Five Grand Valley wineries fared well in an annual competition to select the best wines to represent the Colorado wine industry.

A Bodega Dessert Wine and 2023 Teroldego produced by Sauvage Spectrum in Palisade were among the 14 wines selected  for the 2024 Governor’s Cup Wine Collection. A 2023 Gewurztraiminer from Restoration Vineyards in Palisade, Sarge’s Sweet Red from the Peachfork in Palisade and 2023 Moscato from Whitewater Hills Vineyard in Grand Junction also were selected. Carboy Winery, which also has operations in Palisade, won with a 2021 Chambourcin.

Fifty-two Colorado wineries submitted a total of 302 wines for the 2024 competition. Colorado sommeliers and wine professionals joined wine experts and writers from across the country on a 15-member panel that selected the winners through a blind tasting. The panel included Jenne Baldwin-Eaton, founding director of the Warren Winiarski and Gerald Ivancie Institute of Viticulture and Enology at Colorado Mesa University Tech in Grand Junction.

The winner of the best of show award will be announced during the Colorado Uncorked event set for Nov. 1 at the History Colorado Center in Denver.

Kyle Schlachter, executive director of the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board, said the 14 winning wines showcase an array of styles and varieties. Most were made with grapes grown in the Grand Valley American Viticultural Area.

“Each year, the Governor’s Cup competition highlights the high quality and consistently great taste of the wines produced in Colorado,” he said. “Any wine drinker can find something they love produced right here in our home state.”