AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ TOPIC – “ RESULTS OF AN EASTERN USA “ SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY { “STS” } BY FRANK J. GADEK, PH.D.

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ POINT SCORING SYSTEM USED 11 – 13 AVG COMMERCIAL WINE 14 – 15 BRONZE 16 – 17 SILVER 18 – 20 GOLD AFTER INITIAL EVALUATION – OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERSE AND ADUJST SCORES SO ALL JUDGES WITHIN + / – 5 JUDGES / PANEL

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ A POSSIBLE “SNAPSHOT” OF THE SOME OF THE PRESENT BEST WINES IN THE INDUSTRY

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AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ POINTS: ▼ ASSUME WINEMAKERS THOUGHT WINES SUBMITTED WERE THEIR BEST ▼ WHERE THESE WINES ACTUALLY MADE AT A PROFIT? ▼ PRODUCTION VOLUME CONSIDERATIONS ▼ REPRODUCIBILITY ISSUES

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ ₪61% JUDGED FOR MEDALS, 39% FOR QWA [SCORE = / > 13] ₪ 10% GOLD, 18% SILVER [REST BRONZE UNLESS QWA CATEGORY] ₪ 25% JUDGED IN QWA CATEGORY DID NOT MAKE QWA

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ FOR WINES LABELED WITH ONLY A SINGLE GRAPE, NO BLENDS, SPECIAL NAMES, ETC. BY THE WINERY: ◘ 44% WINES JUDGED WERE VINIFERA [22% WHITE, 22% RED] ◘ ONLY 4% WINES JUDGED WERE LABRUSCA

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ ♦ ONE WINERY [#13] DID VERY WELL – OF 15 WINES JUDGED FOR MEDALS, 20 % GOLD, 27% SILVER [TOTAL = 47%, ALMOST HALF OF ALL SUBMITTED] ♦ SOME WINERIES [#2, 6, 7, 8, 10] – NO GOLD OR SILVER ♦ SOME WINERIES [#3, #4, #5, #9, #13, #14] DID VERY WELL IN QWA – 100% WINES JUDGED FOR QWA OBTAINED QWA ♦ ALL WINES NOT JUDGED QWA, OBTAINED AT LEAST BRONZE – AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ ◙ OVERALL, WINES IN THE “DRY” CATEGORY [= / < 0.2% RS] RECEIVED THE MOST GOLD, SILVER AND QWA DESIGNATIONS ◙ THUS, USING SUGAR TO “MASK” DEFECTS AND INCREASE “PERCEPTION” OF HIGHER QUALITY, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED, AS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST ◙ SO TO QUALIFY, NEED TO MAKE BEST “DRY” WINES YOU CAN & NOT DEPEND ON SWEETENING

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ OBVIOUSLY, WINE COMPETITIONS CAN BE IMPROVED [ E.G., MORE QUALIFIED JUDGES, BETTER JUDGING FACILITIES, MORE SOPHISTICATED EVALUATIONS, ETC.] ¤ BUT IMPROVEMENT COSTS MORE RESOURCES ¤ HOW FAR DOES THE INDUSTRY PRESENTLY WANT TO GO? ¤ HOW FAR CAN THE INDUSTRY REALISTICALLY GO? HOW FAR CAN THEY AFFORD TO GO ?

AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ ¤ REFINE PURPOSE AND EXPECTATIONS OF COMMERCIAL WINE JUDGINGS TO BETTER MEET CURRENT INDUSTRY NEEDS

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AN EASTERN USA WINE COMPETITION COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 04/18/ TO BE CONTINUED AS INTEREST & RESOURCES PERMIT JUST LET ME KNOW !