Frost Watch Red won a silver medal and Sweet Paradise won a bronze.Public safety agencies across the country use Neighbors Public Safety Service, which is how public safety agencies participate in the Neighbors App, to better engage with and inform the communities they serve. A wine infused with a natural chocolate flavoring described as “dessert in a glass.”Ĭhocolate Paradise was the star of the Fruit Wine category in California, where it won the only double gold medal. She named the wine after Paradise Valley Cranberries, the operation owned by the Jensens. Hobson refined her process and developed three wines: “I read a lot of books and talked to a lot of other winemakers.” “The first wine wasn’t particularly good, but I was intrigued by the process,” she said. She got her first cranberries from Craig and Kathy Jensen of Warrens. She didn’t start making wine until 2001 and didn’t sell her first bottle until 2006. “I’m a firm believer you need to work with what you have locally.”Ī native of Sparta, Hobson has spent most of her working life in Monroe County as a social worker and probation and parole officer. “I have a lot of fun working with local products and local producers,” said Hobson, who owns and operates DnA Vintners. Her cranberries came from the Habelman Bros. 2 at the International Women’s Wine Competition in California.
Hobson, a La Crosse winemaker, put Wisconsin cranberries on the national wine map after winning three medals Nov. Diana Hobson believes in using local ingredients to make something good.
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