Jefferson Loving Cup Information

The beautiful Best of Show sterling silver Tiffany ASWA Jefferson Loving Cup stands atop a table in the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee Room, Rayburn House Office Building, awaiting presentation during the annual VWGA/ASWA Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition awards and tasting reception on Capitol Hill. Framed certificates of other competition winning wines and wineries to be presented are in the background.
The ASWA’s sterling silver Tiffany-produced Jefferson Loving Cup and Wine Trophy has been awarded since 1982 to the winning wine and winery of the annual Virginia Wine Competition, which was conducted by the Vinifera Wine Growers Association (VWGA), the precursor to the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association.
Each winning wine and winery of the VWGA/ASWA-conducted wine competition over the past 36 years has been hand-engraved on the cup itself or machine engraved on a plaque attached to the cup’s wooden base.
Jefferson Loving Cup Winners
Year | Recipients | Wine |
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2022 | CrossKeys Vineyard & Estate | 2019 Blanc de Noirs |
2020 | Fox Run Vineyards, Inc. | 2019 Reserve Riesling |
2019 | Dr. Konstantin Frank | NV Celebre |
2018 | CrossKeys Vineyards | 2017 Fiore |
2017 | Narmada Winery, Amissville, VA | 2013 Cabernet Franc Reserve |
2016 | Pollak Vineyards, Greenwood, VA | 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon |
2015 | Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Hammondsport, NY | 2014 Semi-Dry Riesling |
2014 | Chateau Frank, Hammondsport, NY | 2008 Blanc de Noirs |
2013 | Boordy Vineyards, Hydes, Maryland | 2010 Cabernet Franc Reserve |
2011 | Martha Clara Vineyards, New York | 2010 Estate Reserve Riesling |
2010 | Rosemont Vineyards & Winery, Virginia | 2007 Meritage |
2009 | Chateau Lafayette Reneau Winery, New York | 2008 Semi-Dry Riesling |
2008 | Newport Vineyards & Winery, Rhode Island | 2007 Riesling |
2007 | Fox Meadow Winery, Virginia | 2005 Cabernet Franc |
2006 | Osprey’s Dominion Vineyards, New York | 2002 Merlot Reserve Anniversary |
2005 | Rockbridge Vineyards, Virginia | 2002 Heritage |
2004 | Barboursville Vineyards, Virginia | 2001 Octagon V |
2003 | Rockbridge Vineyards, Virginia | 2002 V d’Or |
2002 | Barboursville Vineyards, Virginia | 2001 Sauvignon Blanc |
2001 | Chrysalis Vineyards, Virginia | 2000 Viognier |
2000 | Breaux Vineyards, Virginia | 1999 Viognier |
1999 | Linden Vineyards & Winery, Virginia | |
1998 | Barboursville Vineyards, Virginia | |
1997 | Autumn Hill Vineyards, Virginia | |
1996 | Horton Cellars Winery, Virginia | |
1995 | Montdomaine Cellars, Virginia | |
1994 | Prince Michel Vineyards, Virginia | |
1993 | Montdomaine Cellars, Virginia | |
1992 | Piedmont Vineyards & Winery, Virginia | |
1991 | Montdomaine Cellars The Williamsburg Winery, Virginia | |
1990 | Montdomaine Cellars, Virginia | |
1989 | Willowcroft Farm Vineyard, Virginia | |
1988 | Dominion Wine Cellars | |
1987 | Misty Mountain Vineyard, Virginia | |
1986 | Ingleside Vineyards, Virginia | |
1985 | Ingleside Vineyards, Virginia | |
1984 | Tri-Mountain Winery |