97 venues · 68 cities · 18 countries · 2026
Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards
The global standard for restaurant wine programs, awarded by Wine Spectator magazine since 1981. It judges the cellar, not the kitchen, which makes it a good complement to the food-first guides and explains why sommeliers keep these plaques polished. Three tiers run from a well-chosen list up to the Grand Award's vast, deep cellars. A Grand Award restaurant is a destination for the wine list every bit as much as the cooking.
About These Categories
- Grand Award
- The highest honor, for the world's greatest wine programs. Only a very small number of restaurants worldwide hold one.
- Best of Award of Excellence
- Extensive lists with real depth and breadth.
- Award of Excellence
- Well-chosen lists that pair thoughtfully with the menu.
- Venues
- 97
- Countries
- 18
- Cities
- 68
- Years
- 2026
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Geranium
2026 · Grand Award
On the eighth floor above Copenhagen's football stadium, an unlikely setting for one of the world's very best.
Restaurant
Atrio Cáceres
2026 · Grand Award
In medieval Cáceres, a three-star restaurant as famous for its wine cellar as its cooking.
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Enoteca Pinchiorri
2026 · Grand Award
A Florentine legend with one of the greatest wine cellars on earth — the rare Italian three-star you visit as much for the bottles as the plates.
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SingleThread Farm - Restaurant - Inn
2026 · Grand Award
Healdsburg's three-Michelin-star experience where farm-driven cooking meets extraordinary ambition and precision.
Restaurant
Robuchon au Dôme
2026 · Grand Award
French fine dining charted among the world's best, worth the detour to Macao.
Restaurant · Monte-Carlo
Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse à l'Hôtel de Paris
2026 · Grand Award
The first hotel restaurant in the world to win three Michelin stars — Alain Ducasse's gilded Riviera landmark on Monaco's Place du Casino.
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Eleven Madison Park
2026 · Grand Award
A plant-based three-Michelin-star landmark on Madison Square Park — once named the best restaurant in the world.
Restaurant
Le Bernardin
2026 · Grand Award
Chef Eric Ripert's Midtown temple to seafood, and one of New York's most quintessential rooms.
Restaurant
Per Se
2026 · Grand Award
Chef Thomas Keller's New York counterpart to The French Laundry, with Central Park laid out below.
Restaurant
Epicure
2026 · Grand Award
Three Michelin stars in a palace-hotel garden off the Faubourg Saint-Honoré — Parisian haute cuisine at its most polished.
Restaurant
La Pergola
2026 · Grand Award
On the top floor of the Rome Cavalieri, the Eternal City's only three-Michelin-star restaurant — with one of the great views in all of dining.
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ADDISON BY WILLIAM BRADLEY
2026 · Grand Award
Southern California's first three-Michelin-star restaurant, high on a bluff above San Diego's Carmel Valley.
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Les Amis
2026 · Grand Award
Singapore's first independent fine-dining restaurant, and the city-state's enduring temple to classical French haute cuisine.
Restaurant
The French Laundry
2026 · Grand Award
Chef Thomas Keller's Napa landmark — and the kitchen that quietly trained a generation of America's best.
Restaurant
Joël Robuchon
2026 · Grand Award
Two Michelin stars anchor Hong Kong's most refined French technique and luxurious fine dining.
Restaurant
Griggeler Stuba
2026 · Grand Award
Two Michelin stars in Lech for refined, ambitious cooking that earns every bit of the recognition.
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Emeril's
2026 · Grand Award
Two Michelin stars anchor New Orleans' most ambitious American cooking, worth building a night around.
Restaurant
Gabriel Kreuther
2026 · Grand Award
Alsatian-rooted French cooking in Manhattan, elevated to two Michelin stars with exceptional technique.
Restaurant
Jean-Georges
2026 · Grand Award
Two Michelin stars anchor a contemporary kitchen that's been charted globally for decades.
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The Modern
2026 · Grand Award
New American cooking in Manhattan that's charted internationally and worth building a night around.
Restaurant
Le Taillevent
2026 · Grand Award
Classic French cooking elevated to two Michelin stars, polished and deeply assured.
Restaurant
Acquerello
2026 · Grand Award
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Lazy Bear
2026 · Grand Award
San Francisco's two Michelin star destination for inventive, hyper-seasonal cooking that's earned global recognition.
Restaurant
Saison
2026 · Grand Award
Californian cooking elevated to art form — two Michelin stars and a quietly commanding presence.
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Blue Hill at Stone Barns
2026 · Grand Award
Progressive American cooking in Pocantico Hills that's earned worldwide recognition for ingredient-driven craft.
Restaurant
The Inn at Little Washington
2026 · Grand Award
Two Michelin stars anchor American cooking elevated to the level of art in Virginia.
Restaurant · Atherton
Selby's
2026 · Grand Award
American cooking in Redwood City that's charted internationally — worth building a night around.
Restaurant
Cracco
2026 · Grand Award
Milan's modern cuisine earns its Michelin star with cooking that reflects the city's forward momentum.
