The Barn at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee, has come out on top at the latest edition of the prestigious World Best Wines Lists competition, being named winner of the Wine List of the Year 2018, as well as the Best Designed Wine List in the World, Best Long Wine List in the World, and Champions’ League World’s Best Wine List 2018.
Le Dame de Pic at Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square London also stood out, winning the Best Medium-Size Wine in the World award.
The award ceremony marked its fifth anniversary this year, with entries being judged by a prestigious panel chaired by World of Fine Wine editor, Neil Beckett. Writer and broadcaster Andrew Jefford, award-winning sommelier Andreas Larsson and publisher and writer Ch’ngPohTiong featured on the panel, alongside wine writers Elin McCoy, Francis Percival and Alder Yarrow, sommelier Luciana Girotto and wine writer and lecturer Anne Krebiehl MW.
Together the judges assessed over 1,000 of the world’s best wine lists before determining the shortlist and deciding on the nominees and winners based on the wine lists’ breadth, depth, interest, quality, value, clarity and accuracy.
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The overall winner, The Barn at Blackberry Farm, shone through for its modern wine list of over 9,000 labels, described by the judges as “a phenomenal list that is a joy to explore” with a “wonderful variety and half-bottle selection to die for”. At this luxury hotel in the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee, these wines are complemented by The Barn’s creative cuisine.
Newly opened restaurants to have gained recognition include HIDE in London and Tenshino at Bangkok King Power in Thailand. Best-in-class winners then included The NoMad Hotel in New York for Best Spirits List; Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient in Pretoria, which was awarded for having the Best Hotel Wine List; Pilu at Freshwater in Sydney for Best Regional Wine List; and No5 Wine Bar in Toulouse for Best Wine Bar List. Air France took home the award for Best Airline Wine List.
To find out more and see the full list of this year’s winners click here.
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