Official Judges Dinner celebrates 20th anniversary

The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition in 2020 will be the 20th anniversary of the competition. One of the annual major highlights of the competition week in January for the esteemed judges is the annual San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Official Judges Dinner hosted by a local winery in Mendocino, Napa or Sonoma counties.

We are soliciting now for a host winery for this epic and special 20th anniversary dinner on Jan. 8, 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle will be highlighting this host winery in the annual special section published on Feb. 9, 2020.

This is a listing of San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Official Judges Dinner winery hosts for the last 19 years:

Asti Host: Tom Peterson

Geyserville

Host: Gary Heck, Chris Wills Healdsburg

Host: Gina and Matt Gallo Oakville

Host: Robert and Margrit Mondavi

Santa Rosa Host: Jess Jackson and Barbra Banke

Rutherford Host: Tony, Herta and Lisa Peju

Host: Jim Caudill Healdsburg Host: Tom Klein

Windsor

Healdsburg Host: Robert Carroll and Ciara Meaney

Geyserville Host: Trione Family members Healdsburg Host: Erik Olsen

Host: Jim Caudill

Napa

Santa Rosa

Host: Jean-Charles Boisset Healdsburg

Host: Ken and Diane Wilson

Geyserville Host: Francis and Eleanor Coppola Healdsburg

Host: Ken and Diane Wilson

Napa

Host: Mike Davis

Sonoma Host: Steven Urberg Healdsburg

Host: Ken and Diane Wilson

Host: Open

Contact Bob Fraser at rfraser@santarosa.edu if interested in hosting the 20th anniversary Official Judges Dinner.