Northern Santa Barbara County citizens took two of the four major honors in the California Mid-Point out Fair’s 2022 Dwelling Winemaking Levels of competition, and numerous other area residence vintners received medals for their wines, according to the checklist of winners launched Wednesday.
John Gilbert, of Santa Ynez, captured the coveted very best of display as nicely as the greatest white wine awards for a sauvignon blanc, alongside with three gold and 3 silver ribbons furthermore an honorable point out for some of his other wines.
Brad Bunkelman, of Santa Maria, took home the award for the ideal rosé of cabernet sauvignon, as well as six gold and 9 silver ribbons for other wines he entered in the competitiveness.
Other North County award winners involved Fred Carbone, of Santa Maria, whose wines attained two gold and two silver ribbons, and Cheryl Decker, also of Santa Maria, who picked up 1 silver and a single bronze ribbon.

Wines from Jennifer Jeffries, of Solvang, attained a person gold, four silver and just one bronze ribbon along with two honorable mentions, and Melissa Mosely, of Los Olvios, picked up a silver ribbon.
Jerry Shoemaker, of Santa Ynez, introduced home a person gold and two silver ribbons, and Linda Tedsen, of Santa Maria, collected two silver ribbons.
Entries this yr also arrived from Goleta, Santa Barbara, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach front, Pismo Seaside, San Luis Obispo, Atascadero, Templeton, Paso Robles, San Miguel, Creston, Cambria, Gonzales, Claremont, Yorba Linda and Westlake Village.
Wines were being judged by a panel that incorporated sommeliers, qualified winemakers, tasting space supervisors and other wine industry industry experts.
Main decide Mike Jones explained of the overall 162 entries, 42 gained gold ribbons, or 25% of the area, which he explained was the optimum fee in the history of the competitiveness.
“Our checklist of qualified and seasoned judges … had been all really amazed with the excellent and craftsmanship of the wines that ended up entered this yr,” Jones mentioned.
“The new plans that we have implemented around the earlier many several years to provide high quality feedback and qualified-degree judging has resulted in the ongoing enhancement in the capabilities and top quality of wines from our home winemaking neighborhood,” he mentioned.
One particular unknown judge additional, “I would not hesitate to take any of the gold-medal wines and sell them underneath my label.”
Winemakers’ personal awards, in alphabetical purchase, involved:
Brad Bunkelman
- Pinot gris, malbec, cabernet sauvignon, silver
- 2020 Cabernet sauvignon, gold, greatest rosé
- 2019 Syrah, silver
- 2019 Malbec, cabernet sauvignon, gold
- 2019 Malbec, cabernet sauvignon, silver
- 2019 Malbec, cabernet sauvignon, silver
- 2019 Malbec, cabernet sauvignon, silver
- Cabernet blanc, cabernet sauvignon, gold
- Merlot, malbec, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, silver
- 2018 Grenache blanc, silver
- 2018 Grenache blanc, silver
- 2020 Pinot gris, gold
- 2020 Pinot gris, silver
- 2020 Torrontes, gold
- 2020 Torrontes, silver
- 2020 Torrontes, gold
Fred Carbone, Santa Maria
- 2021 Sauvignon blanc, silver
- 2021 Viognier, silver
- 2021 Syrah, gold
Cheryl Decker, Santa Maria
John Gilbert, Santa Ynez
- 2021 Sauvignon blanc, gold, ideal white, ideal of demonstrate
- 2021 Mountvedre, gold
- 2021 Syrah, silver
- 2019 Cabernet sauvignon, gold
- 2019 Syrah, silver
- 2018 Syrah, silver
- 2019 Cabernet, cabernet franc, honorable mention
- 2019 GSM 57/28/15, silver

Jennifer Jeffries, Solvang
- 2020 Pinot noir, bronze
- 2020 Pinot noir, silver
- 2020 Syrah, silver
- 2020 Syrah, merlot, silver
- 2021 Pinot noir, honorable point out
- 2021 Syrah, silver
- 2020 Merlot, sangiovese, syrah, honorable point out
Melissa Moseley, Los Olivos
Jerry Shoemaker, Santa Ynez
- 2020 Sauvignon blanc, silver