Who are we?The Purple Foot is a club of amateur winemakers, dedicated to helping our members appreciate wines of all sorts, and to produce better wines of their own. We are based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota. |
2025 Nouveau Wine Competition
The Nouveau competition will be held at our next meeting on May 21st. This competition is specifically for wines made within the past 1 year. It's a great time to see how your youngest wines, which may not even be bottled yet, are coming along. When you enter you get feedback on your wines and hopefully get some recognition!
Members can enter 1 wine in each category. All wines except for rhubarb must be less than 1 year old. The categories are:
- Any Red Grape
- Non-Vinifera Red Grape
- Any White Grape
- Non-Vinifera White Grape
- Berry Fruit
- Non-Berry Fruit
- Specialty
- Rhubarb
The Rhubarb competition will be held just before the meeting starts and judged by a quorum of experienced judges - any vintage of rhubarb is permitted.
Make sure you come to the meeting May 21st and enter a wine!
2025 Minnesota State Fair Wine Competition
Registration is now open for the Minnesota State Fair Ag-Hort-Bee competitions which includes wine.
Registration is required and must be completed online no later than 4:30 p.m. on the dates below. Unregistered entries are not allowed in the competition.
Thursday, Aug. 7: Ag-Hort-Bee Registration Deadline for wine!
Please read the rules and regulations prior to submitting your entries.
Winter Wine Competition Best of ShowThe February meeting main event was the Winter Wine Competition. There were 8 wine categories judged. The winners are posted in the Club Competition page.
The Best of Show was awarded in a separate judging of the Category winners. Mike’s 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon won Best of Show. Congratulations Mike! |
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Kent Nienaber Earns Enologist ExtraordinaireKent Nienaber was awarded Enologist Extraordinaire in November. Enologist Extraordinaire is the fifth and highest honor of the Purple Foot Level of Expertise (LOE) program. Kent passed through the first four levels, Novice, Amateur, Winemaker, and Cellar Master before earning the latest honor. Each level has criteria to formally judge the winemaking skills of the winemaker. To achieve Enologist Extraordinaire one must have five wines awarded ribbons in competition with one First, one Second, and the rest Third or better. In addition, the winemaker must lead a major program for the club AND serve in a major capacity. Kent has led the Winery Tour in August for several years and is currently our club Vice President. Congratulations Kent! |  |
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