Uno Mas has the Best Medium-Sized Wine List in Ireland
On October 9, Star Wine List celebrated the best wine lists on Ireland and the teams behind them for the first time. Uno Mas in Dublin won the category Best Medium-Sized Wine List, presented by Chateau Tour des Termes.
"I'm delighted, a lot of hard work goes into it and it's great to get the recognition for it. I want to thank all of our suppliers and thanks very much," says Cian Lynch at Uno Mas.
”A pleasure to see not only a great work of curation (with bottles rarely seen elsewhere in the country), but also perfectly resonating with the concept of the restaurant. And if you want to explore more, the fair prices and the selection outside of the bounty of Spain are very rewarding too!” says jury member Pascaline Lepeltier about the winning list.
The Best Medium-Sized Wine List recognizes the best wine list with 200-600 references.
The Silver Star winners in this category were:
Ely Wine Bar, Dublin
L'Atitude 51, Cork
Piglet Wine Bar, Dublin
The Barton Restaurant at the K Club, Straffan
Jury
For the first ever Star Wine List of the Year Ireland, we gathered an all-female top sommelier jury: Pascaline Lepeltier, Veronique Rivest, Julie Dupouy-Young and Heidi Mäkinen. All four of the well-merited jury members have been part of several Star Wine List of the Year events throughout the years but now judge together in this constellation for the first time.
"Of course, we are proud and happy to have these top professionals on the jury panel for the first ever Star Wine List of the Year Ireland," says Krister Bengtsson, Star Wine List's founder and publisher.
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 Sparkling Wine List, presented by Nyetimber. 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.
Uno Mas will now qualify for our International Final in June 2024, 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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Chateau Tour des Termes
Château Tour des Termes is located north of Bordeaux in one of Saint-Estèphe 's great terroirs. Recently acquired by Irish green entrepreneur Dr Eddie O'Connor, the team is dedicated to the future by focusing on sustainable and detail-oriented viticulture.
