Touriga Nacional: 14 awards -1 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze, 2 Jefferson Cup Invitational* awards
Most significant: gold, American Wine Society; silver, "Big Eastern" sponsored by Vineyard and Winery Magazine; silver, Atlanta Wine Challenge; silver, Vino Challenge International.

Cabernet Franc: 13 awards - 2 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze, 3 Jefferson Cup Invitational awards
Most significant: gold, American Wine Society and Wines of the South; silver, Vineyard and Winery Magazine; silver, the Atlanta Wine Summit; bronze, San Francisco International; Jefferson Cup honoree

Tannat: 11 awards - 5 silver, 4 bronze, 2 Jefferson Cup Invitational awards
Most significant: silver, American Wine Society; silver, Vineyard and Winery Magazine; silver, Atlanta Wine Challenge; silver, Vino Challenge International

Norton: 10 awards -1 silver, 7 bronze, 2 Jefferson Cup Invitational awards
Most significant: silver, Wines of the South; bronze, American Wine Society, Vineyard and Winery Magazine, Atlanta Wine Summit

Malbec: 7 awards - 3 silver, 3 bronze, 1 Jefferson Cup Invitational award
Most significant: silver, American Wine Society; silver, Atlanta Wine Challenge; bronze, Vino Challenge International

Rabun Red: 6 awards - 3 silver, 3 bronze
Most significant: silver, American Wine Society, Atlanta Wine Challenge, Atlanta Wine Summit.

Mountain Cyn: (third year of production) 3 awards
Bronze, vino Challenge International and Wines of the South; Jefferson Cup Invitational award.

Viognier: (third year of production) 2 awards
Bronze and silver in successive Vino Challenge International competitions.

Burton Blanc/Petit Manseng: (second year of production) 2 awards
"Great wine" designation, '05 Jefferson Cup Invitational; bronze, '06 Vineyard and Winery Magazine.

* The Jefferson Cup is an invitational competition limited to approximately 500 American wineries pre-selected for their fine viticulture and winemaking. Tiger Mountain, which has been asked to participate for the past three years, is so far the only Georgia winery invited. The best wines are given meritorious ratings, not medals. In 2005, out of 540 wines, 245 received Certificates of Merit (Including TMV's 03, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Tannat), and 122, including Tiger Mountain's '04 Petit Manseng, were named "great wines." Two years ago, Tiger Mountain's Cabernet Franc was one of 50 wines named Jefferson Cup "honoree."