Silver Dollar Winery and Bowen Family Wines are celebrating an exceptional showing at the 40th Annual GrapeFest after earning a combined eight Gold medals at the 2026 People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic—winning Gold in every category the two wineries entered and capturing eight of the competition’s 10 Gold medals.
Known as the largest consumer-judged wine competition in the nation, the People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic took place in Historic Grapevine’s Cotton Belt Railroad District during the four-day GrapeFest celebration. Thousands of wine enthusiasts participated across ten 90-minute tasting sessions, with more than 150 wines from 40 Texas wineries represented in the competition.
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