Oregon Wine & Food Silver Medal

I just attended the awards ceremony for the Oregon Wine and Food Festival. The festival will be held Jan 11-13 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. We braved the rain and wind to attend the awards ceremony because our 2006 Pinot Noir Kelsey Edition received the Silver Medal. Mind you, I was skeptical of the significance of the award because some events award multiple bronze or silvers. This was a well run competition with only one bronze/silver/gold awarded, 1 each in 5 categories (pinot noir, other red, white, dessert, specialty). There were 78 wines entered into the competition and the Pinot Noir category received ~35% of the entries. Don't quote me on the entry number because it was a verbal passdown, it was between 30% and 40%. Either way, that's at least 25 pinot noirs that someone thought were good enough to enter into competition. Kelsey's Edition won 2nd place. I checked into prices and I'm really happy with where we are.