Napa Valley Mustard Festival - 2004
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Press Release

2004 World Wide Mustard Competition Winners

NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2004

Napa Valley, CA ~ The Napa Valley Mustard Festival offers a full palette of food, wine, art, entertainment, and cultural activities staged throughout the world famous grape growing region from Saturday, January 31, through Saturday, March 27. Mustard, the condiment, shares center stage with mustard in bloom. Mustard recipes appear at events; celebrity chefs present cooking demonstrations highlighting mustard in their recipes; The World-Wide Mustard Competition attracts entrants from around the globe; and chefs compete for the titles of Napa Valley Mustard Festival Executive Chef, Rising Star Chef of the Year, and People’s Choice Chef of the Year.


World-Wide Mustard Competition Winners


The winners of the 2004 Napa Valley Mustard Festival World-Wide Mustard Competition, in 15 categories, have been selected. Medals will be presented at The Awards on March 12, at COPIA - The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa.

The winners are:

GRAND CHAMPION

Silver Spring Gardens Bookbinder’s Horseradish Mustard ~ Congratulations!

SWEET HOT

GOLD: Lindah's Hot-n-Sweet Mustard
SILVER: Smith & Riley Sweet N' Hot Mustard
BRONZE: Mutchler's Dakota Gold Honey Mustard

HONEY

GOLD: Beaverton Foods Old Spice Gold Honey Mustard
SILVER: Robert Rothschild Raspberry Honey Mustard
BRONZE: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale & Honey Spice Mustard

DIJON

GOLD: Grey Poupon Dijon
SILVER: Maille Originalle Dijon
BRONZE: Haus Barhyte Select Dijon

COARSE-GRAINED

GOLD: Woeber Reserve Whole Grain Dijon
SILVER: Plochman's Premium Natural Stoneground Mustard
BRONZE: Beaverton Foods Old Spice Dijon Grained with Wine

CLASSIC HOT

GOLD: Minokyu Wakarashi
SILVER: Beaverton Foods Beaver Hot Chinese Mustard
BRONZE: Beaverton Foods Beaver Russian Mustard

PEPPER HOT

GOLD: Killer Bee Chipotle Honey Mustard
SILVER: Dave's Hurtin' Habañero Mustard
BRONZE: Minorcan Datil Pepper Mustard

HORSERADISH

GOLD: Bookbinder's Hot Horseradish Mustard
SILVER: Beaverton Foods Inglehoffer Hot Horseradish Mustard
BRONZE: Muirhead Horseradish Mustard

HERB

GOLD: Tulocay & Company, Herbed Dijon with Chardonnay
SILVER: Olivier Napa Valley Herbes de Provence Mustard
BRONZE: Plochman's Celebrations Definitely Dill

GARLIC

GOLD: Gil's Gourmet Roasted Garlic Champagne Mustard
SILVER: Haus Barhyte Food & Wine Grainy Garlic
BRONZE: Mrs. McGarrigle's Red Wine & Garlic Mustard

FRUIT

GOLD: Noyo Reserve Zinfandel Orange Mustard
SILVER: Beaverton Foods Inglehoffer Orange Honey Mustard
BRONZE: Wisconsin Wilderness Cranberry Mustard

SPIRIT

GOLD: Olivier Napa Valley Cognac Mustard
SILVER: Plochman's Kosciusko Beer Mustard
BRONZE: Sierra Nevada Stout & Stoneground Mustard

AMERICAN YELLOW

GOLD: Plochman's Premium Yellow
SILVER: Morehouse Pure Prepared Mustard
BRONZE: Woeber's Salad Style Mustard

DELI/BROWN

GOLD: Sierra Nevada Porter & Spicy Brown Mustard
SILVER: Beaverton Foods Inglehoffer Deli Mustard
BRONZE: Grey Poupon Deli Mustard

EXOTIC

GOLD: Haus Barhyte Willamette Valley Curry Mustard
SILVER: Robert Rothschild Anna Mae's Smoky Mustard
BRONZE: Noyo Reserve Sesame Mustard

DRESSINGS/SAUCES

GOLD: Fischer & Wieser Sweet & Sour Smokey Mustard Sauce
SILVER: Ole Ray's Kentucky Bourbon Gold BBQ Sauce
BRONZE: Aunty Lilikoi's Passion Fruit Wasabi Dressing

Lists of all the winners since 1995 are available at the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum website.


Barry Levenson

Curator of The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Barry provided the guidelines for the World-Wide Mustard Competition and has coordinated the judging panel since it was launched in 1995. Barry and his wife, Patti, will attend The Awards and The Marketplace as honored guests of the Napa Valley Mustard Festival.

The Awards - Presentation of WWMC Medals & Chefs' Mustard Recipe Competition

As mustard companies receive their medals at The Awards on March 12 at COPIA - The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, California, chefs will compete for the titles of Napa Valley Mustard Festival Executive Chef of the Year, Rising Star Chef of the Year and People’s Choice Chef of the Year.

In 2003 Peter Halikas of Dean & DeLuca won as Executive Chef; Michael Thurman, Line Chef at Martini House won as Rising Star Chef; and Kelly Macdonald of Napa Valley Wine Train was selected by guests as People’s Choice Chef of the Year.

Halikas’ winning recipe was Fennel-Apple Salad with Mustard Seed Vinaigrette; Thurman’s was Braised Lamb Cheeks; Macdonald’s was Seared Ahi Tuna with Mustard Brittle.

Update: 2004 Mustard Recipe Competition Winners >

The Marketplace

Celebrate the mustard season and taste mustards from around the world at The Marketplace, the Napa Valley Mustard Festival's Signature Event, on Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, in Napa.

Mustards and an array of gourmet products will be showcased alongside sensational Wine Country cuisine, world famous wines, hearty craft brews, and fine arts and crafts. Explore the best of Napa Valley at The Marketplace during the most beautiful time of year in the Wine Country, when the brilliant gold of mustard in bloom carpets hillsides, valleys and vineyards.

For additional information contact the event producer, Summers-McCann, Inc. Public Relations.

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prepared by Summers-McCann, Inc. Public Relations
voice 707.938.1133 · fax 707.938.0123
www.summers-mccann.com · info@summers-mccann.com
P.O. Box 1385 · Sonoma, CA 95476

Napa Valley Mustard Festival
P.O. Box 3603
Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.1133
info@mustardfestival.org

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