WINNERS

Specialist Category Awards 2023

Here are the winning wine lists around the country selected by our judges for the skill and creativity of restaurateurs, managers and sommeliers in sourcing and curating both wines and other beverages in lists large and small. See the winners for categories including wines by the glass, champagne list, Chinese wines list, Chinese rice wines, Chinese spirits, sake list, beer list, aperitifs, digestifs, food & wine matching and more.

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China’s Best New List

Les Nuages

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Lu Yang, Tyler Chen, Cissce Fan, Teresa Yu
  • Number of Wines: 328
  • Wines by the Glass: 23
  • 57th Floor, Raffles East Tower, 999 Dongdaming Road, Hongkou District Shanghai
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China’s Best Small/Medium List (max. 100 wines)

Linjiang Yan

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  • Cuisine: Jiangsu & Zhejiang
  • Sommelier: Richard King
  • Number of Wines: 80
  • Wines by the Glass: 8
  • 216 Fucheng Road, Pudong New Area, Pudong New Area Shanghai
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China’s Best Champagne List

Amber by Richard Ekkebus

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  • Cuisine: Contemporary French Fine Dining
  • Sommelier: Dirk Chen
  • Number of Wines: 1800
  • Wines by the Glass: 40
  • The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, 7/F,15 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong (and SAR)
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China’s Best Wines By The Glass List

SOMM

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  • Cuisine: French neo-bistro
  • Sommelier: Dirk Chen
  • Number of Wines: 1800
  • Wines by the Glass: 108
  • The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, 7/F, 15 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong (and SAR)
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China’s Best Food & Wine Matching List

Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road)

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  • Cuisine: Taizhou
  • Sommelier: Daniel Yang
  • Number of Wines: 371
  • Wines by the Glass: 8
  • No.8 Xinyuan South Road, Chaoyang District Beijing
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China’s Best Listing of Chinese Wines

Café Grey Deluxe

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  • Cuisine: Modern European
  • Sommelier: James Teng
  • Number of Wines: 460
  • Wines by the Glass: 25
  • The Middle House, 366 Shimen Yi Road Jing'an District Shanghai
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China’s Best Listing of Chinese Spirits

Man Wah

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  • Cuisine: Cantonese
  • Sommelier: Andrew Chee Tsun Lam
  • Number of Wines: 200+
  • Wines by the Glass: 25
  • Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central Hong Kong (and SAR)
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China’s Best Listing of French Wines

Ensue

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  • Cuisine: New Napa
  • Sommelier: Della Tang, Danni Wang
  • Number of Wines: 700
  • Wines by the Glass: 23
  • 40F, Shangri-La Hotel, No.4088 Titian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen Guangdong
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China’s Best Sake List

Hiya

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  • Cuisine: Japanese
  • Sommelier: Lucas Li
  • Number of Wines: 362
  • Wines by the Glass: 17
  • The Edition Shanghai, 199 Nanjing Road East Huangpu District Shanghai
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China’s Best Aperitif List

Frasca

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  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Sommelier: James Teng
  • Number of Wines: 255
  • Wines by the Glass: 25
  • The Middle House, 366 Shimen Yi Road Jing'an District Shanghai
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China’s Best Digestif List

8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana Shanghai

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  • Cuisine: Traditional Italian
  • Sommelier: Ervin Ong
  • Number of Wines: 504
  • Wines by the Glass: 16
  • 6th Floor, Associate Mission Building, No.169, Yuanmingyuan Road, Huangpu District Shanghai
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China’s Best Beer List

MO31 Grill & Eatery

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  • Cuisine: Bistro
  • Sommelier: Jiao Jiao, Alvin Zhou
  • Number of Wines: 264
  • Wines by the Glass: 8
  • No. 31 Qianfeng Lane, Yinzhou District, Ningbo Zhejiang
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China’s Best Chinese Restaurant Wine List

Hakkasan Shanghai

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  • Cuisine: Modern Cantonese
  • Sommelier: Felix Zhang
  • Number of Wines: 400
  • Wines by the Glass: 23
  • 5/F, 18 Dong Shan Dong Yi Lu, Huangpu District Shanghai
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China’s Best Luxury Fine Wine Cellar List

Grill 58

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  • Cuisine: Steak House
  • Sommelier: Andy Tam
  • Number of Wines: 1259
  • Wines by the Glass: 22
  • MGM Cotai, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Coloane-Taipa GM Cotai Macau (and SAR)
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