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BECKER VINEYARDS HONORS

Becker Vineyards won medals at:

San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo Wine Competition 2012:

  • Gold ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Canada Family 2009
  • Silver ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Newsom 2009
  • Silver ~ Gewurztraminer 2010
  • Silver ~ Prairie Rotie 2009
  • Silver ~ Grenache Reserve 2010
  • Silver ~ Barbera 2010
  • Silver ~ Tempranillo Reserve 2010
  • Bronze ~ Fume Blanc 2010
  • Bronze ~ Viognier 2010
  • Bronze ~ Zinfandel 2010
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2009
  • Bronze ~ Culinaria 2010
  • Bronze ~ Pinot Grigio 2010
  • Bronze ~ Riesling 2010

  

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Wine Competition 2011:

Top Texas Wine ~ Viognier 2011

Sold in the Auction for $100,000

(Note:  No other Texas wine has sold for this record-breaking amount.)

Long Beach Grand Cru, Long Beach, CA 2011:

  • Silver ~ Cabernet - Syrah Reserve 2010
  • Silver ~ Grenache Reserve 2010
  • Silver ~ Merlot Reserve 2009
  • Bronze ~ Barbera Reserve 2009
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2009
  • Bronze ~ Albarino 2010

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Long Beach Grand Cru, Long Beach, CA 2010:

  • Silver ~ Viognier 2009
  • Silver ~ Culinaria:  Cabernet Franc/Merlot 2009
  • Silver ~ Chardonnay Reserve 2009
  • Bronze ~ Cabernet - Syrah Reserve 2008

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San Francisco Wine Competition, San Francisco, CA 2010:

  • Silver ~ Prairie Rotie 2008
  • Silver ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2007
  • Silver ~ Merlot Reserve 2008
  • Silver ~ Chenin Blanc 2008
  • Bronze ~ Fume Blanc 2009
  • Bronze ~ Roussanne Reserve Bingham Vineyard 2009
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2008
  • Bronze ~ Gewurztraminer Bingham Vineyards 2009

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San Antonio Wine Festival Competition

(benefitting KLRN) 2010:

  • Gold & Best of Show ~   Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Wilmeth 2007
  • Gold ~ Malbec Reserve 2007
  • Silver ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Newsom 2007
  • Silver ~ Prairie Rotie 2007
  • Bronze ~ Provencal 2007 (dry rose)
  • Bronze ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2007
  • Bronze ~ Fume Blanc 2008
  • Bronze ~ Viognier 2008

 

National Magazine Recognition

Becker Vineyards' Viognier 2008 was featured in the Oct. 2010 Food & Wine magazine "100 Bottles to Drink Right Now".

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Long Beach Grand Cru, Long Beach, CA 2009:

  • Silver ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Brenda Canada 2007
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2007
  • Bronze ~ Prairie Rotie Andy Martin 2007

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San Francisco Wine Competition, San Francisco, CA 2009:

  • Silver ~ Viognier 2008
  • Silver ~ Syrah 2008
  • Bronze ~ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Brenda Canada 2007
  • Bronze ~ Sauvignon Blanc Andy Martin 2008
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2007

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KLRN/San Antonio Wine Festival Competition 2009: 

  • Silver ~ Prairie Rotie 2007
  • Silver ~ Cabernet Syrah 2006
  • Bronze ~ Grenache Reserve 2007
  • Bronze ~ Barbera 2007
  • Bronze ~ Fume Blanc 2007
  • Bronze ~ Claret 2007

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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:

  • Bronze ~ 2004 Merlot


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.