How a Russian winery group illegally smuggled its bottles into a longstanding San Francisco wine competition
- Posted on December 19, 2025
- By San Francisco Chronicle
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How a Russian winery group illegally smuggled its bottles into a longstanding San Francisco wine competition
Since March 2022, the U.S. has banned Russian alcohol. But 15 Russian wineries went to great lengths to smuggle their wines in for the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
