Robert Channon Wines – Awards and Reviews
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Our Awards & Medals
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MEDALS & TROPHIES 2001-2004
TROPHIES (11)
ROYAL QUEENSLAND SHOW (BRISBANE) 2004 - NATIONAL SHOW
Trophy for Best Chardonnay in Show - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
TOOWOOMBA ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW 2004
Trophy for best Queensland Mediterranean Style White Wine - Verdelho 2003
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2004
Trophy for Best Queensland White Wine - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2003
Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
COURIER MAIL SHERATON QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2003
Trophy for Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2003
COURIER MAIL SHERATON QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS NOVEMBER 2002
Trophy for Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2002
Runner up for Best White Wine in Show - Chardonnay 2002
AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW NOVEMBER 2002
Trophy for Best Queensland White Wine - Verdelho 2002
Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
Trophy for Excellence in Winemaking
COURIER MAIL SHERATON QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS NOVEMBER 2001
Trophy Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2001
Runner up Best Red Wine in Show - Shiraz Cabernet 2000
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
London International Wine Show 2003 - Verdelho 2002 Silver Medal
Tri-Nations Wine Challenge 2003 - Verdelho 2002 selected in Australian team.
Tri-Nations Wine Challenge 2004 - Verdelho 2003 selected in Australian team.
MEDALS - GOLD (8)
Reserve Chardonnay 2002 - Royal Queensland Show 2004.
Chardonnay 2003 - Winestate Magazine (5 stars)
Verdelho 2003 - Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2003
Verdelho 2002 - Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2002
Australian Small Winemakers Show 2002
Verdelho 2001 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2002
Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2001
Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2001
MEDALS - SILVER (17)
Reserve Merlot 2002 - Toowoomba Show 2004
Sheraton Courier Mail Queensland Wine Awards 2003
Reserve Cabernet 2002 - Sheraton Courier Mail Queensland Wine Awards 2003
Reserve Chardonnay 2002 - Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show 2004
Brisbane Wine Festival 2004
Winestate Magazine 2004 (4 stars)
Sheraton Courier Mail Queensland Wine Awards 2003
Verdelho 2003 - Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show 2004
Australian Small Winemakers Show 2003
Chardonnay 2002 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2002
Sheraton Courier Mail Queensland Wine Awards 2002
Reserve Merlot 2001 - Winestate Magazine 2002 (4 1/2 stars)
Verdelho 2002 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2003
Imternational Wine Challenge 2003
Verdelho 2001 - Brisbane Wine Festival 2002
Winestate Magazine 2002 (4 stars)
Shiraz Cabernet 2000 - Sheraton Courier Mail Queensland Wine Awards 2001
BRONZE MEDALS (28)
INCLUDING:
Singing Lake Rose 2001
Singing Lake Rose 2002
Singing Lake White 2001
Singing Lake Chardonnay Verdelho 2002
Singing Lake Chardonnay Verdelho 2003
Light Horse Red 2002
Casanova's Storm Vintage Port 2002
Shiraz Cabernet 2002
Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
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Ken Gargett Review
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Robert Channon Wines
Review
Ken Gargett
Brisbane Courier Mail 24 July 2007
“Whites? We rarely comment on show successes for individual wines – sometimes it seems there are so many shows that every player wins a prize – but it is worth mentioning the extraordinary results achieved by Robert Channon. His 2006 Verdelho just picked up gold from the 2007 Royal Queensland Show. He also snagged silver for his 2006 Chardonnay and the Trophy for the most successful Queensland winery.
This is a national show with high standards of judging and competition from wines all around Australia. Channon has achieved success here before, regularly winning top Queensland winery and in 2004 the trophy for the best chardonnay in the show and the following year another gold for its chardy. True wines such as Giaconda, Bindi and Leeuwin are not shown at the Royal but that is their choice.
The dominance of the Channon Verdelho has been even more remarkable. It won top Queensland wine for an amazing three years running in the Courier Mail Sofitel Queensland Wine awards and is a superlative example of the variety. It has been at the forefront of why Queensland does Verdelho better than anywhere else in Australia.”
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Ken Gargett 11 December 2007
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Extract from Ken Gargett’s column in the Courier Mail 11 December 2007
on the results of the previous week’s Queensland Wine Awards at which he was a judge and panel chairman.
“DRINK LOCAL
It was terrific to see wineries succeeding with varieties that are usually not associated with them. For example Robert Channon Wines has had huge success in the past with its Verdelho and its chardonnay yet on this occasion, its Cabernet (Reserve 2005) and Pinot Gris (2007) stepped up and were in the running for best red and best white respectively.
The Pinot Gris was in our ‘odds and sods’ class and all agreed it was by far the best pinot gris we’d seen from Queensland and, more importantly, one of the best we’d seen from anywhere in Australia this year. An elegant style, perhaps more grigio than gris if one wants to tag these wines, it was finely balanced and had classic varietal pear characters.”
FOOTNOTE – The Robert Channon Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 was runner up for the trophy for Best Red Wine in the Show. Ken Gargett didn’t mention it, but our Verdelho 2007 also won a gold medal as did the Reserve Cabernet and the Pinot Gris.
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Trophies and Medals
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TROPHIES & MEDALS 2001-2007
AUST SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2007 - Trophy for Best Qld White Wine in Show Chardonnay 2007
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2007 - Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2007
- Trophy for Best Qld Wine in Show – Reserve Chardonnay 2005
- Trophy for Best Qld White Wine in Show– Reserve Chardonnay 2005
- Trophy for Best Chardonnay in Show – Reserve Chardonnay 2005
AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2006 - Trophy for Best Qld White Wine in Show Reserve Chardonnay 2005
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2006 - Trophy for Best White Wine in Show – Reserve Chardonnay 2005
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2005 - Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2005
- Trophy for Best Qld Wine in Show – Chardonnay 2004
- Trophy for Best Qld White Wine in Show – Chardonnay 2004
RASQ SHOW TOOWOOMBA 2005
- Trophy Best Verdelho – Verdelho 2004
- Trophy Best Qld Non-Mediterranean White Wine – Chardonnay 2003
- Trophy Best Qld Mediterranean White – Verdelho 2004
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2004
- Trophy Best Chardonnay in Show - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
- Trophy Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
RASQ SHOW TOOWOOMBA 2004 - Trophy Best Qld Mediterranean White Wine - Verdelho 2003
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2004 - Trophy Best Qld White Wine - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2003 - Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2003 - Trophy for Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2003
AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2002
- Trophy for Best Queensland White Wine - Verdelho 2002
- Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
- Trophy for Excellence in Winemaking
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2002 - Trophy for Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2002
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2001 - Trophy Best White Wine in Show - Verdelho 2001
INTERNATIONAL AWARD - London International Wine Show 2003 - Verdelho 2002 Silver Medal
MEDALS * GOLD 21 * SILVER 33 * BRONZE 77
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