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Emily Goodell, Amoritas Vineyards co-owner and head viticulturist is pictured with Matthew Goodell, Amoritas co-owner, at the tasting room in Lake Leelanau. Amoritas Vineyards submitted four wines to the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, and came away with one Best of Class for its 2020 Pinot Blanc, one Double Gold for its 2022 AV Sparkling wine, and one silver and one bronze medal for its 2021 Riesling and 2021 Fascinator. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu -
A customer is pictured enjoying Lakeshore Farms Peach Sparkling Moscato at Leelanau Cellars in Omena. Leelanau Cellars’ peach sparkling moscato won best of class in the fruit sparkling category this year at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, with the Leelanau Cellars team winning a total of 12 awards. Photo courtesy of Matthew Doyle
Three Leelanau County wineries took home best of class top awards at the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, including Amoritas Vineyards for its 2020 Pinot Blanc, Aurora Cellars for its 2022 Sauvignon Blanc, and Verterra Cellars for its 2022 Pinot Grigio. The competition is one of the largest in the world and features more than 50 judges analyzing 5,700 wines from 31 states as well as…