Star Wine List of the Year – as it happens!
Our wine list competition is touring the world and you have the chance to showcase your work to a global audience – free of charge.
Below, you'll find all the locations the Star Wine List of the Year awards will be visiting during the 2024/’25 tour – track the winners and finalists as they're announced.
We host our wine list competition, named Star Wine List of the Year, in many regions around the world. It's our celebration of the people who create the wonderful wine lists that we all get to enjoy, and culminates in a grand final which, this year, will be held in Vienna.
Here is what previous winners have said about participating in the awards.
And here's how this season's tour (September 2024 – June 2025) is progressing.
Completed events (winners announced):
• Denmark: 2 September 2024 in Copenhagen, with the Danish Sommelier Championship
• Baltics: 15 September 2024 in Riga, at the Latvian Sommelier Championship
• Norway: 13 October 2024 in Oslo
• Ireland: 15 October 2024 in Waterford, at SommiT
• Belgium: 17 November 2024 in Ghent, with the Best Sommelier of Belgium competition
• UAE: 9 December 2024 in Dubai
• Spain: 3 February 2025 in Barcelona, at Barcelona Wine Week
• France: 10 February, at Wine Paris
• UK: 3 March 2025 in London, with The Buyer
• Germany: 17 March 2025 in Düsseldorf, at ProWein
• Finland: 17 March 2025 in Helsinki, with the Best Sommelier of Finland competition
• Sweden: 7 April 2025 in Stockholm
• Japan: 15 April, at ProWine Tokyo
• International Open: 22 April 2025, online
• Asia: 1 May 2025, online
• New York: 5 May 2025 in New York
• Florida: 8 May 2025 in Miami
• Switzerland: 19 May 2025 in Zurich
• Austria: 15 June 2025 in Vienna
Categories, criteria and judging
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 remain the same across all awards but, in addition to these, local categories may also be added.
Certain categories have commercial partners supporting them, such as the Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine. However, commercial partners are never involved in the selections of finalists or winners – that is completely up to our independent jury panel in each region.
Jury panels are composed of sommeliers and top wine experts from countries across the world, often including a local judge for added insider perspective.
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 automatically qualify for the Star Wine List of the Year 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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