Finalists from Singapore to Shanghai Announced in Star Wine List of the Year Asia 2025 (2025)

• Industry News Releases, Wine Business

• Press Release
• April 17, 2025

April 17, 2025 — In May, Star Wine List will celebrate the best wine lists across Asia for the fourth time, and the expert judging panel has just announced the 66 wine bars and restaurants competing for Gold Stars.

A total of 66 venues in 15 locations, across Greater China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam have been named as finalists in Star Wine List of the Year Asia 2025. The winners will be announced online, on 1 May.

With particularly strong representation in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Seoul, there was a promising number of entries in the Best Newcomer List category in particular, which focuses on venues that have opened within the past year – a sign of the region’s increasingly dynamic wine scene.

“We are so impressed by the quality across wine lists in these Asian countries,” says Krister Bengtsson, Founder and Publisher of Star Wine List. “Residents and travellers alike are spoiled for choice and the judges are having a tough job – congratulations to all the finalists!”

The Star Wine List of the Year competition recognises the greatest wine lists in the world – and the teams behind them. It is free to enter for all restaurants and wine bars in each specified region, with winners receiving a Gold Star listing on the Star Wine List website and app. In Asia, prizes will be awarded in 11 categories, which include local awards for the best Italian and Spanish wine selections across Asia. Winners in the international categories will also qualify for the Star Wine List of the Year International Final, to be held in Vienna on 16 June 2025.

The jury panel for Star Wine List of the Year Asia 2025 includes four top sommeliers:

• Salvatore Castano – Best Sommelier of Europe and Africa 2021
• Stefan Neumann – Master Sommelier
• Stephen Wong – Master of Wine
• Reeze Choi – Third-Best Sommelier of the World 2023 (ASI)

The full list of finalists follows.

The categories

International categories

Grand Prix
The best list overall
Finalists and winners will be announced at the event, chosen from among the winners of the Best Long, Medium and Short List categories.

Best Long List
For wine lists with more than 600 references

• 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Macau, Macau
• Aux Beaux Arts, Macau
• Caprice, Hong Kong
• Gaddi’s, Hong Kong
• Grill 58, Macau
• Les Copains, Seoul, South Korea
• LQV Wan Chai, Hong Kong
• Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh, Bangkok, Thailand
• Park 90, Singapore
• Robuchon au Dôme, Macau
• Zuicho, Macau

Best Medium-Sized List
200-600 references

• 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Shanghai, Shanghai, Greater China
• Bar Cyclone, Hong Kong
• Burnt Ends, Singapore
• Chesa, Hong Kong
• Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, Hong Kong
• Inddee, Bangkok, Thailand
• L’atelier par Yao, Taichung, Taiwan
• MUST Wine Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
• Potager, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Summer Palace, Singapore

Best Short List
Fewer than 200 references

• Associazione Chianti, Hong Kong
• Bar Cicheti, Singapore
• Belon, Hong Kong
• Christoph’s, Penang, Malaysia
• Embla, Hong Kong
• Forma, Singapore
• Gia Restaurant, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Haoma, Bangkok, Thailand
• Ho Lee Fook, Hong Kong
• IGNIV Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
• L’Arôme by the sea, Phuket, Thailand
• Lửa, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Prince and the Peacock, Hong Kong
• Prohibition Grill house & Cocktail bar, Hong Kong

Best By the Glass List

• Au Bouchon 勃逊, Shanghai, Greater China
• Bar Cyclone, Hong Kong
• Inddee, Bangkok, Thailand
• James Suckling Wine Central, Hong Kong
• Jungsik, Seoul, South Korea
• Justin’s Wine & Bistro, Taipei, Taiwan
• LPM Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• MUST Wine Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
• Potager, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Zuicho, Macau

Best Sparkling Wine List

• 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Macau, Macau
• Cesta, Seoul, South Korea
• Convivial, Singapore
• Inddee, Bangkok, Thailand
• Jungsik, Seoul, South Korea
• Le Wine Bar by Burgundy Cave, Taipei, Taiwan
• Les Copains, Seoul, South Korea
• Les Crayères, Singapore
• Park 90, Singapore
• Restaurant Allen, Seoul, South Korea
• Tosca Di Angelo, Hong Kong

Best Newcomer List

• Cannubi by Umberto Bombana, Bangkok, Thailand
• ÉPANOUIR, Xiamen, Greater China
• Justin’s Wine & Bistro, Taipei, Taiwan
• Les Crayères, Singapore
• Park 90 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Prince and the Peacock, Hong Kong
• SILÈNE, Hong Kong
• Sushi Kissho by Miyakawa, Macau
• VITIS Bar and Bistro, Singapore

Sustainable Wine List
Recognises a wine list that has put extra emphasis on the wine program’s overall impact, including vine growing, winemaking, packaging and transport. Assessed via a questionnaire during the application process.

• 37 Bar & Grill, Seoul, South Korea
• Crushed Wine Bar + Retail, Hong Kong
• Haoma, Bangkok, Thailand
• La Cabane, Hong Kong

Best Austrian Wine List, presented by Austrian Wine

• Christoph’s, Penang, Malaysia
• Les Copains, Seoul, South Korea
• Mod Kaew Wine Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
• Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh, Bangkok, Thailand
• MUST Wine Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
• Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand

Local categories

Best Italian Wine List, presented by Ceretto

• 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Macau, Macau
• 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Shanghai, Shanghai, Greater China
• Acqua Restaurant Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
• Carbone, Hong Kong
• Enoteca Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
• Forma, Singapore
• Robuchon au Dôme, Macau
• Tenuta by Park 90, Singapore
• Tosca Di Angelo, Hong Kong
• Zuicho, Macau

Best Spanish Wine List, presented by Familia Torres

• Robuchon au Dôme, Macau
• Aux Beaux Arts, Macau
• Cento, Bangkok, Thailand
• Claudine, Singapore
• D’s Wine Bar, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
• Gaa, Bangkok, Thailand
• Les Copains, Seoul, South Korea
• Mod Kaew Wine Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
• Park 90, Singapore

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 onwww.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.