Judging Date: June 26 - 29, 1997

The Los Angeles County Fair Wine Competition results are in! JARVIS was the
only winery to receive two "Best of Class" varietal designations and a medal for every wine entered.

JARVIS entered five wines in the 1997 "Wines of the Americas Competition" at the L.A. County Fair and received the following awards:

1994 CHARDONNAY - Gold Medal and Best of Class designation, voting it as the best barrel fermented Chardonnay of the1994 vintage at the competition.

1993 CABERNET SAUVIGNON - Gold Medal and Best of Class designation, voting it as the best Cabernet Sauvignon of the 1993 vintage at the competition

1994 MERLOT - Gold Medal

1993 LAKE WILLIAM - Silver Medal

1994 CABERNET FRANC - Silver Medal

The L.A. County Fair is one of the most prestigious wine competitions. It has achieved its ranking over the years by means of the immensely qualified panel of 40 judges who blind taste more than 1,800 wines over a period of four days. These judge connoisseurs, many of whom are winemakers and sommeliers, each possess a wide range of tasting experience and follow strict judging procedures set forth by Nathan Chroman, the Chairman of the competition. These procedures help to assure a fair and accurate comparison of the many wines entered in the competition.