COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (PRWEB) – Wine Country Network, publishers of Wine Country International magazine and producers of six professional beverage competitions have announced the winners of the 5th Annual North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition.
The N.A.B.W.C. was created to promote excellence in Bourbon, Whiskey, and Moonshine. This double-blind competition is based on a 100-point scale. Only American and Canadian made whiskeys have the opportunity to compete against America’s native spirits for the coveted N.A.B.W.C. “BEST OF SHOW AWARD.”
This year’s “Best Of Show” winner was the Limited Edition Weller C.Y.P.B. Wheated Bourbon, 95 Proof, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and $39.99 MSRP. Weller C.Y.P.B. letters stand for, “Craft Your Perfect Bourbon”. This limited-edition whiskey is the result of the overwhelming consumer survey consensus for the distillers to create a wheated recipe bourbon, aged on the highest warehouse floors for eight years and bottled at 95 proof.
Double Gold Medal Winners include:
- George Remus’s Remus Repeal Reserve Series II
- Buffalo Trace’s Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- W. L. Weller’s W. L. Weller 12 Year Old
- A. Smith Bowman’s John J. Bowman Single Barrel
- Town Branch’s Malt Whiskey
Wine Country Network, C.E.O., Christopher J. Davies, stated “this year’s competition, which was originally scheduled to take place in New Orleans on July 16 to 17 but was affected by Hurricane Barry. This was the fourth recorded storm to make landfall at hurricane strength on the state of Louisiana in the month of July. So the competition was moved to Colorado and took place on August 3 and 4, 2019 at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield”. A follow-up trade, media tasting took place to celebrate the more than 50 medal winners.
Wine Country Network plans to produce the 2020 North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition in New Orleans next year. For a full list of winners visit: WhiskeyComp.Com
Our brand Buzz Pop Cocktails was awarded a GOLD medal by achieving an overall 90 out of 100 points, at the 2019 PR%F Awards, a spirits competition designed to crown the leading spirits with accolades, recognition and an entryway into the marketplace. The event was held at Tivoli Village in Las Vegas.
The Tío Pepe Challenge was created by leading Sherry producer, González Byass, to inspire mixologists from around the world to create original, great tasting cocktails using Sherry as their principle ingredient. Javier competed against five other bartenders from around the U.S. on Tuesday, April 9 at Osamil Upstairs in New York City. The six competitors had to test their knowledge of Sherry through a blind tasting, showcase their use of a venencia (the tool traditionally used to extract Sherry from the barrel), and finally, to create a cocktail mixed with a González Byass Sherry.
Beyond being dubbed the best sommelier in the country at the inaugural 2019 competition, Chabert will be the first competition winner to compete as the U.S. delegate to the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) “Best Sommelier of the World 2019” competition taking place in Antwerp, Belgium, March 10-15, 2019.
Tastings.com judges described Old Rasputin as “a craveable hoppy imperial stout that is superbly balanced,” rewarding it with a ranking of 94 points and a gold medal at the Tastings.com World Beer Championships.
On August 11, 2018, 8 teams of 2 converged at the Marina Del Rey Hotel in Los Angeles, CA in hopes of taking home the championship. Each team blind tasted 6 white and 6 red wines from around the world gaining points by identifying its primary grape, country & region of origin, vintage, and producer. In the end two teams emerged as the victors and will be heading to France as Team USA in October.
The event will kick off with an afternoon walk-around blind tasting of the wines Temecula Valley wineries believe to be their “best” bottles. Participants will be asked to submit ratings of each wine, which will be tallied to determine the region’s top three whites and reds. Results of the blind tasting will be announced at a winemaker reception and awards presentation the same evening, recognizing the winning wines and broadly attended by Temecula Valley winemakers. Tickets are $45-$85 and can be purchased at 
The judging process for the specialty spirit categories began with a 100% double blind tasting preliminary round, with the best spirits advancing to the Sweepstakes Rounds, where the Double Gold and The Best of Show Categories were awarded. During the competition, all the spirits in their respective and specific sub-categories are sampled together as flights, carefully evaluated from color to finish, and scored by each one of our spirits judges in the flight.