Best Dessert & Fortified Wine List

Best Dessert & Fortified Wine List

Best Dessert & Fortified Wine List


Criteria

Best Dessert & Fortified Wine Selection acknowledges lists that have an impressive range, depth, and selection of these richly varied wine styles, which can have their place at any stage of a meal. Judges will consider the criteria of breadth, depth, height, balance, selection, accuracy, originality, suitability, design, and value when reaching their decision.


Criteria

Best Dessert & Fortified Wine Selection acknowledges lists that have an impressive range, depth, and selection of these richly varied wine styles, which can have their place at any stage of a meal. Judges will consider the criteria of breadth, depth, height, balance, selection, accuracy, originality, suitability, design, and value when reaching their decision.



WINNERS

Park Hotel

Global Winner

Vitznau, Switzerland

When elegance meets excellence.

The Park Hotel’s grand, majestic walls have protected the imposing 5-star hotel in the hills by the shore of Lake Lucerne for over 100 years. The inner world of this historical edifice allies past and future, where state-of-the-art technology meets an elegant, luxurious décor bursting with nostalgic charm.

This sparkling jewel is characterized by three main themes, Wine & Dine, Art & Culture and Health & Wealth, which are individually explored and implemented in the different areas of the hotel.

Allow yourself to live in the moment and enjoy the enchanting and exciting history and discoveries inside and around the Park Hotel Vitznau. You will easily understand what it means when elegance meets excellence.

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Telephone: +41 41 399 60 60


Blue Penny Cellar, Constance Belle Mare Plage

Middle East & Africa | Regional Winner

Mauritius

Constance Belle Mare Plage is a luxurious 5-star resort situated on the picturesque east coast of Mauritius, offering a range of world-class facilities and exceptional service for both leisure and business travelers.

Constance Belle Mare Plage is a paradise for wine and food lovers, offering a variety of dining options and an extensive wine list that showcases some of the world’s finest vintages. The resort’s six restaurants and bars serve a range of international cuisines and local specialties, each with its own unique atmosphere and style.

Guests can indulge in authentic Mauritian cuisine at the Deer Hunter restaurant, savour Asian-inspired dishes at the Blue Penny Cafe, or enjoy a casual lunch at the beachfront La Spiaggia restaurant. The resort’s wine cellar is a must-visit destination, featuring an impressive collection of over 15,000 bottles from around the world, including rare and vintage wines. The resort’s team of expert sommeliers are on hand to offer wine tastings, pairings, and recommendations, ensuring that guests enjoy the perfect wine to complement their meal.

For those looking for adventure, the resort offers a range of activities and watersports, including golf, tennis, windsurfing, and scuba diving. Guests can also unwind at the resort’s full-service spa, featuring a range of treatments and therapies designed to promote relaxation and wellness.

Overall, Constance Belle Mare Plage offers a luxurious and unforgettable experience for travelers looking to experience the natural beauty and hospitality of Mauritius in style.

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Telephone:  (230) 402 26 00


Graycliff Hotel & Restaurant

South & Central America and the Caribbean | Regional Winner

Nassau, Bahamas

Graycliff Restaurant is the first five-star restaurant in the Bahamas and Caribbean.

The restaurant’s cuisine epitomizes elegance in the finest continental and Bahamian tradition with a menu that is both tasteful and distinctive. The secret recipes at Graycliff have set its reputation in the hallmark of the rich and famous. Creative culinary innovation has resulted in a variety of sumptuous dishes that is distinctly its own.

Bahamian dishes have been creatively transformed into sophistication and refinement with the end result being an international reputation for Bahamian cuisine.

Wines, Cognacs, Armagnacs and Ports – Graycliff’s Wine Cellar with an inventory of over 270,000 bottles from over 500 vintners in 21 countries is world renowned.

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Email: info@Graycliff.com

Telephone: +1 242-302-9150


Jonah's Restaurant and Boutique Hotel

Australasia | Regional Winner

New South Wales, Australia

Jonah’s Restaurant and Boutique Hotel is an iconic destination on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia, home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the World.

Nestled on a cliff top overlooking the incredible Whale Beach giving 180° oceans views from every hotel room and restaurant table. An area filled with ocean stretches, unique Australian bush walks, indigenous history and the best scenery Australia has to offer.

A breathtaking and romantic restaurant, Jonah’s has been established since 1929 and has earned a reputation for providing fine dining with exquisite Australian Contemporary, Italian inspired cuisine and a specially curated wine selection of over 1600 labels.

Jonah’s wine list offers guests the opportunity to experience some of the best wine regions and varieties from around the world, also providing a special focus on local Australian winemakers.

The luxury Boutique Hotel offers 12 spacious rooms, each opulently outfitted with custom made furniture, parquetry floors, jacuzzi baths and private balconies to relax and take in the impressive full ocean views. The clifftop pool tropical gardens, high end bar and terrace balcony are a welcoming place to relax and enjoy the ocean views.

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Email: enquiries@jonahs.com.au

Telephone: +61 2 9974 5599


Restaurant Petrus at Island Shangri-La

Asia | Regional Winner

Hong Kong

Restaurant Petrus is a Michelin one-starred French fine dining restaurant at Island Shangri-La. Complemented with magnificent views of skyline and modern baroque interior, it epitomises the highest standard of excellence in fine and contemporary French cuisine with an award-winning wine list.

The foundation of this wine list was created in 1991 for the restaurant opening, and subsequently the wine list has become one of the most sought-after wine collections of Asia.

The extensive wine collection includes around 1,800 labels from all around the globe, showcasing the best wines of most producing wine regions including the large verticals of Bordeaux Châteaux, premium Château Pétrus collections, extensive vintages from other famous and exclusive chateaux, and more rare wines.

With over 10 large wine cellars with different temperatures, which ensure different types of wines are stored at the ideal temperature according to the characteristics of their region of origin and grape varieties. The fine wine pricing is attractive to wine lovers and connoisseurs, ranging reasonably from HK$400 to HK$360,000. Coravin® service, a wine preservation system, is also available, allowing guests to enjoy the fine wines by the glass without opening a bottle.

Restaurant Petrus has hosted various high-end wine dinners in recent years. The scrumptious French cuisine is perfectly complemented with fine wines selected by Terence Wong, the Hotel Sommelier of Island Shangri-La and his professional sommelier team. As the wine experts, the sommelier team is dedicated to expanding guests’ wine knowledge and providing unique wine experiences.

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Telephone: (852) 2820 8590


The Umstead Hotel & Spa

North America | Regional Winner

North Carolina, USA

The Umstead Hotel and Spa is a singular, sophisticated triumph in North Carolina’s Triangle region. Tucked among whispering Carolina pines on 12 acres of lakefront landscape the protected forest setting of the William B. Umstead State Park, in Cary, North Carolina.

Be welcomed into the only Forbes Five-Star Hotel in North Carolina and experience breathtaking views, stunning, art-filled interiors, exquisite dining and indulgent spa treatments in a setting where art, nature and wellness beautifully come together.

Stunning interiors accentuated with privately curated fine art, 150 luxury guest rooms and suites, world-class cuisine, a stimulating spa and gracious hospitality.

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Telephone: (866) 877-4141