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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WINE COMPETITION INFORMATION
REGULAR REGISTRATION- Register now at www.enofileonline.com
From 10/01/2024 to 12/04/2024 (normal filing period)
Wine Delivery 11/1/2024- December 31, 2024. (Do not deliver wine before November 1, 2024)
Brand fee: $30.00 (only once per brand)
Per Wine Entry: $80.00
LATE REGISTRATION
From 12/05/2024 to 12/31/2024
Brand fee: $30.00 (only once per brand)
Per Wine Entry: $110.00
DESCRIPTION OF COMPETITION
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is currently the largest wine competition in North America. All bonded wineries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico are eligible to enter the wine competition. No entries from wines grown or produced outside of North America are eligible to enter. Professional wine judges are sourced throughout the major wine regions in North America to offer diversity of expertise to each judging panel.
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is one of the few wine competitions that produce award winning plaques for gold and above wine awards for tasting room and winery outreach purposes.
DELIVERY & SHIPPING INFORMATION
Wines will only be received from November 1 to December 31, 2024.
Deadline for sending wine is December 31,2024. An official entry shall consist of the following:
DELIVERY SHIPPING INFORMATION
Receiving times for hand delivery or shipping are 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 Monday through Thursday. No deliveries will be accepted on Saturday/Sunday, or Holidays.
Mark the winery name on shipping containers.
All unused, ineligible, and mistaken shipped wines for the competition will not be returned to the winery. All unused wines will be used for compensation to competition staffing/independent contractors and beneficiary purposes of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
SHIP TO
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Cloverdale Citrus Fair
1 Citrus Fair Drive
Cloverdale, CA 95425
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
The wine entered must be a part of a single lot of at least 60 gallons of identical finished wine and from a bonded winery (no amateur wines accepted). There is no limit to the number of entries by a winery. Only fruit and grapes grown or produced in the United States, Canada, or Mexico are eligible for entry. No foreign grown grapes or produced wines outside the United States, Mexico and Canada are eligible. No wine may be entered more than once by an entrant. Ineligible wines are not returned.
AWARD PLAQUES AND RECOGNITION
Award plaques will be awarded to wineries if they have received a gold or higher award. Wineries can opt not to have award plaques produced by checking off box upon registration with www.enofile online.
Wineries receiving only bronze and silver awards will be recognized on the winejudging.com website and will not receive a plaque. All plaques will be sent to the winery address as listed upon registration. Silver award winning wineries may request a plaque by contacting Cary Fraser (carywines@gmail.com) within one week of notification of awards.
Additional information on the competition and public tasting is online at www.winejudging.com and/or contact Cary Fraser at 707-291-7707 or carywines@gmail.com for personal assistance.
