Fox Fire Winery won both Best of Show and Triple Gold for their 2012 Marquette at the Colorado State Fair. The winery also received a silver medal for their Traminette. According to Richard Parry, the owner of the Ignacio (Durango), Colorado winery, these were the only two hybrids entered in the Colorado State Fair competition.
The story of how the international world of winemaking was disrupted forever with the 1976 Judgment of Paris is by now the stuff of legend. California winemaker Warren Winiarski, owner of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, beat out all of the French Bordeaux contenders with his 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in a blind tasting originally intended simply to show that California wines were achieving high levels with respect to the great wines of France. Winiarski’s triumph put California wines on the map.
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Voted ” best of Durango” in the winery category by the Durango Herald 2020, 2021 and 2022. Also rated as one of the top 10 Colorado Wineries by Trip Advisor. See the reviews on Trip Advisor [+]
By Carole McWilliams :: Times Senior Staff Writer
Richard and Linda Parry display some of Foxfire Farm’s awards from past wine competitions. Two varieties won medals at the Colorado State Fair on Friday. Foxfire Farms’ Traminette white wine is a double gold winner in this year’s Governor’s Cup competition for Colorado wines and the only white wine on the double gold list. Awards were presented yesterday in Denver.
Foxfire Farms adds an acre of grapes to its vineyard every year and now grows several varieties of grapes.
Fox Fire Farms Winery has been selected for the 2016 Certificate of Excellence, reflecting the consistently great reviews earned on TripAdvisor…also awarded the 2015 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice!
We are on our way to the 2016 Governor’s Cup wine tasting this year with a Double Gold for Fox Fire Farms 2015 Traminette. “The best white wine in the State of Colorado for 2016”
Our estate grown 2014 Marquette placed a Silver in the competition this year. Our Double Gold Medalist 2015 Traminette was enjoyed at the Governor’s Wine Tasting on August 4th.
By Mark Ganchiff :: Midwest Wine Press
Fox Fire Winery won both Best of Show and Triple Gold for their 2012 Marquette at the Colorado State Fair. The winery also received a silver medal for their Traminette. According to Richard Parry, the owner of the Ignacio (Durango), Colorado winery, these were the only two hybrids entered in the Colorado State Fair competition.
