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W ine producers from around the world sent their best to San Francisco for the 37th Annual San Francisco International Wine Competition, held June 30 to July 2, 2017 at the Hotel Nikko. Long considered the largest and most inuential international wine competition in the nation, this year's competition received over 4,300 wine entries coming from more than 30 countries. All wines were tasted under blind conditions by an all-star judging panel comprised of 58 top industry experts and tastemakers. The panel awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold or Double Gold (unanimous Gold) medals to the best entries, with just 282 wines qualifying for the competition's highly-prestigious Double Gold medal. "The San Francisco International Wine Competition earned its position as the top wine competition because of the experience and integrity of the judging panel," commented Director of Judging Tim McDonald, CSW. "Every entry starts with equal opportunity to prove itself, and only the very best emerge with medals." Our judging panel was comprised of some of the wine industry's leading experts, including wine writers Virginie Boone (Wine Enthusiast), Jessie Birschbach (The SOMM Journal) and Leslie Sbrocco (Check, Please!); winery owners and winemakers such as Heidi Peterson Barrett (La Sirena Winery, Barrett & Barrett); and leading members of the trade such as Tim Marson, MW (Wine.com), Fred Dame, MS (Southern Wine & Spirits), Lars J. Leicht (Ban Wines) and Kristina Spencer (Cost Plus World Market, Oakland). We are listing the Double Gold and Gold winners here. The full results may be found online, atwww.sfwinecomp.com. —Anthony Dias Blue, Executive Director e Somm Journal Winery of he Year Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Geyserville, CA André Tchlistche Winemakers of he Year Derek Wilber and Zach Pegram, Swedish Hill Winery (New York State) Portfolio of he Year Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits Results of he 2017 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION N A P A V A L L E Y 8300 Saint Helena Highway Rutherford, CA 94573 www.cakebread.com • (800) 588–0298 DOUBLE GOLD WINNER The San Francisco International Wine Competition