Congratulations to the many Calaveras County winemaking families who took home medals in the 2023 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition! This year, there were a record number of entries. Over 1,500 wineries submitted more than 5,000 wines for consideration. The judges presented awards in more than 100 different categories.
Two long-time winemaking families received top honors of "Best of Class" this year!
Ironstone Winery - Best of Class Winner - 2020 Reserve Old Vine Zinfandel
Milliaire Winery - Best of Class Winner - 2020 Alicante Bouschet
Vina Moda Winery - Best of Class Winner - 2020 Tannat
Find the complete list of results HERE. Explore our Tasting Room Directory HERE.
About the San Francisco Chronicle Wine 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. A major advantage to wineries entering the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is the vast recognition and outreach of the award-winning wines including the published wine award special section of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is one of the few wine competitions that produce award winning plaques for silver and above wine awards for tasting room and winery outreach purposes. The public tasting in San Francisco in 2023 will not be held because of COVID-19.
