Full Text of HR0469 95th General Assembly
HR0469 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate D.J. Douglas of | 4 |
| Stonefort for winning first place in the red wine category in | 5 |
| the Amateur Winemakers of Central Illinois' third annual | 6 |
| competition; and
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| WHEREAS, The Amateur Winemakers of Central Illinois | 8 |
| competition featured more than 100 wines produced by amateur | 9 |
| winemakers at Alto Vineyards in Champaign; wines were entered | 10 |
| by people around the United States, including Texas, Missouri, | 11 |
| Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky; competitors shipped their | 12 |
| wines to the competition and were judged anonymously; there | 13 |
| were eight judges, made up of amateur and professional | 14 |
| winemakers, wine buyers, and an enology specialist; wines were | 15 |
| judged on clarity, color, aroma and bouquet, taste, aftertaste, | 16 |
| and overall presentation; winners were selected in red, white, | 17 |
| fruit, and mead categories, and one of the four were named Best | 18 |
| of Show; and
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| WHEREAS, D.J. Douglas' first place wine, "D.J.'s Cuvee", is | 20 |
| made from 56 percent Chambourcin grapes and 44 percent Norton | 21 |
| grapes; he purchased the grapes locally, with the Chambourcin | 22 |
| grapes coming from Anders Hedman in Alto Pass and the Norton | 23 |
| grapes coming from Matt Rendleman of Makanda; this was D.J. |
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| Douglas' first competition; his 2006 batch of wine was his | 2 |
| sixth vintage; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate D.J. Douglas on his first place victory in the red | 6 |
| wine category in the Amateur Winemakers of Central Illinois' | 7 |
| competition and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 8 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to D.J. Douglas as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 |
| respect.
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