Restaurant
Daniel
2026 · Grand Award
Chef Daniel Boulud's Upper East Side flagship — old-world French grandeur, going strong for three decades.
Restaurant
La Tour d'Argent
2026 · Grand Award
Paris dining at the Michelin-starred level, with modern cuisine worth the detour.
Restaurant
PRESS Restaurant
2026 · Grand Award
Modern cuisine with one Michelin star in Napa Valley wine country—worth building a night around.
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Plumed Horse
2026 · Grand Award
Saratoga's one Michelin star contemporary destination, charted for its ambition and polish.
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La Ciau del Tornavento
2026 · Grand Award
One Michelin star contemporary Italian in Treiso's wine country, charted and worth the detour.
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PM & Vänner
2026 · Grand Award
Växjö's creative kitchen, charted with one Michelin star for cooking worth the detour.
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Fiola
2026 · Grand Award
Italian cooking in the capital, recognized with one Michelin star since 2025.
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The Village Pub
2026 · Grand Award
Woodside's contemporary cooking, recognized with one Michelin star, is worth the detour.
Restaurant · Beverly Hills
Spago
2026 · Grand Award
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The Yeatman Hotel
2026 · Grand Award
Porto dining with two years of Best Chef Awards recognition and serious culinary ambition.
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Canlis
2026 · Grand Award
New American cooking in Seattle with a wine program that earned James Beard's highest honor.
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Bern's Steak House
2026 · Grand Award
Tampa's charted steakhouse with a James Beard-recognized wine program worth building a night around.
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THE GRILL
2026 · Grand Award
American cooking in New York with serious recognition — charted for two consecutive years.
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Ai Fiori
2026 · Grand Award
Italian cooking in Manhattan with the polish and ambition that gets it charted internationally.
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Gary Danko
2026 · Grand Award
New American cooking in San Francisco that's charted internationally and worth building a night around.
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Opus Restaurant
2026 · Grand Award
Canadian cooking charted by OAD, worth the detour when you roam through Toronto.
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Commander's Palace
2026 · Grand Award
Creole cooking in New Orleans, charted by both Opinionated About Dining and La Liste.
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Capo
2026 · Grand Award
Italian cooking in Santa Monica, charted three years running by discerning appetites.
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Post Hotel Dining Room Lake Louise
2026 · Grand Award
Canadian cooking in Lake Louise that's charted internationally—worth the detour when you roam through the Rockies.
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Sierra Mar
2026 · Grand Award
New American cooking in Big Sur that's charted internationally—worth the detour along the coast.
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The Pluckemin Inn
2026 · Grand Award
New American cooking in Bedminster that's charted internationally and worth building a night around.
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Joel Robuchon
2026 · Grand Award
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TOPPER'S
2026 · Grand Award
Nantucket dining charted by La Liste — a keeper when island roaming calls for something serious.
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Element 47
2026 · Grand Award
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Flagstaff House
2026 · Grand Award
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Restaurant Guy Savoy
2026 · Grand Award
French haute cuisine in Las Vegas, refined and ambitious, with global recognition to prove it.
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The Stonehouse Restaurant
2026 · Grand Award
American cooking in Montecito that's charted on OAD for three years running—worth the detour.
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Alfredo Di Roma
2026 · Grand Award
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Antica Bottega del Vino
2026 · Grand Award
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Aux Beaux Arts 寶雅座
2026 · Grand Award
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Barolo Grill
2026 · Grand Award
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Berria
2026 · Grand Award
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Billy Crews Dining Room
2026 · Grand Award
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Bleu Provence
2026 · Grand Award
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Brennan's
2026 · Grand Award
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Caruso's
2026 · Grand Award
Californian cooking with one Michelin star in Montecito—charted by La Liste and worth the detour.
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Casa Don Alfonso
2026 · Grand Award
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Clos Maggiore
2026 · Grand Award
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Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Delmonico Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Grasings
2026 · Grand Award
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Graycliff Restaurant
2026 · Grand Award
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Grill 23 & Bar
2026 · Grand Award
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HMF
2026 · Grand Award
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Il Poeta Contadino
2026 · Grand Award
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Restaurant "JM"
2026 · Grand Award
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La Toque
2026 · Grand Award
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Le Bistro de L'Hôtel
2026 · Grand Award
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Le Bon Georges
2026 · Grand Award
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Restaurant Le Coureur des Bois
2026 · Grand Award
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Mastro's Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Metropolitan Grill
2026 · Grand Award
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Nice Matin
2026 · Grand Award
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Palais Coburg
2026 · Grand Award
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Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
2026 · Grand Award
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Restaurant 301
2026 · Grand Award
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Rekondo
2026 · Grand Award
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Sistina
2026 · Grand Award
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Soby's
2026 · Grand Award
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Spruce
2026 · Grand Award
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The American Hotel
2026 · Grand Award
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Angus Barn
2026 · Grand Award
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The Barn
2026 · Grand Award
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The Kittle House Inn
2026 · Grand Award
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Via Allegro Ristorante
2026 · Grand Award
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Wally's Beverly Hills
2026 · Grand Award
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Wickens At The Royal Mail Hotel
2026 · Grand Award
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