Rave Reviews for Our Wines

Recent Awards
2020 Experience Rosé Wine Competition Double Gold
2019 Fontaine Dry Rosé, 95 points
2020 SUNSET International Wine Competition Gold Medal Silver Medal |
2019 Mendocino County Fair Best of Class & Best of Show
NV Sparkling Brut Rose
Double Gold Medal Winners
NV Sparkling Brut Rose
2018 Chardonnay
Gold Medal Winners 2017 Pinot Gris
2017 Riesling
2017 Gewurztraminer
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2019 California State Fair
Best of Class Appellation
2017 Fontaine Dry Rose
Gold Medal Winners
2017 Pinot Noir
NV Sparkling Brut Rose
2019 San Francisco Chronicle Gold Medal Winners
2017 Sauvignon Blanc
2016 Gewurztraminer
2013 Old Vine Zin
NV Sparkling Brut
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Complete Awards History
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95 Points 2020 Just Wine Points (2019 Vintage)
GOLD MEDAL 2020 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (2018) |
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96 Points 2020 Just Wine Points (2019 Vintage) |
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96 Points 2020 Just Wine points (2019 Vintage)
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97 Points 2020 Just Wine Points (2019 Vintage) |
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GOLD MEDAL 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (2011 vintage) |
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GOLD MEDAL 2019 Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition (2017 vintage) |
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97 Points 2020 just Wine Points (2019 Vintage) |
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93 Points 2020 Just Wine Points |
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96 Points 2020 Just Wine Points |
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95 Points 2020 Just Wine Points (2013 Vintage) |
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Silver Medal 2020 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition (2017 vintage) |
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Silver Medal 2017 San Diego Wine Challenge (2012 vintage) |
Press & Reviews
"2013 Blue Quail Old Vine Zinfandel"
By Kerry Kirkham, the Wine Fox: YouTube, June 2019
"2017 Blue Quail Pinot Noir"
By Kerry Kirkham, the Wine Fox: YouTube, June 2019
"2016 Blue Quail Dry Gewürztraminer"
By Kerry Kirkham, the Wine Fox: YouTube, June 2019
"Potter Valley: An Unexpected Place for Refreshing Riesling"
By David Darlington: Wine & Sprits Magazine, February 2019
"McFadden: a Potter Valley farm with notable Zinfandels"
By Sara Schneider: SF Chronicle, July 2018
Blue Quail Wines – Terrific Organic Wines
By Joe: Good Cheap Vino, October 2017
McFadden becomes Blue Quail
By Joe Becerra: Wine Country Getaways, October 2017
"City boy and his vines have thrived in Mendocino’s Potter Valley"
By Mike Dunne: Sacramento Bee, November 11, 2014