Star Wine List of the Year International Final – 24 June – save the date

Write down Monday 24 June 2024 in your calendar; the date for the fourth 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 – and the teams behind them – in our international categories.

How the International Final works

In June 2023, Star Wine List once again launched its coveted international awards program, the forth 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.

The winners in the international categories from each of the events during this fourth Star Wine List of the Year tour 2023/2024 will qualify for our International Final on 24 June, 2024, where they will face off with the category winners from other countries, cities and continents.

The tour will include several new countries/cities, including the Baltics, France, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates. Here are all the upcoming events and preliminary dates:

2023:
• 16 Sep, South Africa with SASA, in Stellenbosch
• 24 Sep, Norway, with the Norwegian sommelier day, in Oslo
• New! 9 Oct, Ireland, with Sommit in Waterford
• 23 oct, Denmark, in Copenhagen
• New! 12 Nov, Belgium, in Antwerp during the Best Sommelier of Belgium contest
• New! 19 Nov, Baltics, in Tallinn with the food and wine festival and in cooperation with the Baltic sommelier associations

2024:
• New! 29 Jan (prel) UAE in Dubai
• New! 12 Feb, France at Vinexpo Paris
• February (prel), New York
• 4 March, UK, in London, with The Buyer
• 8 April, Sweden, in Stockholm
• 15 April, Finland, in Helsinki
• New! 25 May DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in Vienna
• New! Spring - International open - for venues in other countries who wish to enter
• 28 May, Asia, at Vinexpo in Hong Kong
• 24 June, International final, prel in Stockholm

More events may be added

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 simple: Vote for the most exciting wine list representing the category.

More info, the jury, the winners from each event and other news will be presented in this post later.

Read about the terms and how Star Wine List judges the wine lists here.

Commercial partners

For commercial opportunities, please contact Star Wine List at sales@starwinelist.com