Program recognizes the best club wine programs on an annual basis.

The Club Managers Association of America’s International Wine Society announced the winners for the 2010 Wine Program Awards at its Annual Business Meeting held at the CMAA World Conference and Club Business Expo in February in Orlando, Fla.

The objective of the Wine Program Awards is to recognize the best club wine programs on an annual basis and to laud CMAA member-managed clubs that establish and maintain fine wine programs for their membership. These awards are meant to be a hallmark of quality and assurance of an eminent wine program.

Awards are given in the categories of distinction and merit. On the 100 point scale, an Award of Distinction is achieved when a club scores a 90 or above and an Award of Merit is achieved when a club scores between 80 and 89.

The 2010 winners include:

Awards of Distinction
Big Canyon Country Club, Newport Beach, Calif.
Birnam Wood Golf Club, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, N.C.
Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta, Ga.
Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, N.C.
Country Club of York, York, Pa.
The Denver Country Club, Denver, Colo.
Des Moines Golf & Country Club, W. Des Moines, Iowa
Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Granite Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
Houston Country Club, Houston, Texas
International Polo Club, Wellington, Fla.
Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
Lakewood Country Club, Dallas, Texas
Los Altos Golf & Country Club, Los Altos, Calif.
The Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
Maidstone Club, Inc., E. Hampton, N.Y.
Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC
The Oaks Club, Osprey, Fla.
Paradise Valley Country Club, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, N.J.
Quail Ridge Country Club, Boynton Beach, Fla.
The Reserve Club, Indian Wells, Calif.
River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas
Sea Pines Country Club, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, Calif.
Valley Hunt Club, Pasadena, Calif.
The Vintage Club, Indian Wells, Calif.
Waverley Country Club, Portland, Ore.

Awards of Merit
The Athenaeum, Pasadena, Calif.
Bay Harbor Yacht Club, Bay Harbor, Mich.
Boca Woods Country Club, Boca Raton, Fla.
California Yacht Club, Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Desert Mountain (Apache), Scottsdale, Ariz.
Desert Mountain (Chiricahau Clubhouse), Scottsdale, Ariz.
Green Hills Country Club, Millbrae, Calif.
Manasquan River Golf Club, Brielle, N.J.
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.
Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, Calif.
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Nichols Hills, Okla.
Palm Beach Yacht Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Port Royal Club, Naples, Fla.
South Hills Country Club, West Covina, Calif.
Spring Lake Golf Club, Spring Lake Heights, N.J.
The Westmoor Club, Nantucket, Mass.

Information on the Wine Program Awards can be found online at www.cmaa.org/WineSociety.aspx