First time ever for a Hoosier winery: River City Winery wins "Wine of the Year" at The Indy Int'l Competition.

Congratulations to Gary, Melissa and the crew at River City Winery for making an award-winning, event-headlining Hoosier wine. Perhaps finally the area's wine drinkers will begin looking beyond the ratings pages to the "local" shelf, and cure themselves of the snobbishly mistaken notion that wine must come from elsewhere to be good. Follow the link, and join me in gloating.

Indiana Winery Wins Wine of the Year

Posted on 03 August 2012 by Gary Truitt

Nearly 2400 wines traveled to West Lafayette for one of the nation’s largest wine competitions, the 21st Indy International Wine Competition, August 1-3 at Purdue University.Wines from 41 states and 14 countries – as far away as France, Australia, Chile, and Ethiopia – were judged on appearance, aroma, taste, and aftertaste by 52 international judges. And for the first time in the event’s history, an Indiana winery – River City Winery of New Albany  has won Wine of the Year at The INDY, topping all 2400 competitors to be named “the best of the best” for their 2011 Vignoles.  “I am shocked and humbled to be awarded Wine of the Year,” said Gary Humphrey, owner and winemaker at River City Winery. “To have only been in business for three years, and to be recognized as the best wine, validates all of the hard work we have done!”