20 Gold Medal wines exclusive to NakedWines.com

Looks like we’re going to need a bigger trophy case. 44 of your wines just won prestigious medals at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition – 1 Best of Class, 10 Double Gold, 10 Gold, 18 Silver, and 5 Bronze. Wowza. Help us give a round of applause to the winemakers who won!

Get 11 bottles for $149.99 – ANGELS ONLY

Get 6 bottles for $34.99 – New customers only

BEST OF CLASS

2016 Jac Cole Unoaked Alexander Valley Chardonnay

DOUBLE GOLD (Not even joking – there’s a double gold category for when every single judge awards the wine a gold medal. There’s no triple gold, we swear).

2014 W. Donaldson Sonoma County Rosé
2016 Karen Birmingham Clarksburg Petite Sirah
2016 Evangelos Bagias Lodi Chardonnay
2016 Jacqueline Bahue Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir
2016 Scott Peterson ROX Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
2016 Jac Cole Oak Fermented Alexander Valley Chardonnay
2015 Matt Parish Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve
2015 Scott Kelley Oregon Tempranillo
2015 Ken Deis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve
2015 Camille Benitah Terre de Feu Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon

GOLD

2015 Keith Hock Exit 43 Los Carneros Sonoma Blanc de Blancs
2016 Rick Boyer Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir
2015 David Akiyoshi Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon
2016 Jacqueline Bahue California Albarino
2015 Daryl Rex Groom Alexander Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Franc Dusak Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Miriam Alexandra Napa County Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Camille Benitah Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2016 Daryl Rex Groom Russian River Valley Chardonnay
2016 Rick Boyer Santa Barbara County Syrah

SILVER

2016 Miriam Alexandra California Chenin Blanc
2015 Camille Benitah Napa Valley Cabernet Franc
2016 Daryl Rex Groom Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
2015 David Marchesi Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon
2016 Evangelos Bagias California Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Jac Cole Napa Valley Mosaico
2015 Jacqueline Bahue Sonoma Valley Cabernet Franc
2016 Ken Deis Napa Valley Merlot
2015 Ken Deis Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Matt Parish Rutherford Petit Verdot
2016 Richard Bruno Clarksburg Chenin Blanc
2016 Rick Boyer Santa Ynez Valley Central Coast White Wine
2015 Scott Kelley Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
2016 Scott Kelley Willamette Valley Pinot Gris
2015 Scott Peterson ROX Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon
2014 W. Donaldson Sonoma County Blanc de Blancs
2016 W. Donaldson WTD California Cuvee No.1

BRONZE

2015 Ana Diogo Draper Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 David Akiyoshi Clarksburg Cabernet Sauvignon
2016 Keith Hock Exit 43 California Bollicine in Bianco
2016 Matt Parish Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir
2015 Scott Peterson ROX Sonoma County All Blacks

Special shout outs

Thanks to some stats we pulled from the 2016 competition, we know that approximately 5% of entrants receive Double Golds. The fact that 10 of your winemakers (from a pool of 7,000 plus!) came home with the highest medals in the competition is incredible. Kudos to Camille, Evangelos, Jac, Jacqueline, Karen, Ken, Matt, Scott P, Scott K and Wayne. They deserve a major pat on the back!

A special kudos goes to Jac Cole this year. Not only did his Chardonnays both score Double Golds – his 2016 Unoaked Chardonnay won Best of Class! There’s no better Alexander Valley Chard on the market if you ask the judges… and we have to agree.

You proved top-shelf wines don’t have to cost an arm and a leg

All 44 wines were judged based on their LIST prices – the prices you’d have to pay for a comparable bottle in the store (if you could even find one, that is).

Wayne’s sparkling Sonoma Rosé won a Double Gold, triumphing over legendary Champagne house Taittinger – they sell bubbly for HUNDREDS. Angels can get Wayne’s bottle for $18.99 – just sayin’
Karen’s Petite Sirah soared to the top with a Double Gold – beating established value brands like Cameron Hughes and Bogle. And Angels can get it for $10.99!
You get the idea. There are plenty more exclusive wines where that came from.

…and champion wines can come from regions you’d never expect – you’re so ahead of the curve

Camille’s Terre de Feu Lake County Cabernet was 1 of 3 wines to win a Double Gold medal in her category – scoring higher than Cab Sauvs coming from famous regions like Napa, Chalk Hill and Anderson Valley!
Ana’s limited-edition Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon was the only Double Gold medalist harvested from the peaks of Pine Mountain…
And Scott Kelley brought home a giant Double Gold trophy for his incredibly rare northwest red – thanks to you, now the world knows how much Oregon Tempranillo rocks!

As always, Angel prices stay the same

Sometimes you see wine prices skyrocket because of prestigious awards and recognition. But rest assured, Angel prices are based on the true cost of making the wine – so those prices stay the same.

Where else can you get a Best of Class, Double Gold decorated Chardonnay from the ritziest region in Sonoma Valley for $12.99?! Nowhere but right here.

PS – No winemakers were harmed…

Every independent winemaker YOU fund is free to make the wines they love – without having to worry about added expenses, like marketing and advertising (that includes expensive competition fees). Rest assured that we cover all these expenses for the winemaker, and don’t take it away from their funding. That’s how we keep the wines so affordable for Angels.

If you want a taste of these medal winning wines, you should:

Make sure you’re an Angel – so you get the best pricing on the best wines (and support independent winemakers, too)
Follow the winning winemakers– so you can get updates when their trophy wines are back in stock.

To make it easy for Angels, there’s a special award-winning 11-pack (perfect to go along with your monthly gift bottle) that’s chock full of the wines and winemakers recognized in the SF Chronicle Wine Competition.

Get 11 bottles for $149.99 – ANGELS ONLY

If you’re new to nakedwines.com, check out this award-winning 6-pack featuring some of our Double Gold, Gold and Silver winners – but act fast because we’ve only set aside 50 of these 6-packs for new customers who want to become Angels. After that, we want to reserve most of the award-winners for the Angel customers that make these wines possible.

Get 6 bottles for $34.99 – New customers only

Thanks for giving these champions the chance to craft the wines they love. You’re showing the world what a crew of passionate wine drinkers and talented winemakers can do (win lots of medals, that’s what).

Special shout outs

You proved top-shelf wines don’t have to cost an arm and a leg

…and champion wines can come from regions you’d never expect – you’re so ahead of the curve

As always, Angel prices stay the same

PS – No winemakers were harmed…

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