San Francisco wine competition celebrates 35th year with global array of winners

A celebratory 35 years of the preeminent international wine competition in the United States wrapped up on June 14th with the San Francisco International Wine Competition. Surpassing last year’s record number of entries, this year’s competition had a 7% increase in contenders from the year before. The elegant downtown Hotel Nikko was once again the headquarters for this competition, judged by 50 leading palates from around the U.S. as well as Australia, Germany and New Zealand.