2024 Annual Fruit Wine Award

Each year, the AWSEF awards the Best Fruit Wine in the AWS amateur wine competition the "Les Sperling Fruit Wine Award".  We're pleased to present the 2024 award to Tim Traxler of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania for his 2022 Red Raspberry wine.

Congratulations, David!

 

 

Welcome to the AWSEF Board, Ron Natalie, AWS Vice-President

Per the by-laws of the AWSEF, the current President of the American Wine Society, or his delegate, is a member of our Board of Trustees.  We're very pleased to welcome Ron Natalie, the AWS Vice President, to our Board.  From the entire Board of Trustees, WELCOME, Ron!  We look forward to your working with you and your contributions to our Board! 

We're very fortunate to also have Eric Feldhake, incoming AWS President, continue on our Board as our General Counsel.  We've greatly benefited from his advice over the years he's been a Trustee with us.  Many thanks, Eric!                (Jan. 2025)

 

Applications to the 2025 AWSEF Scholarship Awards are now open.

Visit the Applications Tab for all the details.

 

Announcing our 2024 Scholarship Recipients

We had a record number of applicants for our 2024 scholarship period, representing students from 11 different universities across North America. 
With this year’s awards, the AWSEF has provided more than $530,000 in scholarships to 177 students at 25 different universities across the United States and Canada since 1995.

Congratulations to...

  • Michael Cook, PhD candidate at Texas A&M University, was awarded  the AWSEF scholarship funded by Banfi Wines.
     
  • Amanda Fleming, PhD candidate at the University of Arkansas, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by Virginia Wydler. 
     
  • Nikolas Wilson, PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter: Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
     
  • David Campbell, PhD candidate at Pennsylvania State University, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the W.J. Rachele Endowment.
     
  • Ezekiel Warren, PhD candidate at Pennsylvania State University, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter: Lehigh Valley, PA.
     
  • Emma Guilbault, MSc candidate at Pennsylvania State University, was awarded the the AWSEF scholarship by the AWS Chapters: Dayton/Springfield, OH
     
  • Walter Sanders, MSc candidate at the University of Georgia, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter of North Alabama. 
     
  • Sydney Rogers, MSc candidate at the University of California, Davis, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Northern Loudoun County Chapter in Memory of Rick Adams and in Honor of Christy Adams.