Finalists Announced in the Star Wine List of the Year International Open 2025

March 27, 2025 — On 22 April, the international wine guide Star Wine List will award Gold Stars to the best wine lists of venues across the world not covered by broader Star Wine List of the Year international tour 2024/’25. The expert jury has now decided the finalists – a total of 63 restaurants and wine bars across 16 countries, including the USA, Canada, Iceland, Mauritius, Serbia and South Africa.

“It’s so inspiring to see all the great work from around the world,” says Krister Bengtsson, Star Wine List’s Founder and Publisher. “Wine lovers today are spoiled for choice thanks to these sommeliers and restaurateurs – bravo!”

Star Wine List of the Year is a celebration of the great wine lists across the world and the teams behind them. In the International Open, prizes will be awarded in nine categories. Winners in each category will receive a Gold Star, with the runners up receiving a Silver Star. Since all categories in the International Open fall into our international grouping, all Gold Star winners automatically qualify for the Star Wine List of the Year International Final, which will be held in June 2025, once all regional competitions have been completed.

The jury, including top sommeliers Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS and Nina Jensen, has now finished deliberating and the finalists have been selected.

About the jury
The jury for the Star Wine List of the Year International Open 2025 includes four international wine experts:

• Nina Jensen – Second-Best Sommelier of the World, 2019 and 2023 (ASI)
• Kathrine Larsen-Robert – Master Sommelier
• Stefan Neumann – Master Sommelier
• Julie Dupouy-Young – four-time Best Sommelier in Ireland

Finalists

International categories

Grand Prix
The best list overall
The winner will be announced at the event, as it is chosen from the winners of Long, Medium and Short lists.

Best Long Wine List
For wine lists with more than 600 references

• Acquerello, San Francisco, USA
• Blue Penny Cellar at Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
• Cardwell Cellars, Melbourne, Australia
• Central Park Voorburg, Voorburg, Netherlands
• Duomo, Ragusa, Italy
• ECK Restaurant, Devín, Slovakia
• Element 47 – Little Nell, Aspen, USA
• Juliet, Los Angeles, USA
• Le Coureur des Bois, Beloeil, Canada
• Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Perth, Australia
• Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia
• The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, USA
• The Stonehouse, Santa Barbara, USA
• Wickens at Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, Australia

Best Medium-Sized List
Recognises the best wine list with 200-600 references

• Atelje vina Šapat, Novi Slankamen, Serbia
• Bij Jef, Texel, Netherlands
• Copra, San Francisco, USA
• Enoteca Boccaccio, Melbourne, Australia
• Felix, Los Angeles, USA
• French Alpine Bistro, Aspen, USA
• Hydra – Fine Food & Wine Cellar, Salerno, Italy
• La Dégustation Bohème Bourgeoise, Prague, Czech Republic
• Restaurant RJ, Texel, Netherlands
• Szara Gęś, Kraków, Poland
• Table Manners, Sydney, Australia
• The Monarch Steakhouse, Aspen, USA
• The Progress, San Francisco, USA
• The Shorehouse, Perth, Australia

Best Short List
Recognises the best wine list with fewer than 200 listings

• Amma Don, Reykjavik, Iceland
• austa, Almancil, Portugal
• Beach Byron Bay, Byron Bay, Australia
• Binnenvisser, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• De Nieuwe Winkel, Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Gracie’s, Providence, USA
• Lastage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Perilla, Chicago, USA
• Published On Main, Vancouver, Canada
• Restaurant Markant, Breda, Netherlands
• Best By the Glass List
• The best list for wines by the glass
• Anchoita, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Anchoita Cava, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Blue Penny Cellar at Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
• Cellar Door, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Culture Wine Bar, Cape Town, South Africa
• Element 47 – Little Nell, Aspen, USA
• Flore, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Juliet, Los Angeles, USA
• Restaurant RJ, Texel, Netherlands
• Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Perth, Australia
• Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia

Best Sparkling Wine List
The best wine list for sparkling wine

• Acquerello, San Francisco, USA
• Archipel at Constance Prince Maurice, Mauritius
• Blue Penny Cellar at Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
• Central Park Voorburg, Voorburg, Netherlands
• ECK Restaurant, Devín, Slovakia
• Element 47 – Little Nell, Aspen, USA
• Harbour 60, Toronto, Canada
• Juliet, Los Angeles, USA
• Le Coureur des Bois, Beloeil, Canada
• Ristorante del Lago, Bagno di Romagna, Italy
• Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Perth, Australia
• Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia
• Trattoria Visconti, Ambivere, Italy

Best Newcomer List
For a venue that has recently opened

• Amelie Amstelveen, Amstelveen, Netherlands
• Attenzione! Food & Wine, Sydney, Australia
• Brasserie Lalou, Delft, Netherlands
• Firepop, Sydney, Australia
• Parra Wine Bistro, Lisbon, Portugal
• Perilla, Chicago, USA
• Restaurant Asteur, Boisbriand, Canada
• Station Road, Adelaide Hills, Australia
• Table Manners, Sydney, Australia
• Terrarium Restaurant, Cape Town, South Africa
• Toast & Oak, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Tomkat, Lucca, Italy

Sustainable Wine List, a category presented by Lingua Franca
Recognises a wine list that has put extra emphasis on the overall wine program’s impact, including wine growing, winemaking, packaging and transport.

• Chambar, Vancouver, Canada
• Flore, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Settler’s Tavern, Margaret River, Australia
• Trattoria Visconti, Ambivere, Italy

Best Austrian Wine List, a category presented by Austrian Wine
The best wine list for Austrian wine

• Wickens at Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, Australia
• Café Savoy, Prague, Czech Republic
• Cardwell Cellars, Melbourne, Australia
• Central Park Voorburg, Voorburg, Netherlands
• Constance Halaveli Maldives, Maldives
• ECK Restaurant, Devín, Slovakia
• La Dégustation Bohème Bourgeoise, Prague, Czech Republic
• Mokotowska 69, Warsaw, Poland
• Remouillage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Perth, Australia
• The Stonehouse, Santa Barbara, USA

About Star Wine List
Star Wine List is the award-winning guide to great wine bars and wine restaurants around the world. It is available as an app and on www.starwinelist.com. It was launched in Stockholm (Sweden) in 2017, and is now live in more than 45 countries in the world. All venues are selected by top wine professionals.