Star Wine List of the Year International 2020-2021 – all the winners!
Palais Coburg – Silvio Nickol in Vienna, Austria, has the best international wine list. The restaurant won the prestigious Grand Prix category when Star Wine List of the Year International, presented by Austrian Wine, was celebrated on 31 May. Here are the winners in all the five categories!
”Its an honour for us and it shows us that we are on the right track. We have a phenomenal sommelier team and have been lucky enough to have worked with great sommeliers in previous years. Without them, this wouldn't be possible,” says Head Sommelier Wolfgang Kneidinger and sommelier Thomas Juranitsch at Palais Coburg - Silvio Nickol.
The competition was held online and awarded the best wine lists from all our local competitions from our first international tour, held during 2020 and 2021. Did you miss the event? Then you can watch online now on our Facebook page!
”After 10 national events in Europe and Asia we have six very worthy international winners. Congratulations to all the teams for these great performances and wine lists during this very difficult year. We can’t wait to go back traveling and enjoying these places with our friends in the wine world the coming months,” says Krister Bengtsson, Star Wine List’s founder.
Here are all the winners:
Categories:
Grand Prix
– The top wine list overall
The category is presented by Austrian Wine
Finalists:
Djuret, Stockholm, Sweden
Fitzgerald, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kronenschlösschen, Eltville-Hattenheim, Germany
Les 110 de Taillevent, London, UK
Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin, Germany
Noble Rot, London, UK
Palais Coburg – Silvio Nickol, Vienna, Austria
Park Hotel Vossevagnen, Voss, Norway
Robuchon au Dôme, Macau
Savoy, Helsinki, Finland
The Chedi Andermatt, Andermatt, Switzerland
Winner:
Palais Coburg – Silvio Nickol, Vienna, Austria
Austrian Wine List
– Recognizes the best wine list with Austrian wines
The category is presented by Austrian Wine
Finalists:
Fitzgerald, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
GRAPES Weinbar, Munich, Germany
Happolati, Oslo, Norway
Heaven 23, Gothenburg, Sweden
Newcomer Wines, London, UK
Restaurant La Riva, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Robuchon au Dôme, Macau
Savoy, Helsinki, Finland
Winner:
Heaven 23, Gothenburg, Sweden
By The Glass
– Recognizes the best by the glass list
The category is presented by Coravin
Finalists:
Fitzgerald, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Folii, Stockholm, Sweden
Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
Heunisch & Erben, Vienna, Austria
Les 110 de Taillevent, London, UK
Louise, Hong Kong
Prism, Berlin, Germany
Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic, Lausanne, Switzerland
Territoriet, Oslo, Norway
Vin-Vin, Helsinki, Finland
Winners:
Prism, Berlin, Germany
& Territoriet, Oslo, Norway
Special Jury Prize
– Recognizes a venue that has done something extra with their wine list, such as the direction, the style or the value.
Finalists:
Admiralgade 26, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alter Torkel, Jenins, Switzerland
Concept Riesling, Düsseldorf, Germany
IFTM Educational Restaurant, Macau
Kornat, Vienna, Austria
Scheepskameel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Trivet, London, UK
Wine Stories, Helsinki, Finland
Winner:
Trivet, London, UK
Best Short List
– Recognizes the best wine list with fewer than 250 listings
Finalists:
Admiralgade 26, Copenhagen, Denmark
Belon, Hong Kong
Cafe de Klepel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ett Hem, Stockholm, Sweden
Hill & Szrok, London, UK
Konstantin Filippou, Vienna, Austria
Yeast, Geneva, Switzerland
Zum Grünen Gaul, Bochum, Germany
Winner:
Ett Hem, Stockholm, Sweden
The winning venue in each category is awarded a Gold certificate.
JURY:
The jury for the event had five members from of our international top sommelier panel:
Arvid Rosengren, 2016 Best Sommelier of the World
Pascaline Lepeltier, 2018 Best Sommelier of France
Marc Almert, 2019 Best Sommelier of the World
Raimonds Tomsons, 2017 Best Sommelier of Europe
Paz Levinson, Best Sommelier of Argentina and the Americas
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