At the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition, Chatham Hill Winery won the following medals:  2005 Chardonnay (gold), 2005 Merlot (bronze), 2006 Viognier (bronze), Sweet Carolina Peach (gold), and Sweet Carolina Pomegranate (silver).   Our 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon received the Silver Medal and our Sweet Carolina Blackberry grabbed the Bronze at the 2008 International Eastern Wine Competition.  One of the oldest and largest competitions in the United States, this event is held each May in the Finger Lakes region of New York, topping over 2,100 entries in recent years with wines from 16 countries and 34 states.  The IEWC has earned a well-justified reputation for the quality of its organization, judgments and awards. Wines in any given flight may be entered from around the world.  Judges are wine-knowledgeable professionals, media specialists, and winemakers who represent major east coast markets from Miami to Toronto.  Bronze medals require a unanimous panel vote for bronze, so any winning medals in the IEWC are worthy of merit.   The 2008 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition awarded Chatham Hill Winery a silver medal for its 2005 Merlot and a bronze medal for its 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon.  The competition focuses on the vinifera varietal wines produced in the Atlantic Seaboard states from grapes grown on the East Coast.   Our 2005 Chardonnay and 2005 Zinfandel earned silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2008 Indy International Wine Competition in Indianapolis.  The annual event is one of the nation's largest wine competitions.   Both our 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2005 Chardonnay earned two medals at the 2008 Grand Harvest Awards held in Santa Rosa (Sonoma County), California.  Grand Harvest Awards is a unique wine competition in that the wines are judged in the context of the region in which they were produced.  The goal of this competition is to identify the finest examples from each viticultural region and to acknowledge the influence of terroir in wine quality.    Our 2005 Riesling and 2005 Zinfandel received the Silver Medal, while our 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon won the Bronze Medal at the 2008 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition.   Our 2004 Merlot won the Silver Medal, while our 2005 Chardonnay and Sweet Carolina Pomegranate won the Bronze at the 2007 Wines of the South Wine Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Wines of the South is an annual regional wine competition designed to promote and celebrate the great tastes of Southern vintages.  Southern wineries have a unique venue in which they can compare, compete, and promote one another’s winemaking art.    Our 2005 Merlot won the Bronze Medal at the 2007 San Francisco International Wine Competition-- which is the largest and most prestigious wine competition in America.  The judging was held in the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco on June 15-17, 2007.   Our 2005 Chardonnay received the Bronze Medal at the International Eastern Wine Competition.  One of the oldest and largest competitions in the United States, this event is held each May in the Finger Lakes region of New York, topping over 2,100 entries in recent years with wines from 16 countries and 34 states.   Our Sweet Carolina Blackberry again won the Concordance Gold Medal, our Sweet Carolina Strawberry earned the Silver Medal, and both our 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon and Sweet Carolina Blueberry won the Bronze Medal at the 2006 Wines of the South Wine Competition.   Our Sweet Carolina Blackberry won the Concordance Gold Medal and our Sweet Carolina Peach earned the Silver Medal at the 2005 Wines of the South Wine Competition.   Our 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon won the Best of Category award at the 2006 Atlantic Seaboard Vinifera Wine Competition held in Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA--while our 2004 Merlot was awarded a Silver Medal and our 2003 Chardonnay earned a Bronze Medal.  These wines were competing against the best East Coast wines including Cabs from many famous wineries in New York and Virginia.  The objective of the competition is to focus on the increasing quality of wines made from vinifera (European) grapes on the East Coast, and to gain greater public awareness and consumer appreciation of the wines being produced in this region.  Our 2003 Pinot Noir and 2003 Viognier also won a Silver and Bronze Medal, respectively, at last year's competition.   Press Release   Our 2004 Riesling earned a Silver Medal at the 2006 Grand Harvest Awards held in Santa Rosa (Sonoma County), California.  At the 2005 Grand Harvest Awards Chatham Hill's 2003 Viognier and 2003 Syrah have won a Gold and Bronze Medal, respectively.   Press Release