Star Wine List of the Year UAE 2024/2025
Star Wine List will return to the United Arab Emirates in December, celebrating the best wine lists and the people behind them.
The awards ceremony will be held in Dubai on 9 December 2024 – the sixth stop on the Star Wine List international tour 2024/2025.
Winners will be decided by an expert jury of international wine professionals and sommeliers - to be announced shortly.
As always, we welcome entries from all restaurants and wine bars across the region. Registration is free of charge.
Read stories from previous winners, here.
Star Wine List of the Year UAE 2024/2025
Expert jury panel
The international jury for UAE comprises four top names from the wine world:
• Ferran Centelles, renowned sommelier, formerly of El Bulli
• Nina Jensen, Second-Best Sommelier in the World 2023 (ASI)
• Vince Truong, Dubai-based wine expert and educator
• Stephen Wong MW
Categories and criteria
The criteria for the jury are straightforward but not simple: vote for the most exciting wine list representing the category.
THE CATEGORIES
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES:
• Grand Prix
The best list of the overall competition.
• Best Long List
For wine lists with more than 600 references.
• Best Medium-Sized List
200-600 references.
• Best Short List Fewer than 200 references.
• Best By the Glass List
• Best Sparkling Wine List, presented by Nyetimber
• Best Newcomer List
• Sustainable Wine List
For the Sustainable Wine List category, we evaluate not just the wine list but also the stated actions of the venue, as described through a questionnaire within the application.
• Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine
• Best California Wine List, presented by Pahlmeyer
The winners in the international categories will qualify for our International Final in June 2025, where they will face off with the category winners from other countries and continents.
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 [email protected]
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Nyetimber
English sparkling producer Nyetimber is the leading producer of sparkling wine in the country.
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.