LOCAL wineries have picked up a swag of medals at the 2012 South Coast Wine Show.
Between them, Cupitt's Winery in Ulladulla, Fern Gully Winery in Termeil and Bawley Vale Estate at Bawley Point took home 16 medals including a silver and 15 bronze.
Cupitt's Winery in Ulladulla consolidated its reputation as an emerging winery, picking up the certificate for best wine made in a Shoalhaven Coast Winery for its 2009 Estate Grown semillon.
It collected a silver medal for the same entry as well as another 11 bronze medals.
Fern Gully Winery at Termeil also picked up one of this year's special awards, presented with the certificate for best chambourcin - as well as a bronze medal - for its 2011 chambourcin.
Max and Glenda Staniford also collected a bronze medal for Fern Gully's 2009 vintage port.
It means the winery has won a bronze medal for its vintage port every year since the show was established more than a decade ago.
Bawley Vale Estate also enjoyed success with two bronze medals.
One of its winners, the 2008 No Toes Red, also enjoyed success at last year's South Coast Wine Show and at the 2011 Kiama Regional Wine Show.
This year's entries were judged last Thursday at the Mollymook Golf Club and the winners announced on Friday night during a public tasting session.
Chief judge David Morris said this year's show had been another tremendous success.
The entries were of a very high standard and earned a 'good number' of medals.
Mr Morris said the dry whites were the strength of this year's show.
He said the sauvignon blanc, riesling and chardonnay classes were very strong - all of them with gold medal winners.
The semillon class - traditionally a strength of the local wine show - was solid but failed to produce a gold medal.
He said the rose class was also a 'big' class with three silver medals all showing good potential.
Unfortunately entries had been pointed down for lacking fruit freshness and flavour persistence.
Turning to the reds, Mr Morris described the chambourcin class as 'solid' with four bronze medals - including those awarded to Fern Gully and Cupitt's Winery.
He said the Pinot Noir class was 'very solid' with a gold medal, two silver medals and four bronze medals.
He said the gold medal winner from Tertini Wines would do well on the world stage.
Mr Morris congratulated the participating wineries and encouraged them to "keep working away at it".
He said it had been a pleasure to judge this year's show an everyone on his team had enjoyed themselves.
Coolangatta Estate continued its overall dominance of the show, taking out the trophies for best wine of show, best white wine and best white wine made from grapes grown in Shoalhaven Coast for its 2006 semillon.
However Tertini Wines, located near Berrima, also enjoyed a great show, taking out the award for best red wine and best wine made from grapes grown in the Southern Highlands for its 2009 pinot noir.
It won a gold medal for the same entry and two silver medals in the same class.
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THE LOCAL MEDAL POOL:
Cupitt's Winery:
- Certificate for Best Wine Made in a Shoalhaven Coast Winery for its 2009 Estate Grown semillon;
- Silver medal for its 2009 Estate Grown semillon;
- Bronze medals for its 2010 Alponese sauvignon blanc and 2010 Woodlands sauvignon blanc; bronze for its 2011 La Colline verdelho; bronze for its 2010 Estate Grown semillon; bronze for its 2011 Possum Lodge chardonnay and its 2010 Totally Wild chardonnay; bronze for its 2010 Mon Doux botrytis; bronze for its 2011 Rosie's Rose; bronze for its 2009 Syrah shiraz; bronze for its 2009 Caroline's cabernet sauvignon; bronze for its 2010 chambourcin.
Fern Gully Winery:
- Certificate for Best Chamboursin for its 2011 chambourcin;
- Bronze medal for its 2011 chambourcin; bronze for ist 2009 vintage port.
Bawley Vale Estate:
- Bronze medal for its 2008 Big Spotty unwooded chardonnay; bronze for its 2008 No Toes Red dry red wine blend.
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