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TROPHY AWARDS

Vino Farms Trophy
for
BEST Sustainable Grown Grapes

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City of Lodi Trophy
for
BEST Zinfandel

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Discover Lodi Magazine Trophy
for
Consumer's Choice

 

 

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2009 Lodi International Wine Awards Celebration Party! When: May 1st, 2009 5:30 - 8PM Where: Hutchins Street Square 125 South Hutchins Street Lodi, California 95240 20 Award Winning Wineries will be pouring Wine No Host Bar Legendary Blues Artist - Ron Thompson Advance Tickets $20.00 Call: 209-329-7712 At the door - $25.00 You will have an opportunity  determine your uniqueTasteSQ which is the basis of the awards.  We will give you a list of the winning wines designed to help you explore new wines based on your TasteSQ.

About The Lodi International Wine Awards

The Lodi International Wine Awards is a new, unique and rather revolutionary concept in wine judging and evaluation. It is a collaboration between wine experts and sensory scientists and employs a new method of wine assessment that will make it easy for wine consumers to discover the wines they truly prefer.  

The Lodi International Wine judging will take place March 8th and 9th. 2009 in Lodi, California using tasting methodology based upon research and procedures developed by Drs. Michael O'Mahony, Rie Ishii, University of California, Davis, and Tim Hanni, MW.

Background

When wines are evaluated and judged, awards are often given to the biggest, boldest and most assertive/.This is problematic and troublesome for many. While big ,more assertive 'monster' wines stand out in a crowd, more delicate and elegant wines -- equally as good -- may not score well at all and be lost.

The Lodi International wine awards is the first and only judging to use a new evaluation methodology that takes into account issues of flavor distortion and palate fatigue that often occurs at tastings and judgings where many wines are evaluated over a long and extended session. 

The Lodi International Wine Awards differentiates among three principal categories or segments based on sensory sensitivity, wine value/rating systems and stylistic preferences.

• -- Tolerant tasters -- who tend to favor dry, high-intensity, assertive wines.
• -- Sensitive tasters -- the median group with a rather broad range of preferences.
• -- Hyper-sensitive tastes -- who tend to have an aversion to bitterness and favor delicacy over intensity. They often prefer some degree of sweetness in their wines.

Balanced Judging Panels

Each and every judge participating in The Lodi International wine awards judging will be individually screened to identify his or her taste sensitivity and values. Each of the many wine tasting panels will be organized to include equal numbers of judges from each of the three sensitivity groups, Tasting and evaluation methodology will be based on scientific research and procedures led by Drs. Michael O’Mahony and Rie Ishi, UC Davis and Tim Hanni, MW and includes:

• Issues of flavor distortion caused by sensory adaptation as the result of tasting wines one after another.
• Results that most often cannot be replicated when duplicate wines are tasted by another different body of judges

Scoring And Judging Inconsistency And Disagreements Among The Experts

The Lodi International Wine Awards recognizes and celebrates the fact each of us has unique physiological and sensory differences which profoundly affect our wine and food preferences.

The judging process is based upon on-going sensory research enables awards from a number of stylistic points of view. Then, consumers will be able to “get their buds done” through a simple on-line questionnaire using a simple set of questions and a graphic device called a BUDOMETER. They can then review and purchase those award winning wines that meet their sensory preferences and values.

The Lodi International Wine Awards recognizes, rewards and recommends a broad spectrum of wine styles -- from the sweet and fruity to dry, delicate and restrained, to the powerful and intensely flavored.

Wines from the United States and Canada will be assessed by balanced panels of experienced judges chosen from each of the sensitivity segments. The merit of each wine will be appraised and then correlated to taste preferences and shared values of consumers.

Tracking Our Results - Special Software Programs

Wines tasted, evaluated and scored will be tracked by special computer software developed specifically for that purpose. Results can then be analyzed by segment criteria. The data analysis team will be led by Dr. Hildegarde Heymann, UC Davis.

What About Consumers?

Consumers will be able to identify those wines that appeal specifically to their own unique taste preferences on this website. Under development is a simple consumer questionaire and graphic device called a “BUDOMETER.” By answering a few questions, consumers will be able to identify his or her individual tasting segment and then find and purchase those award - winning wines that best meet his or her sensory preferences and values.

Sponsors To Carry The Wines

This website will also feature special restaurant, e-tail and retail sponsors that carry many of the award winning wines from different categories

On-going Research And Development

The Lodi International Wine Awards will be creating and fielding on-going sensory research to help improve the quality and reliability of future wine judgings. The results will generate rich data of value to the wine and food industry. These data will be made available free of charge to participating wineries and sponsors and will be available to others for a nominal fee.

Why Lodi?

The Lodi Tokay Rotary Club, Lodi, California sought an innovative way to raise monies for local charities as well as raise awareness of Lodi as a unique and quality- driven wine growing region. The club is therefore underwriting this unique competition and is hosting and providing volunteers for the event.