{"id":16722,"date":"2019-06-01T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16722"},"modified":"2019-06-01T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T16:48:02","slug":"catoctin-breeze-vineyard-repeats-as-best-in-show-at-the-2019-maryland-wine-comptrollers-cup-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/01\/catoctin-breeze-vineyard-repeats-as-best-in-show-at-the-2019-maryland-wine-comptrollers-cup-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Catoctin Breeze Vineyard Repeats as &#8220;Best in Show&#8221; at the 2019 Maryland Wine Comptroller\u2019s Cup Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16724\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/062118b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16724\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16724\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/062118b-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/062118b-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/062118b.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2018 &#8220;Best in Show&#8221; award went to Catoctin Breeze for the 2016 Cabernet Franc.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last June, Kathy and I were invited to the Maryland Wine Comptroller\u2019s Cup Awards at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catoctinbreeze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catoctin Breeze Vineyards<\/a> in Thurmont, Maryland. Catoctin Breeze hosted the event. They won the top prize \u201cBest in Show\u201d for their 2016 Cabernet Franc. It is not easy to repeat. Just look at the Washington Capitals early exit in the 2019 NHL playoffs. But repeat is exactly what Catoctin Breeze did, again with their Cabernet Franc, this time with the 2017 vintage. We congratulate Voytek Fizyta and his wife, Alicja along with the winemaking team at Catoctin Breeze for their outstanding job with Maryland Cabernet Franc.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2019 Best in Class awards included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>White<\/i>: Robin Hill Farm &amp; Vineyards \u2022 Legacy 2017<\/p>\n<p><i>White Blend:<\/i> Big Cork Vineyards \u2022 Russian Kiss 2018<\/p>\n<p><i>Ros\u00e9<\/i>: Port of Leonardtown Winery \u2022 Chaptico Ros\u00e9<\/p>\n<p><i>Red<\/i>: Catoctin Breeze Vineyard \u2022 Estate Cabernet Franc 2017<\/p>\n<p><i>Red Blend<\/i>: Port of Leonardtown Winery \u2022 Captain\u2019s Table 2016<\/p>\n<p><i>Off-Dry<\/i>: Big Cork Vineyards \u2022 Vidal Blanc 2018<\/p>\n<p><i>Sweet<\/i>: Far Eastern Shore Winery \u2022 Ruby NV<\/p>\n<p><i>Dessert<\/i>: Janemark Winery &amp; Vineyard \u2022 Sweet Heidi 2017<\/p>\n<p><i>Mead Blend<\/i>: Loew Vineyards \u2022 Honey &amp; Grape NV<\/p>\n<p><i>Fruit<\/i>: Red Heifer Winery \u2022 Blueberry NV<\/p>\n<p>Although Catoctin Breeze took the \u201cBest in Show\u201d award in 2018 and 2019 there were other repeat winners. For the Best in Class awards Port of Leonardtown Winery won Best in Class Ros\u00e9 for both 2018 and 2019. Far Eastern Shore Winery repeated as Best in Class Sweet wine.<\/p>\n<p>As summer goes into full gear, visited these award winning wineries and taste their \u201cBest in Class&#8221; wines.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Catoctin Breeze Vineyard Repeats as \"Best in Show\" at the 2019 Maryland Wine Comptroller\u2019s Cup Awards\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16722\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate Voytek Fizyta and his wife, Alicja along with the winemaking team at Catoctin Breeze for their outstanding job with Maryland Cabernet Franc.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[2933,4101,98],"class_list":["post-16722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-catoctin-breeze-vineyard","tag-maryland-wine-comptrollers-cup-awards","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16725,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16722\/revisions\/16725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}