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

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

Bob Fraser, Executive Director of the SFCWC states, "Bill Hayes was an instrumental veteran judge of the competition...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

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.Read More

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.Read More