Rachel Fellows

1 week ago | starwinelist.com | Rachel Fellows

The penultimate stop on the Star Wine List of the Year international tour 2024/’25 brought the team to Vienna, to name the best wine lists in Austria at Weingut Fritz Wieninger in Stammersdorf, on Sunday 15 June. After a wonderful event in Vienna celebrating Austria's best wine lists, Star Wine List is staying in the capital for one more day to reveal the Gold Star winners in the tour’s grand final, in which winners from across the globe vie for international victory.

2 weeks ago | starwinelist.com | Rachel Fellows

Jacqueline Coleman is adding six new Red Stars to our Miami wine guide. She tells us what the city is drinking right now and how to survive the summer heat (hint: it involves spas and chilled reds). “I’m so excited that we hosted the Star Wine List of the Year awards here in Miami this May,” says Miami Ambassador Jacqueline Coleman, who helped Star Wine List’s Founder Krister Bengtsson hand out Gold Stars in our first Florida competition, earlier this year.

2 weeks ago | starwinelist.com | Rachel Fellows

Star Wine List’s Mendoza Ambassador has had a busy year, becoming a Master of Wine and receiving the top prize at the inaugural 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards. We get the latest from Amanda Barnes MW. Amanda Barnes is an award-winning writer, presenter and expert on South American wines. The Brit relocated to the continent in 2009 and her book, The South America Wine Guide is now sold across the world.

2 weeks ago | starwinelist.com | Rachel Fellows

In what has been dubbed the Oscars of the sommelier industry, teams from around the world are preparing to gather in Vienna for the Star Wine List of the Year International Final, on Monday 16 June 2025. Star Wine List will soon be welcoming sommelier teams from 21 countries for a day of festivities in Vienna, the culmination of a world tour that began in September 2024.

1 month ago | starwinelist.com | Rachel Fellows

In May 2025, the Star Wine List of the Year competition visited Florida for the first time. At an awards ceremony held in Miami Beach, the great and the good of the state’s sommelier talent were presented with Gold Stars, including Amanda Fraga, Beverage Director of The Genuine Hospitality Group. A Miami native, Amanda’s knowledge of – and passion for – the city’s wine offerings is palpable. Here’s her story.