Awards
We are proud to be an award winning Virginia vineyard, including receiving the Virginia Governor’s Gold Medal Award for select wines and being rated as the top winery in Central Virginia by Tripadvisor reviewers.
We have recently been awarded 1st place at the Inaugural Norton Cup Challenge held at the Omni Homestead Resort for our 2017 Norton. You can read about the challenge here.
See below for our list of recent awards or visit our Features & Reviews page to read articles featuring DuCard Vineyards.
Please note: we only include Gold Medals and ‘top tier’ accolades here – for us, Silver and Bronze and just generally ‘recommended’ don’t mean that much to us given the high standards we have..
GOLD MEDAL WINNING WINES
Petit Verdot 2014: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Signature Viognier 2016: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Petit Verdot 2017: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Petit Verdot 2017: Winner
Wine Trails and Wonderlust PV Blind Tasting
C’est Trop 2017: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Triskele 2017: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Norton 2017: Winner, Norton Challenge Cup (first inaugural) – #1 Norton in Virginia
Sponsored by OMNI Homestead Resort
Chardonnay 2019: Gold Winner
San Francisco Chronicle nationwide competition
Petit Verdot 2019: Gold Winner
Virginia Governor’s Cup
Norton 2019: Gold Winner
Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition
Chardonnay 2020: Gold Winner
San Francisco Chronicle nationwide competition
Chardonnay TANA (Macon) 2021: Gold Winner
San Francisco Chronicle nationwide competition
Chardonnay TANA (Macon) 2021: Winner
Wine Trails and Wunderlust blind tasting
Cabernet Franc (unoaked) 2021: Best in Virginia
Press Fraction Report blind tasting
Pinot Gris 2022: “15 Top PG to Drink in Drink in 2023”
Vine Pair website review of global Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio
Virginia Winos bloggers said “one of the best bottles of Petit Verdot we’ve ever had!”
Here’s a great review from the Now and Zin wine blogger who thinks our Viognier “should be in everyone’s wine rack”