2016 San Francisco International Wine Competition – Texas Results

The 36th annual San Francisco International Wine Competition took place at the Nikko Hotel in downtown San Francisco from June 9-12, 2016. There were 4,618 wines that were submitted from around the world.

“Winning a Gold Medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition immediately puts a wine in approximately the top 10%,” says Director of Judging Tim McDonald, CSW. “Wines are tasted blind by a high quality panel of judges who come from all over the world to participate. If a wine is really good, we acknowledge it with an award.”

Several of the wine categories in the 2016 competition experienced growth this year. Overall, international wines made up a higher portion of entries, with Spain, Italy, and Hungary seeing the biggest increases over 2015. Mirroring industry sales trends, rosé entries increased from 128 submissions in 2015 to 175 submissions this year. The 2016 competition also saw growth in the quality of wines submitted with the prestigious Double Gold Medal awarded to 279 wines, representing a 9% increase over last year.

Best of Class Awards are given to the best example of each wine varietal. Best in Show Awards are the highest honors in the Competition and are chosen from the among the Best of Class winners.

The Best White Rhône Varietal and Best in Show White went to McPherson Cellars 2015 Piquepoul Blanc, Timmons Ranch, Texas. Considering there were 4,066 medals awarded and only 40 Best Varietal and only four Best in Show awards, this is a fantastic achievement.

Nine Texas wineries won Double Gold medals. These are the Texas wineries awarded medals.

