Viniterra is proud to announce that the New Kent Winery has been awarded one of the highest honors for Virginia wine: The Governor’s Cup Awards have named two of the New Kent Winery’s selections as 2010 award winners.
The New Kent Winery 2008 merlot was awarded the bronze medal in the merlot category, while the New Kent Winery meritage received the silver medal in the meritage category.
To produce our award-winning meritage small lots selected from our Virginia vineyard were fermented separately and made to their best potential. Laborious hours blending these selections revealed the exact quantities needed of each to make this evolved jewel.
New Kent Winery’s award-winning merlot starts with hand-selected fruit, crushed and allowed to warm during fermentation. We take this extra step to help this red wine gain its intense color, tannins and flavors. Daily punching down of the cap (skins that rise to the top) help us extract the most from the very ripe fruit.
At Viniterra, we are very proud to have such an esteemed winery and vineyard as one of our community centerpieces, and very proud of being a part of Virginia’s historic wine culture.
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