The Winery San Francisco Recognized for Top Pinot Noir

SAN FRANCISCO - May 19, 2014 - PRLog -- San Francisco, California – The Winery San Francisco, or The Winery SF, a thriving urban winery located on San Francisco’s historic Treasure Island, has recently received top honors for their newly released 2012 Pinot Noir.

The Winery SF’s 2012 North Coast Pinot Noir earned 2^nd place at the 2014 Pinot Noir Summit, where close to 500 Pinot Noirs were compared from around the globe. A diverse panel of 40 wine professionals, including famed Pinot Noir writer, William “Rusty” Gaffney, M.D., the Prince of Pinot, judged nearly 500 Pinot Noir wines in January and selected 44 Pinot Noir wines to be served at the “blind tasting” at the Pinot Noir Summit. On March 9, 2014 at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio, hundreds of wine enthusiast and experts in the wine industry attended the Pinot Noir Summit to select the top Pinot Noir in America.

Last week, the winners of the Pinot Noir Summit were announced and The Winery SF’s 2012 North Coast Pinot Noir earned 2^nd place for the Top Pinot Noir in America. More incredibly, this wine was one of the most affordable wines in the contest at only $29.99 a bottle.

“I love Pinot Noir, but paying $50 or $60 a bottle for a great Pinot Noir is often difficult for people," Winemaker Bryan Kane said. "It thrills me to be able to present a world class Pinot Noir that is reasonably priced for the average consumer."

Additionally, in January, The Winery SF’s 2010 North Coast Cabernet Sauvignontook home the "Best of Class" award in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition – which marks the first time since Prohibition that a San Francisco-based winery has won top honors from the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Winery SF’s outstanding 2012 North Coast Pinot Noir will be featured at the upcoming 10^th annual Pinot Days in San Francisco, the biggest Pinot Noir tasting in the world. The event will take place on Saturday, June 21 at City View at the Metreon in San Francisco. Tickets for the public are $75 or $125 (VIP) and can be purchased online.

About The Winery SF
The Winery SF, located on historic Treasure Island with breathtaking views of the Bay Area, is a winery, tasting room and event center. Producing hand-crafted wines in a traditional, old-world manner, The Winery SF offers a large number of boutique wines, creating an unforgettable wine experience for individuals, groups, and guests of San Francisco. The winery's 20,000-square-foot winemaking facility allows visitors to see the winemaking process first-hand and experience highly rated boutique wines from our top winemaking team from Napa, Sonoma, and beyond. To learn more about The Winery SF, please visit www.winery-sf.com

For media inquiries, please contact Kira Cooper of The Winery SF at kcooper@winery-sf.com or (415) 735-8423 (tel:%28415%29%C2%A0735-8423).