Join our International Final - streamed live 19 June - all finalists now announced

The winners of the 2022 International Final gathered at The Black Book in London.

Put 19 June 2023 into your diary — it's the Star Wine List of the Year International Finals. The event will be held in Stockholm, where Star Wine List will celebrate the best wine lists in our international categories. And it will be streamed online on our Facebook page. And all the finalists are now announced.

Winners will be presented with Gold Star certificates and other prizes by Arvid Rosengren, Best Sommelier of the World 2016, along with Liora Levi, Star Wine List’s Ambassador Manager.

The event will take place in Stockholm at 3PM on Monday, 19 June 2023 - and many top sommeliers from around the world are joining us live - including Nina Jensen and Reeze Choi.

International final streamed live

Join the international final live on Facebook Live here.

How the International Final works

In 2022, Star Wine List once again launched its coveted international awards program, the third annual Star Wine List of the Year awards. In a number of significant wine markets, from London to New York to Sweden and beyond, a prestigious jury has convened to judge the best wine lists in that city or country.

Categories and criteria

Star Wine List judges the wine lists in several categories such as the Best Sparkling Wine List and Best By-the-Glass List. These categories are the same across all of the awards. In addition, local categories may be added.

We have commercial partners for certain categories, such as the Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine. The commercial partners are, however, never involved in the selections of finalists or winners - that is completely up to our independent jury panel.

The criteria for the jury are straightforward but not so simple: Vote for the most exciting wine list representing the category.

Jury

Nina Højgaard Jensen, Second Best Sommelier of the World 2023 (ASI)
Reeze Choi, Third Best Sommelier of the World 2023 (ASI)
Paz Levinson, Best Sommelier of Americas 2015 (ASI)
Pascaline Lepeltier, Best Sommelier of France 2018 (ASI)
Ronan Sayburn MS, CEO, Court of Master Sommeliers Europe

(In the case where the jury member works at a restaurant that is listed or a finalist on Star Wine List, they are not part of the judging and discussion of those categories.)

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES:

Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine
Grand Prix, presented by Domaine Laroche
For wine lists with more than 600 references.
Best Medium-Sized List
200-600 references.
Best Short List, presented by DAOU
<200 references.
Best Sparkling Wine List, presented by Nyetimber
Best By-the-Glass List
Special Jury Prize
For a wine list that does something out of the ordinary.
Sustainable Wine List
For the Sustainable Wine List category, not only the wine list is evaluated, but also the stated actions of the venue, as described through a survey in the entry documents.

The finalists from around the world:

Categories:

Grand Prix

– The best wine list with more than 600 references.

Best Austrian Wine List

– Recognizes the best wine list with Austrian wines.

Best Medium-Sized Wine List

– Recognizes the best wine list with 200-600 references.

Finalists:

Admiralgade 26, Copenhagen, Denmark
Culture Wine Bar, Cape Town, South Africa
La Salut, Redfern, Australia
Trivet, London, UK
Pinch Chinese, New York, US
Wallsé, New York, US
Prism, Berlin, Germany
Agnes, Stockholm, Sweden
Basbas Kulma, Helsinki, Finland
Hakkasan Shanghai, Shanghai, Greater China

Best By the Glass List

– Recognizes the best by the glass list.

Finalists:
Bar'Vin, Copenhagen, Denmark
Park Hotel Vossevangen, Voss, Norway
Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Noble Rot Soho, London, UK
Eleven Madison Park, New York, US
Prism, Berlin, Germany
Operakällaren, Stockholm, Sweden
Omadi Bar & Bistro, Helsinki, Finland
Bar Cyclone, Hong Kong, Greater China

Best Sparkling Wine List

– Recognizes the best list with sparkling wines.

Sustainable Wine List

– This award evaluates both the venue's wine list and how they work sustainably at the venue

Finalists:
Credo, Trondheim, Norway
ëlgr restaurant, Cape Town, South Africa
Settler’s Tavern, Margaret River, Australia
Farmyard, St Leonard-on-Sea, UK
Tonchin Brooklyn, New York, US
Frea, Berlin, Germany
Hörte Brygga, Skivarp, Sweden
Restaurant Grön, Helsinki, Finland
Haoma, Bangkok, Thailand

Special Jury Prize

– Recognizes a venue that has done something extra with their wine list, such as the direction, the style or the value.

Finalists:
LAGO, Copenhagen, Denmark
Territoriet, Oslo, Norway
Embarc, Johannesburg, South Africa
La Salut, Redfern, Australia
Chez Bruce, London, UK
Chambers, New York, US
Franz Keller Schwarzer Adler, Vogtsburg-Oberbergen, Germany
Heaven 23, Gothenburg, Sweden
Voisine, Stockholm, Sweden
Basbas Kulma, Helsinki, Finland
Grand Majestic Sichuan, Hong Kong, Greater China

Best Short List

– Recognizes the best wine list with fewer than 200 listings.

Save the date — 19 June 2023

Published 31-May-2023

Event

Monday 19 June

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Domaine Laroche

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Austrian Wine

The Austrian Wine Marketing Board is based in Vienna, and is a national service body for the Austrian wine industry. The aim is to strategically support, coordinate and maintain quality and sales.

Nyetimber