Winery	Year	Varietal	Designation	Vineyard	Appellation	Medal
ArchŽé	2014	Roussanne		Oswald Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Gold
ArchŽé	2014	Tempranillo		Bishop Vineyards	Texas	Double Gold
Bar Z	2009	Tempranillo		Newsom Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Bar Z	2012	Tempranillo		Bayer Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Bar Z	2007	Tempranillo	Enigmatic		Texas High Plains	Bronze
Bar Z	2008	Tempranillo	Enigmatic		Texas High Plains	Bronze
Bar Z	2010	Cabernet Sauvignon		Newsom Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Becker Vineyards	2015	Pinot Grigio			Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Viognier	Reserve		Texas High Plains	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Roussanne	Reserve	Bingham Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2013	Tempranillo	Reserve		Texas	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2012	Cabernet Sauvignon	Reserve	Wilmeth Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon	Reserve, Canada Family		Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon	Reserve	Wilmeth Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2012	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Raven		Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2013	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Raven		Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2012	White Blend			Texas	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2012	Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc	Clementine		Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2012	Vintage Port			Texas	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon			Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Premium Red Blend	Culinaria		Texas High Plains	Bronze
Becker Vineyards	2014	Sauvignon Blanc	White Wing, Estate		Texas Hill Country	Gold
Becker Vineyards	2015	Tempranillo RosŽé	Jolie	Becker Vineyards	Texas	Gold
Becker Vineyards	2013	Cabernet Sauvignon			Texas	Gold
Becker Vineyards	2014	Red Rh™ône Blend	Prairie Rotie		Texas Hill Country	Silver
Becker Vineyards	2012	Merlot	Estate Reserve		Texas Hill Country	Silver
Becker Vineyards	2014	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Chevaux Noir		Texas High Plains	Silver
Bending Branch Winery	2015	Roussanne	Comfortage	Hoover Valley Vineyard	Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Bending Branch Winery	2013	Tannat			Texas Hill Country	Bronze
Bending Branch Winery	NV	Souzao		Zentner Vineyard	Sierra Foothills	Gold
Bending Branch Winery	2013	Petite Sirah	Old Vine	Shell Creek Vineyards	Paso Robles	Silver
Bending Branch Winery	2012	Charbono		Zentner Vineyard	Sierra Foothills	Silver
Bingham Family Vineyards	2014	Tempranillo	Estate	Bingham Family Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Bingham Family Vineyards	2014	Viognier	Estate	Bingham Family Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Bingham Family Vineyards	2014	Premium Red Blend	Dirt Farmer, Estate	Bingham Family Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Bingham Family Vineyards	2014	White Blend	Cloudburst, Estate	Bingham Family Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Blue Ostrich Winery	NV	Blanc du Bois			Texas	Bronze
Blue Ostrich Winery	NV	Dry Red Table Wine	Talon		Texas	Bronze
Blue Ostrich Winery	2014	Tempranillo			Texas	Bronze
Brennan Vineyards	2015	Viognier	Skin Fermented, Cellar Select		Comanche County	Bronze
Brennan Vineyards	2015	White Wine	Lily, Reserve	Newburg Vineyard	Comanche County, Texas	Bronze
Brennan Vineyards	2014	Nero d'Avola	Super Nero, Comanche County	Newburg Vineyard	Texas	Bronze
Brennan Vineyards	2015	Roussanne		Reddy Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Gold
Brennan Vineyards	2015	Viognier	Classic		Comanche County, Texas	Silver
Brennan Vineyards	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon			Texas	Silver
Brennan Vineyards	2015	Montepulciano	4.0 Cellars	Diamante Doble Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Silver
Brennan Vineyards	2014	Tempranillo			Texas	Silver
Brushy Creek Vineyards	NV	Muscat			Texas	Bronze
Brushy Creek Vineyards	2013	Tempranillo			Texas	Gold
Brushy Creek Vineyards	2015	Semillon		Cox Family Vineyards	Texas	Double Gold
Duchman Family Winery	2015	Vermentino		Bingham Vineyard	Texas	Silver
Duchman Family Winery	2015	Trebbiano		Bingham Vineyard	Texas	Silver
Duchman Family Winery	2013	Montepulciano		Oswald Vineyard	Texas	Silver
Duchman Family Winery	2012	Aglianico		Oswald Vineyard	Texas	Silver
Eden Hill Vineyard	2015	Roussanne		Oswald Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Eden Hill Vineyard	2015	Sparkling Roussanne	Temptation	Oswald Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Eden Hill Vineyard	NV	Garden Red			Texas	Bronze
Eden Hill Vineyard	2014	Aglianico		Oswald Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Gold
Eden Hill Vineyard	2015	Albarino~Viognier		Smith Estate Vineyard	Texas	Gold
Eden Hill Vineyard	2014	Roussanne	Winemaker's Reserve	Oswald Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Silver
Fall Creek Vineyards	2014	Unoaked Chardonnay	Vintner's Selection		Texas Hilll Country	Bronze
Fall Creek Vineyards	2015	Sauvignon Blanc	Vintner's Selection		Texas	Bronze
Fall Creek Vineyards	2013	GSM	Terroir Reflections Series	Salt Lick Vineyards	Texas Hilll Country	Bronze
Fall Creek Vineyards	2015	Chenin Blanc	Headwaters Reserve		Texas	Gold
