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Specialist Category Awards 2025

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

Vivant

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Felix Zhang
  • Number of Wines: 680
  • Wines by the Glass: 50

China’s Best Small/Medium List (max. 100 wines)

Ming Jia Shenian

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  • Cuisine: Chinese
  • Sommelier: Shusen Jing
  • Number of Wines: 10
  • Wines by the Glass: 69
  • L1-18, GT Plaza, Shinan District, Qingdao Shandong 266000
  • 13863612483

China’s Best Champagne List

Amber

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  • Cuisine: Contemporary French Fine Dining
  • Sommelier: Mr. Dirk Chen
  • Number of Wines: 1850
  • Wines by the Glass: 66

China’s Best Wines By The Glass List

SOMM

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Mr Dirk Chen
  • Number of Wines: 1850
  • Wines by the Glass: 102

China’s Best Food & Wine Matching List

Vivant

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Felix Zhang
  • Number of Wines: 680
  • Wines by the Glass: 50

China’s Best Listing of Chinese Wines

YongFoo Elite

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  • Cuisine: Shanghainese
  • Sommelier: Mr. Feifei Lei
  • Number of Wines: 350
  • Wines by the Glass: 15

China’s Best Listing of Chinese Spirits

China Lodge

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  • Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine-Cantonese style
  • Sommelier: Mr.Chevalier Chen
  • Number of Wines: 200
  • Wines by the Glass: 7

China’s Best Listing of French Wines

Amber

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  • Cuisine: Contemporary French Fine Dining
  • Sommelier: Mr. Dirk Chen
  • Number of Wines: 1850
  • Wines by the Glass: 66

China’s Best Sake List

Mizumi

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  • Cuisine: Contemporary Japanese
  • Sommelier: Sunny Xu / Thomas Guo
  • Number of Wines: 950
  • Wines by the Glass: 30

China’s Best Aperitif List

Koan

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  • Cuisine: Southeast Asian
  • Sommelier: Mr.Attila Balint
  • Number of Wines: 189
  • Wines by the Glass: 15
  • 5th Floor, No.399, Qianwan 1st Road Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone Nanshan District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518054
  • 0755 8898 8988
  • Visit Website

China’s Best Digestif List

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Hong Kong

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Henry Chang
  • Number of Wines: 3400
  • Wines by the Glass: 20

China’s Best Beer List

Long Bar Puli

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  • Cuisine: Modern Western & Asian
  • Sommelier: Ms. Nicole Kong
  • Number of Wines: 361
  • Wines by the Glass: 14

China’s Best Chinese Restaurant Wine List

Sui Tang Li

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  • Cuisine: Modern Chinese
  • Sommelier: Mr. James Teng
  • Number of Wines: 280
  • Wines by the Glass: 14

China’s Best Luxury Fine Wine Cellar List

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Hong Kong

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Sommelier: Henry Chang
  • Number of Wines: 3400
  • Wines by the Glass: 20
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