tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680160598961756800.post8003470595632777877..comments2011-10-20T08:41:02.614-07:00Mike Dunnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14496499437274796935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680160598961756800.post-80421572320783173582011-10-20T08:41:02.614-07:002011-10-20T08:41:02.614-07:00Full results, including the amateur division, can be found at fiddletownwinecompetition.comBrian Millerhttp://fiddletownwinecompetition.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680160598961756800.post-14644494665456653062011-10-17T22:17:29.882-07:002011-10-17T22:17:29.882-07:00Good point. In addition to the 18 commercial wines, eight were entered by home winemakers. It was an impressive group, with at least two of the entries of commercial quality. None was seriously flawed. I can&#39;t tell you more because our notes were to be forwarded to the winemakers in hoping to encourage them to build on the strengths of their wines and to work toward alleviating the shortcomings, as few as there were. One of the first wine competitions I judged was more than 30 years ago, and it was a home-winemaker competition; since then, the cleanliness and expressiveness of homemade wines has improved tremendously, just as it has for commercial wines.Mike Dunnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14496499437274796935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680160598961756800.post-65647529009922175912011-10-17T20:20:41.583-07:002011-10-17T20:20:41.583-07:00Brian &amp; Deirdre deserve applause for their effort to recognize the Fiddletown appellation. It would also be revealing to mention some of the award winning amateur wine entries that were submitted this year to the Fiddletown competition. <br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com