How to Find San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Medal Winners on Winejudging.com

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Winejudging.com is the official site of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC), and it publishes results under a Medal Winners section. To find a specific winner, start there and choose either the Current Medal Winners page or the individual year you need — past years are listed separately from 2014 through 2025. If you want the competition's top selections rather than the full medal list, use the Best of Class page instead.

Where the results live

The site groups results by competition year, so the first decision is which year you want. The navigation includes:

  • Current Medal Winners — the most recent competition's results
  • Best of Class — the top selections, highlighted separately from the full medal list
  • Year-by-year medal winner pages — 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Because each year has its own page, results are not searchable across all years from a single list. Pick the year first, then look for the category or winery you have in mind.

Step by step

  1. Go to winejudging.com.
  2. Open the Medal Winners section in the navigation.
  3. Choose Current Medal Winners for the latest results, or select a specific year (2014–2025) for an earlier competition.
  4. Browse the list for the category, winery, or wine you're looking for.
  5. If you want the competition's highest honors rather than every medal, open the Best of Class page.

Expected result: you land on a year-specific list of awarded wines, or on the Best of Class selections for the year you chose.

Best of Class and tasting notes

The Best of Class page is a separate entry point from the full medal lists. For each competition, veteran wine writer Mike Dunne tastes the Best-of-Class winners and provides expert commentary, narrowing the field to his top picks. The 2026 competition notes follow this pattern. If your goal is "what were the standout wines this year" rather than "did this specific wine medal," Best of Class is the faster route.

Common snags

  • Wrong year. Medal winner pages are year-specific. If a wine isn't showing up, confirm you're on the correct competition year's page.
  • Looking for a medal in the wrong section. A wine can appear in the full medal list without being a Best of Class selection; the two are different pages.
  • Assuming one search covers everything. Results are organized by year, so there's no single cross-year list to scan.

Related pages worth knowing

  • Wineries → Information for Wineries — entry and participation details for producers.
  • Judges → Meet the Judges / Former Judges — who evaluates the wines.
  • Event History and Cloverdale Citrus Fair — background on the competition and its host event.
  • News & Articles and SFCWC In the News — press coverage and write-ups.

If you already know the year and the wine, the fastest path is: Medal Winners → that year → scan the list. If you want the headline results, go straight to Best of Class.