV Brut N/V
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards See Ya Later Ranch Pinot Gris 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Pinot Gris 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Riesling 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Late Harvest Ehrenfelser 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Gewurztraminer 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Shiraz 2002
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Sparkling Riesling Icewine 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Riesling Icewine 2002
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Riesling Icewine 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Merlot 2001
Lang Vineyards Ltd. Farm Reserve Riesling 2003
Mission Hill Family Estate Reserve Shiraz 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Pinot Blanc 2003
Nk'Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Merlot 2002
Peller Estates Private Reserve Trinity Icewine 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Family Reserve Chenin Blanc 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Limited Release Pinot Noir 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Botrytis Affected Optima 2003
Sandhill Small Lots Malbec 2002
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Pinot Blanc 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Meritage 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Cabernet Merlot 2002
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Private Reserve Gewurztraminer 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Merlot 2001
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Chardonnay 2003
Wild Goose Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2003

SILVER MEDAL WINNERS

Arrowleaf Cellars Bacchus 2003
Blasted Church Vineyards Pinot Gris 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Ehrenfelser 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Pinot Blanc 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Estate Select Pinot Noir 2002
CedarCreek Estate Winery Platinum Reserve Pinot Noir 2002
CedarCreek Estate Winery Platinum Reserve Meritage 2001
CedarCreek Estate Winery Merlot Cabernet 2002
CedarCreek Estate Winery Platinum Reserve Chardonnay 2002
CedarCreek Estate Winery Estate Select Chardonnay 2002
CedarCreek Estate Winery Platinum Reserve Merlot 2002
Desert Hills Estate Winery Syrah 2001
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Classic Auxerrois 2003
Golden Mile Cellars Pinot Noir 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Pinot Auxerrois 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Siegerrebe 2002
Gray Monk Estate Winery Gamay Noir 2002
Gray Monk Estate Winery Pinot Gris Odyssey 2002
Gray Monk Estate Winery Ehrenfelser Late Harvest 2002
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Chardonnay 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards See Ya Later Ranch Pinot Noir 2002
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Franc 2002
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Reserve Pinot Grigio 2003
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Dark Horse Estate Vineyard Riesling Icewine 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve White Meritage 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Pinot Noir 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Red Meritage 2002
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Red Meritage 2002
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Shiraz 2002
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Riesling Icewine 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Chardonnay 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Unoaked Chardonnay 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Merlot 2002
La Frenz Winery Merlot 2002
Lang Vineyards Ltd. Limited Edition Soaring Eagle Chardonnay 2003
Lang Vineyards Ltd. Late Harvest Riesling 2003
Lang Vineyards Ltd. Select Late Harvest Riesling 2003
Mission Hill Family Estate Oculus 2002
Mission Hill Family Estate Reserve Pinot Gris 2003
Mission Hill Family Estate Five Vineyards Pinot Grigio 2003
Mission Hill Family Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Pinot Noir 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Meritage 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Riesling 2003
Peller Estates Heritage Series Cabernet Merlot 2003
Peller Estates Heritage Series Pinot Grigio 2003
Peller Estates Heritage Series Riesling 2003
Peller Estates Private Reserve Cabernet Franc 2002
Peller Estates Heritage Series Cabernet Franc 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Limited Release Chasselas Pinot Blanc 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Limited Release Chenin Blanc 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Old Vines Foch Reserve 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Family Reserve Chardonnay 2001
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Limited Release Chardonnay 2002
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Family Reserve Merlot 2002
Red Rooster Winery Marechal Foch 2003
Sandhill Gamay Noir 2003
Sandhill Small Lots Barbera 2002
Sandhill Small Lots Sangiovese 2002
Sandhill Small Lots Petit Verdot 2002
Sandhill Cabernet Franc 2002
Stag's Hollow Winery Sauvignon Blanc 2003
Stag's Hollow Winery Renaissance Pinot Noir 2002
Stag's Hollow Winery Renaissance Merlot 2002
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Pinot Blanc 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Private Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Okanagan Blush 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Blanc de Noirs Brut 1997
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Merlot 2001
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Merlot 2002
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Pinot Blanc Icewine 2001
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Pinot Meunier 2002
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Cipes Ice N/V
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Platinum Series Pinot Gris 2002
Thornhaven Estates Winery Barrel Reserve Pinot Noir 2002
Thornhaven Estates Winery Gewurztraminer 2003
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Kerner Icewine 2003
Wild Goose Vineyards Stoney Slope Riesling 2003
Wild Goose Vineyards Black Brant 2003
Willow Hill Vineyards Merlot Icewine 2003

BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS

Arrowleaf Cellars Gewurztraminer 2003
Black Hills Estate Winery Alibi 2003
Blasted Church Vineyards Hatfield's Fuse 2003
Blasted Church Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Burrowing Owl Vineyards Merlot 2002
Calona Vineyards Artist Series Reserve Blush 2003
Calona Vineyards Artist Series Reserve Pinot Noir 2003
Calona Vineyards Artist Series Reserve Gewurztraminer 2003
Calona Vineyards Artist Series Reserve Chardonnay 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Pinot Gris 2003
CedarCreek Estate Winery Gewurztraminer 2003
Crowsnest Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2003
Crowsnest Vineyards Stahltank Chardonnay 2003
Desert Hills Estate Winery Red Meritage 2000
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Private Reserve Pinot Blanc 2003
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Dry Rock Sauvignon Blanc 2003
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Private Reserve Pinot Gris 2003
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Classic Dry Riesling 2003
Golden Mile Cellars Chardonnay Semillon 2001
Golden Mile Cellars Merlot 2002
Gray Monk Estate Winery Latitude 50 White 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Pinot Blanc 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Rotberger 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Gewurztraminer 2003
Gray Monk Estate Winery Chardonnay Unwooded 2002
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards See Ya Later Ranch Chardonnay 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Mountain Select White 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards Mountain Select Red 2003
Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards See Ya Later Ranch Ehrenfelser Icewine 2003
Hester Creek Estate Winery Pinot Blanc 2003
Hester Creek Estate Winery Merlot 2002
Hillside Estate Winery Muscat Ottonel 2003
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Viognier Bull Pine Vineyard 2003
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Meritage Dark Horse Estate Vineyard 2002
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Horse Estate Vineyard 2001
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Horse Estate Vineyard 2002
Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Vidal Icewine 2003
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
Jackson-Triggs Vintners Proprietors' Grand Reserve Sparkling Riesling Icewine 2002
La Frenz Winery Alexandria 2003
La Frenz Winery Montage 2002
Lake Breeze Vineyards Ehrenfelser 2003
Lake Breeze Vineyards Pinotage 2002
Lang Vineyards Ltd. Viognier 2003
Little Straw Vineyards Pinot Noir 2001
Mission Hill Family Estate Sauvignon Blanc Five Vineyards 2003
Mission Hill Family Estate S.L.C. Merlot 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Chardonnay 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Merlot 2002
Nk'Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Chardonnay 2003
Peller Estates Heritage Series Gewurztraminer 2003
Peller Estates Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Peller Estates Private Reserve Merlot 2002
Peller Estates Heritage Series Merlot 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Riesling Icewine 2003
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Limited Release Merlot 2001
Quails' Gate Estate Winery Fortified Vintage Foch 2002
Sandhill Cabernet Merlot 2002
Stag's Hollow Winery Simply Noir 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Pinnacle 2000
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Meritage 2001
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Stellar's Jay Brut 2001
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2002
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cellar Selection Unoaked Chardonnay 2003
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Black Sage Vineyard Merlot 2000
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Vintage Pipe 1999
Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Gewurztraminer Icewine 2003
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Cipes Aurora 1999
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Gewurztraminer 2003
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Platinum Series Cabernet Franc 2002
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Estate Reserve Riesling Icewine 2002
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Pinot Noir Icewine 2002
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Pinot Noir 2001
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Pinot Gris 2003
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2003
Wild Goose Vineyards Mystic River Pinot Blanc 2003
Willow Hill Vineyards Special Select Late Harvest Merlot 2002