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National Magazine Recognition
Becker Vineyards's Viognier 2007 was featured in Food & Wine (Dec. 2008) "Holiday Pairings"; the Viognier 2007 was featured in Wine Business Monthly's "Top 10 Hot Small Brands (in the USA)" (Feb. 2009); and the Iconoclast Cabernet Sauvignon was featured in Bon Appetit (Feb. 2009).
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2008 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition:
Texas Champion - Silver ~ Prairie Rotie 2007
Texas Champion - Silver ~ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Bronze ~ Claret 2007
Bronze ~ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
2007
Dallas Morning News Wine Competition:
- Silver
~ Cabernet-Syrah 2004
- Silver
~ Barbera 2004
- Silver
~ Claret 2005
- Bronze
~ Voignier 2006
- Bronze
~ Malbec 2005
San
Antonio Express news wine competition - February 2007:
- Silver
~ Prairie Rotie 2005
- Silver
~ Malbec 2005
- Silver
~ Barbera 2004
- Silver
~ Vintage Port 2004
- Silver
~ Barbera Peter’s Prairie Vineyards 2004
- Bronze
~ Claret 2005
- Bronze
~ Viognier 2006
- Bronze
~ Chenin Blanc 2006
- Bronze
~ Merlot 2005
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition 2007:
- Silver
~ Provencal 2005
- Silver
~ Prairie Rotie 2005
- Bronze
~ Fume Blanc, Texas 2005
- Bronze
~ Riesling 2005
- Bronze
~ Reserve Cabernet Syrah
Long
Beach Grand Cru International Wine Competition, Long Beach,
CA:
- Chairman's
Best of Class ~ 2005 Chardonnay
- Silver
~ 2004 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Newsom Vineyards/Tallent
Vineyards
- Silver
~ 2005 Fume Blanc
- Bronze
~ 2004 Claret
- Bronze
~ 2005 Gewurztraminer.
Riverside
International Wine Competition, Riverside, CA:
Becker Vineyards wines were served at:
The
Border Governors' Dinner, August 24, 2006.
Dinner with the governors of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
California, and the northern states of Mexico.
Super
Bowl XXXVIII, February 1, 2004. Houston, Texas (Reliant Stadium).
The
reception for the President of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, July
12, 2003.
The Canary Island descendants in San Antonio, TX honored
the President with a dinner.
Prairie
Chapel Ranch, May 2003. Crawford, TX.
Australian Prime Minister Howard and Mrs. Howard enjoyed
the 2002 Viognier with President Bush.
The
White House, February 2003. Washington, D.C.
The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve was served at a dinner
honoring the governors of the United States and its Territories.
White
House dinner, March 2003.
The 2002 Viognier was served.
Governor's
Inauguration, January 21, 2003. Austin, TX.
The 2001 Viognier was served at the Inaugural Ball to
Governor Rick Perry and guests. Governor Perry also serves
chardonnay and claret in the Governor's Mansion.
The
Crawford Summit, November 2001. Crawford, Texas.
President Bush and President Putin were served 2000 Chardonnay
Reserve and 1999 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
The
James Beard House. New York, NY.
Becker Vineyards has been invited five times with these
Texas restaurants: Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap; Fredericksburg
Herb Farm, Fredericksburg; Rough Creek Lodge, Glen Rose; and
Las Canarias (La Mansion del Rio), San Antonio.
Texas
Hill Country Food & Wine Fest, April 1997. Austin, TX.
Robert Mondavi bought a double magnum of 1996 Becker Vineyards
Estate Viognier at the auction.
Becker
Vineyards was featured in:
Golf
Connoisseur, Fall 2005.
Gordon Getty picked Becker Vineyards' Reserve Cabernet
Sauvignon
Featured in article "Ten Grand Cellars" by Nick
Passmore.
Wine
Spectator, June 15, 2005.
Becker Vineyards featured in "Texas Hill Country:
Small Town Hospitality in the Lone Star State."
San
Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 2005.
Featured in "Welcome the Best of the Wines from Back
East" by W. Blake Gray.
The
Wine Enthusiast, November 2004.
"Wine in the West Wing."
Fine
Living Channel, July 25, 2004.
Becker Vineyards' Viognier starred in "Simply Wine
with Andrea Immer."
SAVEUR,
January/February 2003.
Fredericksburg named "The Best Little Food &
Town in Texas".
Wine
Spectator, November 30, 2002.
Articles by James Molesworth and Matthew DeBord.
"Bunny and Richard Becker have raised the bar in Texas
by producing wines that have achieved regional character,"
DeBord said in his article "American Way of Wine."
Wine
Spectator, April 30, 2002.
Wine tasting at the New York, NY office. Six of Becker's
wines rated.
