EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
We were on the TIPTOE Visual Runway 28L. We were paired up with a heavy that was on [Runway] 28R. Due to the gusty winds from the north we ended flying on their wake which caused our plane to roll; creating an upset. We followed upset recovery procedures and we aborted landing and went around. Factors are gusty winds from the north and also night time. Being paired with a heavy caused the winds to push the heavy airplane wake in our flight path. During strong winds from the north; they need to provide greater spacing between planes to help mitigate wake.
On final approach in SFO we were paired up with a heavy jet on the right side with very gusty cross winds from the north.  On 5 mile final we encountered wake from the heavy and it induced a roll upset. The recovery procedure was utilized and aircraft control was regained at which point we encountered the wake again and it induced a second roll upset. Proper upset recovery techniques were utilized and we went around without issue. The cause of this event was due to high gusty winds out of the north and being paired too closely with a heavy jet upwind. The resulting wake was blown directly into our flight path. Having known about the winds and the pairing of the heavy jet closely spaced upwind; I would suggest staying a minimum of 1 dot high on the glide slope and requesting a long landing so as to avoid potential wake in the future.
ERJ-175 flight crew reported executing a go-around from approach to Runway 28L at SFO after experiencing an upset from a severe wake turbulence encounter with a B747 on the parallel runway.