The cream of the wine and hospitality worlds gathered in London on Monday evening to celebrate the winners of the World’s Best Wine Lists Awards 2026.
Norway’s Park Hotel Vossevangen ultimately came out on top of a hugely competitive field, taking home the most prestigious prize, the overall Wine List of the Year Award, after being named the winner in two other categories: World’s Best Long Wine List and the World’s Best By-the-Glass List.
On a night where the truly international nature of the awards was once again in evidence, representatives from shortlisted establishments in six continents attended the event at The Savoy Hotel, while the 21 awards were shared between nine different countries.
The USA came top of the medals table after establishments from the country picked up eight awards, with the Park Hotel Vossevangen’s hat-trick giving Norway three awards, followed by France and Singapore with two each.
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Hosted by WFW editor and chairman of the World’s Best Wine Lists Awards judges, Neil Beckett, and WFW food editor and World’s Best Wine Lists judge Francis Percival, the ceremony also included the announcement of four Leading Light Awards for Wine in Hospitality, which recognize the work of exceptional individuals in the sector.
“What an honor it is to host this very special awards, and to welcome so many talented professionals from all over the world to celebrate the very best wine hospitality has to offer,” Beckett said. “Every year, the judges’ task gets more difficult, and this year’s winners, runners-up, and shortlisted establishments between them offer a truly diverse range of wine programs that are testament to their immense skill and creativity.”
The World’s Best Wine Lists Awards is a global awards program created in 2014 by the multi-award-winning publication The World of Fine Wine.
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Judged according to a rigorous protocol by independent, international panels of leading professionals, including World Champion Sommeliers, Master Sommeliers, Masters of Wine, and highly respected wine writers, it is the first awards program to acknowledge the crucial importance of a good wine selection—regardless of size—in the modern dining experience all round the world.
The World’s Best Wine Lists Awards 2026 Winners
Best New Wine List (since 2025)
Café Vivant, Menlo Park, California, USA
Runner-up: Restaurant Mosaic at Château des Tesnières, Lieu-dit Tesnières, Torcé, France
Best Value Wine List
Compline Restaurant, Napa, California, USA
Runner-up: Doppo, London, UK
Best Designed Wine List
March, Houston, Texas, USA
Runner-up: Odette, Singapore
Most Original Wine List
Lamaii – Henderson, Henderson, Nevada, USA
Runner-up: Mina, Yerevan, Armenia
Best Wine Bar List
Sticks & Stones A Terroir Bar by Justin Leone, Munich, Germany
Runner-up: Stars, New York City, New York, USA
Best Hotel Wine List
The Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Runner-up: Park Hotel, Vitznau, Switzerland
Best Cruise Line / Ship
The World Residences at Sea
Runner-up: Carlton Yacht Collection Ilma
Best Organic Wine List
La Cuverie de Vosne by Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée, France
Runner-up: Barcelona Wine Bar, Washington, DC, USA
Runner-up: Shell House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Best Champagne & Sparkling Wine List
Acquerello, San Francisco, California, USA
Runner-up: Park Hotel, Vitznau, Switzerland
Best Dessert & Fortified Wine List
Robuchon au Dôme, Grand Lisboa Hotel, Macao, China
Runner-up: Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Houston Galleria, Houston, Texas, USA
Best Sake List
Sushi Nakazawa, New York City, New York, USA
Runner-up: +81 Sushi Kappo and Aizome Bar, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Best Spirits List
Atlas Bar, Singapore
Best Local Wine List
Restaurant Le Parc, Domaine Les Crayères, Reims, France
Runner-up: Bennelong Restaurant, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Runner-up: Anchoita Restaurant, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Best Specialist Wine List
Burnt Ends, Singapore
Runner-up: The Oakville Grill & Cellar, Chicago, Illinois, USA (for California)
Best By-the-Glass Wine List
Park Hotel, Vossevangen, Norway
Runner-up: Vintage ’78 Wine Bar, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Best Half-Bottle Wine List
San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Runner-up: Odette, Singapore
Best Large-Format Wine List
Wunderbrunnen, Opfikon, Switzerland
Runner-up: Soby’s, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Best Short Wine List (fewer than 200 wines)
Liath, Dublin, Ireland
Runner-up: Wine Bar George, Lake Buenavista, Florida, USA
Runner-up: Atoboy, New York City, New York, USA
Best Medium-Sized Wine List (fewer than 500 wines)
The Grill at The International, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Runner-up: Sushi Nakazawa, Los Angeles, California, USA
Best Long Wine List (more than 500 wines)
Park Hotel, Vossevangen, Norway
Runner-up: Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Houston Galleria, Houston, Texas, USA
Wine List of the Year
Park Hotel, Vossevangen, Norway
Leading Light Awards for Wine in Hospitality
Winnie Chen
Assistant director of Wine & Beverage at SJM Resorts / Grand Lisboa Palace, Macau, China
Sandro Diabella
Owner and manager, Cave Ox, Solicchiata, Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
Yannick Benjamin
Director of wine, The University Club of New York; co-owner, Beaupierre Wines & Spirits; founder and president, Wine on Wheels, New York USA
Jérôme Faure
Corporate sommelier, Constance Hotels & Golf, Mauritius
