Winners!

In today's Chronicle I have a small mention of the winners of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

We'd love to list the results of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition that took place a few weeks ago, but there just isn't enough space. They awarded about 640 medals to the roughly 750 entrants. Everyone's a winner! Double Gold winners included the $2,600 Johnnie Walker Anniversary Pack blended scotch and the $10 Feeney's Irish Cream Liqueur, so chances are you can find something good from the list in your price range. (And if your price range is $2,600, call me; I'm single.)

The full list of winners is here. I was surprised at the number of winners but my editor tells me that it's similar for wine competitions. Having attended this competition, sat in on several rounds of judging, and read the winners it seems totally fair but also quite generous. It was also very cool to sit in with all those experts and people whose work I read and read about. And as a consumer, I know it's best to pay attention to just the top medals.