Restaurant Tiende / Den Fede Drue wins Best California Wine List in Denmark 2024

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Ebbe Langhoff Gøgsig and Søren Appel Hansen of Restaurant Tiende / Den Fede Drue, with Rienne Bilz from Louis M. Martini and Star Wine List's Liora Levi, Krister Bengtsson and Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS. Photo by Thomas Sjørup.
Rachel Fellows
Published 02-September-2024
News / Denmark

Aarhus wine bar Restaurant Tiende / Den Fede Drue has been awarded a Gold Star for Best California Wine List in Denmark.

At an awards ceremony held in Copenhagen on Monday, 2 September, CEO Ebbe Langhoff Gøgsig and Head Sommelier Søren Appel Hansen were presented with a Gold Star for the best wine list containing Californian wines in Denmark.

"A surprise!" said Langhoff Gøgsig on being announced the winner. "Worth the trip to Copenhagen. We’ve been selecting wine for some time now but it’s good to get recognition, so thank you."

Judge Julie Dupouy-Young praised the list's “impressive collection of Californian wines across both white and red wines, with a varied selection of producers, vintages and grape varieties, plus vertical collections of key producers." She called it "a great tribute to California and its vintners.”

The award was presented by Rienne Bilz from Louis M. Martini, the category's sponsor. "We love to support the sommeliers here in Denmark," Bilz said at the event. "You guys are the ambassadors for everyone’s wines - you’re the person that the customers look to to try something new."

This is Restaurant Tiende’s first win at a Star Wine List event, having previously been listed as a White Star.

Runners up

Silver Stars for Best California List were awarded to:

Alchemist, Copenhagen
Anarki, Copenhagen
Frederikshøj, Aarhus
Geranium, Copenhagen
Henne Kirkeby Kro, Henne
HimmerRiget, Farsø
Møntergade, Copenhagen

Jury

The awards were decided by our global panel of wine experts:

Jury: Julie Dupouy-Young, Doug Frost MW MS, Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS, Stephen Wong MW

• Julie Dupouy-Young – four-time Best Sommelier of Ireland
• Doug Frost MS MW – Founder and President, Best USA Sommelier Association
• Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS – UK Sommelier of the Year
• Stephen Wong MW, New Zealand – Founding Member, New Zealand Sommelier and Wine Professionals Association

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.

The winners in the international categories will qualify for our International Final in summer 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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