A feast for Bacchus

One of the United Kingdom's best known grapes- Bacchus, gained some of major awards at the 2012 UK wine competition. the grape, producing wines akin to Sauvignon Blanc, gained the following:

Vineyard

Award

Chapel Down Reserve 2010Wine Guild Trophy- most exciting wine from a large producer (any year)
Chapel Down ReserveTom Day trophy- Most outstanding single varietal
Camel Valley 2011Dudley Quirk Trophy- most outstanding wine (over 10000 litres)
New Hall 2011Berwick Trophy Most outstanding unchaptalised still wine
Furleigh Estate Fume 2010McNie Trophy Most outstanding oaked still wine

Medals

Camel Valley 2011Gold Chapel Down 2010Gold
Lavenham Brook 2010Gold Furleigh Estate Fume 2010Gold
New Hall 2010Gold Bolney 2011Silver
Bothy- The Doctor's Bacchus 2011Silver Camel Valley Darnibole 2010Silver
Camel Valley Darnibole 2011Silver Furleigh Estate 2010Silver
Giffords Hall 2011Silver Nutbourne 2011Silver
Sandhurst 2011Silver Sharpham Estate 2010Silver
Three Choirs Cellar Door dry 2011Silver Brightwell 2010Bronze
Carters 2011Bronze

Bacchus

This is a white grape (Silvaner x Riesling) x Muller Thurgau produced at Geilweidorf in 1972. In 2008 there were 2015 hectares of it planted world-wide. 118 ha. are in the United Kingdom, maily in the south and Midlands.Camel Valley (Cornwall) and Chapel Down are the best known producers.