For each San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, longtime wine writer Mike Dunne tastes and jots notes on the best-of-class wines. For the competition in 2025, Mike first tasted each of the 150 best-of-class wines and then trimmed this wide field to those most notable entries of the 55 wines that went into the concluding sweepstakes round. His tasting...Read More
Press Release: There were over fifty judges, representing various North American wine regions, evaluating over 5,500 wines from nearly 950+ wineries for the 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition this week.Read More
We are thrilled to announce that Balletto Vineyards in the renowned Russian River Valley has been selected to host the 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Judges' Dinner!Read More
After a three-year hiatus, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting roared back to life with an incredible full-capacity return!Read More
The Sweepstake Winemaker Award is awarded to the winemaker that produces a Sweepstake wine award at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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...Read More
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.Read More
