After a three-year hiatus, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting roared back to life with an incredible full-capacity return!
After a three-year hiatus, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting roared back to life with an incredible full-capacity return!
The Sweepstake Winemaker Award is awarded to the winemaker that produces a Sweepstake wine award at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
Napa Valley Register, 1/29/24: Wine judging is often considered a privileged affair complete with knowing looks, wine geek speak, bourgeois clinking and sampling an assortment of rare and expensive wines.
Press Release: There were over fifty judges, representing various North American wine regions, evaluating over 5,500 wines from nearly 1,000 wineries for the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition this week.
For the competition in 2024, Mike first tasted best-of-class wines and then trimmed this wide field to the 70 wines that went into the concluding sweepstakes round, plus a few others that he found to represent exceptional character, quality, value, back stories and trends within the wine scene, especially the rise in grape varieties and wine styles beyond California.
Bob Fraser, Executive Director of the SFCWC states, “Bill Hayes was an instrumental veteran judge of the competition…
For each San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, longtime wine writer Mike Dunne tastes and jots notes on best-of-class wines. For the competition in 2023, Mike first tasted best-of-class wines and then trimmed this wide field to the 50 wines he found most exemplary.
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition has grown to become North America’s most respected and highly publicized wine competition. The competition has established itself as a platform for large and boutique wineries alike to showcase their wines on a national scale.
m2 Wines’ 2019 “Patina” Red Wine Mokelumne River, Lodi from California was the Sweepstakes Winner in the Packaging Design Contest at the 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, receiving a Double Gold and Best of Class in the Surface Designs category.
There were over forty-eight judges, representing various North American wine regions, evaluating 5,816 wines from nearly 1,000 wineries for the 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.