Fall Creek Vineyards	2012	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Meritus		Texas Hilll Country	Gold
Fall Creek Vineyards	2015	Grenache RosŽé			Texas Hilll Country	Gold
Fall Creek Vineyards	2014	GSM	Terroir Reflection Series	Salt Lick Vineyards	Texas Hilll Country	Double Gold
Fall Creek Vineyards	2012	Tempranillo			Texas Hilll Country	Silver
Flat Creek Estate	2015	Viognier		Diamonte Doble Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Bronze
Flat Creek Estate	2012	Tempranillo		Lost Draw Vineyard	Texas High Plains	Gold
Flat Creek Estate	2012	Syrah	Estate Bottled	Estate Vineyard	Texas Hill Country	Gold
Flat Creek Estate	2012	Sangiovese Blend	Reserve Super Texan		Texas High Plains	Silver
Grape Creek Vineyard	2015	Viognier			Texas	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Sweet Red	Grand Rouge		American	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Red Rh™ône Blend	Rendezvous		American	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Premium Red Blend	Cabernet Trois		American	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Petite Sirah			American	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2013	Premium Red Blend	Serendipity		American	Bronze
Grape Creek Vineyard	2015	Pinot Grigio			American	Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2015	Riesling			American	Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Merlot			American	Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Sangiovese Blend	Bellissimo		Texas	Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2014	Cab. Sau. / Syrah			American	Double Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2013	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Mosaic		American	Double Gold
Grape Creek Vineyard	2015	Muscat Canelli			Texas	Silver
Haak Vineyards & Winery	2012	Jacquez Madiera Dessert Wine			Texas	Double Gold
Haak Vineyards & Winery	2015	Blanc du Bois	Estate		Texas	Silver
Haak Vineyards & Winery	2014	Blanc du Bois Maderia Dessert Wine	Amnesia		Texas	Silver
Haak Vineyards & Winery	2015	Blanc du Bois			Texas	Silver
Hye Meadow	2013	Aglianico			New Mexico	Bronze
Hye Meadow	2014	Tempranillo		Bayer Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Gold
Hye Meadow	2012	Tempranillo			Texas High Plains	Gold
Hye Meadow	2015	Trebbiano		Bingham Family Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Kuhlman Cellars	2012	Premium Red Blend	KanKar		Sonoma County	Bronze
Kuhlman Cellars	2015	White Blend	Calcaria		Texas High Plains	Gold
Kuhlman Cellars	2015	Cinsaut RosŽé	Hensell		Texas High Plains	Silver
Llano Estacado Winery	2015	White Blend	Signature		Texas	Bronze
Llano Estacado Winery	2015	RosŽé	Signature		Texas	Bronze
Llano Estacado Winery	2013	Montepulciano	THP		Texas High Plains	Silver
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards	2015	Vermentino		Lost Draw Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Gold
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards	NA	Lenoir	Black Spanish	Estate Grown	Texas	Gold
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards	2014	Blanc du Bois	Blanco Grande	Estate Grown	Texas	Silver
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards	2015	Sangiovese Blend	Texicaw		Texas High Plains	Silver
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards	2013	Cabernet Sauvignon		Twin T Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Silver
Lost Oak Winery	2014	Cabernet Franc		Burning Daylight Vineyard	Texas	Bronze
Lost Oak Winery	2015	RosŽé Blend			Texas	Bronze
Lost Oak Winery	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon			Texas High Plains	Gold
Lost Oak Winery	2015	Blanc du Bois		Village Creek Vineyard	Texas	Silver
McPherson Cellars	2015	Old Vines Chenin Blanc			Texas	Gold
McPherson Cellars	2014	Tempranillo	La Herencia		Texas	Gold
McPherson Cellars	2015	Piquepoul Blanc		Timmons Ranch	Texas	Double Gold
McPherson Cellars	2015	RosŽé			Texas	Silver
McPherson Cellars	2014	Red Rh™ône Blend	Les Copoins		Texas	Silver
Messina Hof Winery	2015	Blanc du Bois	Private Reserve		Texas	Bronze
Messina Hof Winery	2015	Viognier	Private Reserve		Texas	Bronze
Messina Hof Winery	2014	Tempranillo	Paulo		Texas	Bronze
Messina Hof Winery	2015	Primitivo	Protege		Texas	Bronze
Messina Hof Winery	2013	Lenoir Port	Paulo	Messina Hof Vineyard	Texas	Bronze
Messina Hof Winery	2014	Merlot	Paulo		Texas	Silver
Pheasant Ridge Winery	2015	Chenin Blanc	Old Vine Dry	Cox Family VIneyard	Texas HIgh Plains	Silver
Pheasant Ridge Winery	2002	Cabernet Sauvignon	Reserve LImited Release		Texas High Plains	Silver
Pontotoc Vineyard	2014	Tempranillo			Mason County	Double Gold
Singing Water Vineyards	2013	Red Blend	Freedom			Silver
Singing Water Vineyards	2012	Premium Bordeaux Blend	Vintner's Reserve			Silver
Singing Water Vineyards	2014	Merlot			TX	Silver
Sister Creek Vineyards	2014	Chardonnay			Temecula Valley	Bronze
Sister Creek Vineyards	2015	Muscat Canelli	Reserve		Texas High Plains	Bronze
Sister Creek Vineyards	2014	Merlot			Temecula Valley	Double Gold
Sister Creek Vineyards	2014	Red Blend			Temecula Valley	Silver
Sister Creek Vineyards	2014	Premium Red Blend	Reserve		Temecula Valley	Silver
Spicewood Vineyards	2014	Tempranillo			Texas High Plains	Gold
Spicewood Vineyards	2013	Syrah			Columbia Valley	Gold
Spicewood Vineyards	2015	Sauvignon Blanc			Texas High Plains	Silver
Spicewood Vineyards	2014	Tempranillo		Estate	Texas Hill Country	Silver
times ten cellars	2014	Malbec		Krick Hill Vineyards	Texas High Plains	Bronze