HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- RodeoHouston officially kicks off in less than 24 hours, and the winning wines for the 2023 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition have already been crowned.
Records were broken.
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The competition's Grand Champion Best of Show sold for a rodeo record of $325,000. Rapper 50 Cent's Le Chemin du Roi Brut champagne was purchased by Klein real estate developer J. Alan Kent Development - Julie and Alan Kent, Randa and Ray Gilliam, Andrea and Bruce Bryant, and John M. Cotterell.
The 2023 Reserve Grand Champion, a 2020 Antiquity Chardonnay, went for $165,000 and was purchased by the rapper-turned-entrepreneur's Sire Spirits.
Last year, he paid $125,000 for the 2022 Top Texas Wine, a 2017 red from Hye Meadow Winery.
This year, there were 3,071 entries from 18 different countries.
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