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Hark Vineyards

Earlysville, Virginia · on the Monticello Wine Trail

Awards

Virginia Governor's Cup 39 awards

Virginia’s official state wine competition, run by the Virginia Wineries Association since 1982. Wines are judged blind and must score 90 or higher on a 100-point scale to take gold. The twelve highest-scoring wines form the Governor’s Cup Case, and one of those is named Cup winner.

2026 results

  • Best in Show 2022 Ember
  • Gold 2022 Ember
  • Gold 2022 Spark
  • Gold 2023 Cabernet Franc
  • Gold 2023 Petit Verdot
  • Gold 2024 Roussanne
  • Silver 2021 Chardonnay

2025 results

  • Gold 2022 Spark
  • Silver 2021 Merlot
  • Silver 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Silver 2022 Petit Manseng
  • Silver 2023 Petit Manseng
  • Silver 2023 Rosé

2024 results

  • Cup Case 2019 Spark
  • Gold 2019 Merlot
  • Gold 2019 Spark
  • Silver 2019 Cabernet Franc Reserve
  • Silver 2019 Petit Manseng
  • Silver 2019 Petit Verdot
  • Silver 2021 Chardonnay
  • Silver 2021 Merlot
  • Silver 2021 Petit Manseng

2023 results

  • Gold 2019 Petit Manseng
  • Gold 2021 Petit Manseng
  • Silver 2019 Cabernet Franc Reserve
  • Silver 2019 Chardonnay
  • Silver 2019 Merlot
  • Silver 2019 Petit Verdot
  • Silver 2019 Spark
  • Silver 2021 Pinot Gris
  • Bronze 2021 Chardonnay

2022 results

  • Silver 2017 Cabernet Franc
  • Silver 2018 Spark
  • Silver 2019 Cabernet Franc Reserve
  • Silver 2019 Fuse
  • Silver 2019 Merlot
  • Silver 2019 Petit Manseng
  • Silver 2019 Petit Verdot
  • Silver 2020 Virginia Verde

A medal is awarded to a specific wine and vintage, not to the winery — the vintage is shown with each entry. Only the competitions listed above are covered; a winery may hold awards from competitions this guide does not yet include.

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