The best California wine selections in Sweden 2025
Here's our guide to the best selections of wines from California, in Sweden.
All of these places were finalists in the Best California Wine List category at Star Wine List of the Year Sweden 2025, kindly sponsored by Pahlmeyer.
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Phone: +46 8 410 681 00
Address: Kronobergsgatan 37, Stockholm
Sparkling Wine List of the Year Sweden, presented by Nyetimber 2025
For years, Restaurang AG has been one of the best steak restaurants in Sweden, led by celebrity chef Johan Jureskog and sommelier and partner Klas Ljungkvist. The place is often packed so be sure to make a reservation. The venue used to be an old silver factory - hence the name and the industrial feel. The friendly and professional staff will make you feel home and it is also a good place to bring your kids.
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Phone: +46 31 81 25 80
Address: Johannebergsgatan 24, Gothenburg
California Wine List of the Year Sweden, presented by Pahlmeyer 2025
Top chef Stefan Karlsson has created a warm and cosy fine dining restaurant, rewarded with a Michelin star. The food is built on a Swedish tradition and you can order either a la carte or several tasting menus. There are wine pairings to go with the tasting menus but do not miss the wine list at SK Mat & Människor.
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Phone: 028087000
Address: Sälens Högfjällshotell, Sälen
California Wine List of the Year Sweden, presented by Pahlmeyer 2025
Högfjällshotellet dominates the ski resort Sälen with its 13 restaurants and bars. Three of its restaurant has been ranked in the top five in Dalarna by White Guide. Högfjällshotellet’s wine list has an impressive number of wines from many classical wine regions such as Burgundy, Mosel and Wachau.
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Phone: +46 470 75 97 00
Address: Storgatan 22-24, Växjö
Grand Prix Sweden 2025
PM & Vänner is a gastronomy hotel, an ambitious bistro and a gourmet resturant where Småland meets France. There is also the bakery and its rooftop bar TAK where you'll find cocktails and views. PM & Vänner has swept our wine list competition several times and it is indeed one of the best food & wine destinations in Scandinavia.
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Phone: +46 8 676 58 00
Address: Operahuset, Karl XII:s torg, Stockholm
German Wine List of the Year Sweden, presented by Wines of Germany 2025
Operakällaren in Stockholm’s Opera House is probably the most beautiful dining room in Sweden. And the service is like a scene from the Opera stage, professional, classic and warm. The menu has shifted with the arrival of the chefs from 2-star Aloë, less classical French and more Asian influences have arrived at the scene.
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Phone: +46 8 679 35 00
Address: Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8, Stockholm
German Wine List of the Year Sweden, presented by Wines of Germany 2025
The grandest hotel in the city also boasts one of the grandest wine cellars, including a bottle from the year the hotel opened, 1874. The wine list is massive and accessible in the hotel’s classic Veranda restaurant and Cadier bar, as well as in the Mathias Dahlgren restaurants Seafood Gastro and Matbaren.
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Phone: +46 8 480 049 00
Address: Biskopsvägen 9, Stockholm
Best Long List of the Year Sweden, presented by Chateau Galoupet 2025
Swedish master chef Tommy Myllymäki opened the grand fine dining restaurant Aira during the hard spring of 2020 when things were looking really bad for the dining scene. The vision paid off despite this and Aira is well on its way to being a new classic in the city - beautifully located by the seaside on Djurgården. The design is grand, modern and very Scandinavian, and the cuisine is very much the same. Aira has been rewarded with two stars by Guide Michelin. The service team is experienced and very professional. A must-visit for visitors to Stockholm. There is also a beautiful bar and outd...
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Phone: 08-506 400 84
Address: Lilla Nygatan 5, Stockholm
By the Glass List of the Year Sweden, presented by Riedel 2025
Restaurateur Daniel Crespi and his gastronomic team have always held the banner of creativity high in their neighbourhood in Old Town, Stockholm. New restaurants and concepts have come and gone in a steady stream over the years, but now they have instead chosen one main focus, and in September they re-opened Restaurant Leijontornet after 13 years. (This replaces the famous restaurant of theirs: Djuret) The food is first class and so obviously made with the wine in focus, with dishes such as duck liver minced quail, double breaded Cotoletta Milanese and fried turbot. Generous and with depth in...
