Penns Woods Takes Home Scores of Winemaking Awards

We’re honored to announce that it’s only April, yet the hard work of our talented president and winemaker Gino Razzi and assistant winemaker and vineyard manager Davide Creato has been noticed (and noticed!), earning our winery a barrelful of awards.
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“We’re bursting with pride over this recognition,” said co-owner Carley Razzi Mack. “This is welcome acknowledgment that our careful tending of only the highest-quality grapes—right down to our time-consuming but important hand harvesting—creates world-class wines right here in Pennsylvania soil. We’re proud to offer those wines to our customers.”

Check out the latest in our growing list of Penns Woods award-winners:

2016 Berlin International Wine Competition (Berlin, Germany)

Close to 200 wines from around the world competed.
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Pennsylvania Winery of the Year
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Silver:

• 2014 Grüner Veltliner
• 2014 White Merlot

2016 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (Rochester, New York)

Nearly 4,000 wines from 23 countries were entered.
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Double Gold:

• Traminette

Silver:

• Bancroft Riesling
• Grüner Veltliner
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
• Lacrima Dolce
• Chardonnay Reserve

2016 International Eastern Wine Competition—East Meets West (Sonoma County, California)

Nearly 1,300 wines were evaluated by professional judges.

Silver:

• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
• Grüner Veltliner
• Bancroft Riesling

2016 Pennsylvania Farm Show Commercial Wine Competition (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Fifty-two wineries entered 264 varieties of wine.
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Silver:

• Sauvignon Blanc
• Lacrima Dolce
• Merlot
• Cabernet Franc
• Grüner Veltliner
• White Merlot

2016 Pennsylvania Wine Excellence Competition (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Seventeen wineries entered 88 wines.
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Honored as a Top Ten:

• Traminette

2016 PA Wine Competition (Croton, Connecticut)

A total of 274 wines competed.

Gold:

• Cabernet Franc

Silver:

• Bancroft Moscato

Come find out what all the fuss is all about! We invite you to visit our tasting room and one of our upcoming events to sample our award-winning wines (and future award winners!). Thank you for your support of Penns Woods Winery and Pennsylvania wine.

Penns Woods Winery is a family-run Pennsylvania winery. With more than 40 years of experience in the wine business, winemaker Gino Razzi and his daughter, Carley Mack, produce award-winning wines from Pennsylvania-grown grapes. Penns Woods wines can be found in restaurants throughout Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs. Stop in to your local state store and pick from a limited selection of wines, or visit our tasting room for the full offering. The tasting room in Chadds Ford provides an all-around vineyard experience and hosts live music, food and wine pairings and other exciting events each weekend. Score Penns Woods Winery news in your inbox by signing up for our newsletter today!
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--Nina Malone