June 19, 2025 — On Monday, 16 June the best wine lists in the world were announced at the Star Wine List of the Year International Final 2025 in Vienna. The awards ceremony, held at the MuseumsQuartier’s Ovalhalle, marked the culmination of a global tour which began in September 2024 and has incorporated 18 regions. The competition’s biggest winner is Norway’s Park Hotel Vossevangen, with Gold Stars also named in Bangkok, Copenhagen, London, New York, Osaka and Oslo.
Mountain resort Park Hotel Vossevangen boasts a longstanding commitment to fine wine and its list, exceeding 7,000 labels, has unsurprisingly garnered international acclaim. After scooping one Gold Star at last year’s Star Wine List of the Year International Final, it has dominated the 2024/’25 competition to secure three global Gold Stars, for Best By the Glass List, Best Long List and the highest honour, of Grand Prix.
There were also Gold Stars for New York’s Chambers and Coqodaq, Dovetale (London), Inddee (Bangkok), Grimal (Copenhagen), Vinland (Oslo) and Chi-Fu (Osaka).
“Reading these great collections cloistered away in cellars across the globe is a timely reminder of wine’s ability to cross cultures and languages,” says judge Stephen Wong MW. “Importantly, these top-tier lists are far from homogenous. In fact, masterful strokes of individuality and expression are on abundant display, and the winners celebrate both the diversity and collective creativity of our community … It was a humbling experience to vote on these masterful lists and it gives me hope for the future of our craft.”
Wong was joined on the jury panel by fellow sommeliers Heidi Mäkinen MW, Toru Takamatsu MS and Valeria Gamper (Best Sommelier of the Americas 2022, ASI), with Mäkinen joining Star Wine List’s Krister Bengtsson and Liora Levi in Vienna, to help present the awards.
Star Wine List is the global restaurant guide for wine lovers; the Star Wine List of the Year competition is a celebration of the world’s best wine lists – and the people who create them. Winners at Star Wine List of the Year receive Gold Stars, with runners up taking Silver. A win in an “international” category in any regional contest means automatic entry into the International Final, a much-anticipated annual event uniting the global sommelier community with a full day of activities and an awards ceremony, giving international colleagues the chance to socialise, raise a glass and celebrate one another’s achievements.
The full list of winners follows. All finalists can be viewed online.
Grand Prix, presented by Premium Estates of Austria
The best list overall
Gold Star: Park Hotel Vossevangen, Voss, Norway
Best Long List, presented by Château Galoupet
For wine lists with more than 600 references
Gold Star: Park Hotel Vossevangen, Voss, Norway
Best Medium-Sized List, presented by Dreissigacker
200-600 references
Gold Star: Inddee, Bangkok, Thailand
Best Short List, presented by Oddbird
Fewer than 200 references
Gold Star: Grimal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Best By the Glass List, presented by Château d’Yquem
Gold Star: Park Hotel Vossevangen, Voss, Norway
Best Sparkling Wine List, presented by Nyetimber
Gold Star: Coqodaq, New York City, USA
Best Newcomer List, presented by Ceretto
Gold Star: Vinland, Oslo, Norway
Sustainable Wine List, presented by Lingua Franca
Recognises a wine list that has put extra emphasis on the wine programme’s overall impact, including vine growing, winemaking, packaging and transport. Assessed via a questionnaire during the application process.
Gold Star: Chambers, New York City, USA
Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine
Gold Star: Chi-Fu, Osaka, Japan
Best California Wine List, presented by Pahlmeyer
Gold Star: Dovetale, London, UK
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 at www.starwinelist.com. It was launched in Stockholm (Sweden) in 2017, and is now live in more than 45 countries. All venues are selected by top wine professionals.
