France: are you ready to meet your Star Wine List of the Year finalists?

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Rachel Fellows
Published 21-January-2025
News / France

From Paris to Montpellier, these are the 49 restaurants and wine bars competing for Gold in Star Wine List of the Year France 2025.

The second Star Wine List of the Year France awards will be held on Monday, 10 February, during Wine Paris 2025.

Our expert jury panel has just announced this year’s finalists, who hail from all over the country – and we can’t wait for their teams to join us as we announce the winners. Those in our international categories will go on to compete against fellow Gold Stars from around the world, in June’s International Final.

Judges

Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS, Nina Jensen, Pascaline Lepeltier, Jérôme Gagnez.

• Kathrine Larsen-Robert – Master Sommelier
• Nina Jensen – Second-Best Sommelier of the World 2019, 2023 (ASI)
• Pascaline Lepeltier – Best Sommelier of France 2018
• Jérôme Gagnez – wine writer and radio presenter

Finalists

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES:

Grand Prix

– The best list of the overall competition.

The finalists and winner will be announced at the event.

Best Long List

– For wine lists with more than 600 references.

Finalists:

Au Bon Coin, Wintzenheim
Aux Quatre Coins du Vin, Bordeaux
Drouant, Paris
Hôtel des Bains, Charavines
La Table d'Olivier Nasti, Kaysersberg
La Table de Yoann Conte, Veyrier du Lac
Le Bon Georges, Paris
Le Bout du Monde, Beaune
Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayères, Reims
Le Petit Sommelier, Paris
Le Taillevent, Paris
Les Clefs d’Argent, Mont de Marsan
Maison Pic, Valence

Best Medium-Sized List 

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

Finalists:

Brasserie du Théâtre, Bourg-en-Bresse
Hôtel Pinard, Montpellier
L'Epicurien, Colmar
La Ferme du Chozal, Hauteluce
La Régalade, Clermont-Ferrand
La Winstub du Chambard, Kaysersberg
Pétard, Paris
Restaurant L'Épine, Touraine Azay-Le-Rideau
Resto-Zinc, Paris

Best Short List

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

Finalists:

Bel Ami, Lyon
Casse-Cailloux, Tours
Dame Restaurant, Paris
Les Amoureuses, Paris
Les Résistants - La Table, Paris
OBBO, Nantes
Prémices, Marseille
Regain, Lyon

Best By the Glass List

– Recognises the best 'by the glass' list.

Finalists:

La Dame de Pic Paris, Paris
La Table de Yoann Conte, Veyrier du Lac
Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayères, Reims
Le Petit Sommelier, Paris
Le Taillevent, Paris
Les 110 de Taillevent Paris, Paris
Maison Pic, Valence
Vignobles et Châteaux Wine Bar, Saint-Emilion

Best Sparkling Wine List

– Recognises the best list for sparkling wines.

Finalists:

228 Litres, Paris
Cave Pétillance, Paris
Château de la Chèvre d'Or, Èze
La Table d'Olivier Nasti, Kaysersberg
La Table de Yoann Conte, Veyrier du Lac
Le Bout du Monde, Beaune
Le Clarence, Paris
Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayères, Reims
Le Royal at the Royal Champagne Hotel and Spa, Champillon
Le Taillevent, Paris
Le Wine Bar by Le Vintage, Reims

Best Newcomer List

– Recognises a venue that has recently opened.

This category is presented by La Bouche du Roi

Finalists:

Dame Restaurant, Paris
Freia, Nantes
La Fontaine Gaillon, Paris
La Table Floralie, Aix-les-Bains

Sustainable Wine List

– Recognises a wine list that has put extra emphasis on the wine program’s overall impact, including vine growing, winemaking, packaging and transport.

Finalists:

Chez Eugène, Paris
Freia, Nantes
La Maison des Beaujolais, Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Les Résistants - La Table, Paris
Les Résistants - Le Comptoir, Paris
Un Cantalou à Strasbourg, Strasbourg

Best Austrian Wine List

– Recognises the best list for wines from Austria.

This category is presented by Austrian Wine

Finalists:

Géosmine, Paris
Hôtel Pinard, Montpellier
La Table d'Olivier Nasti, Kaysersberg
La Table de Yoann Conte, Veyrier du Lac
Maison Pic, Valence
Pétard, Paris


LOCAL CATEGORIES

Best Bordeaux Wine List

This category is presented by Château de Pez

Finalists:

Aux Quatre Coins du Vin, Bordeaux
Château de la Chèvre d'Or, Èze
Drouant, Paris
Le Clarence, Paris
Le George, Paris
Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayères, Reims
Le Petit Sommelier, Paris
Le Taillevent, Paris
Les 110 de Taillevent Paris, Paris
Restaurant Espadon, Paris
Vignobles et Châteaux Wine Bar, Saint-Emilion

Categories and criteria

Star Wine List judges the wine lists in several international 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. Certain categories have commercial partners, such as the Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine. 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.

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.

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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.

Château de Pez

Read more about Chateau de Pez here.

La Bouche du Roi

Read more about La Bouche du Roi here.

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