The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025

#1 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. A wilderness festivalSet across 4,300 hectares in Chile's Millahue Valley, VIK is one of the world's most unique wineries. A visionary blend of wine, architectu

#2 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. A jewel in the crown. The Neoclassical palace of Schloss Johannisberg sits with suitable majesty atop the hill from which it takes its name, overlooking the Rhi

#3 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Ysios’ portfolio includes single vineyard wines such as Las Naves which comes from a 1.1 hectare field blend of pre-phylloxera dry-farmed bush vines cultivated in sandy-clay soils.

#4 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Ecologically savvy. Close to Uruguay’s ‘Riviera’ at Punta del Este and the fashionable fishing village of José Ignacio, the Bodega Garz

#5 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Milk and honey. Its history dates back to the fourteenth century but it is the past 30 years that are helping Château Smith Haut Lafitte make a lasting ma

#6 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The sweet wine of Constantia was requested by Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed, having shunned all other sustenance. It w

#7 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Translating as “heaven and earth,” Hemel-en-Aarde lies a couple of hours down the coast from Cape Town with a cool climate ideal for

#8 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Established in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, Champagne Ruinart was the first formal Champagne house

#9 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Regarded by many as the last word in great sweet wine, Château d’Yquem is a premier cru superieur estate located in Graves,

#10 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Viña Montes is the shared vision of four friends, first dreamed up in the late 1980s, of making Chilean wines to a higher level than the

#11 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Durigutti Family Winemakers began in 2002, as a small winery put together by sibling oenologists Héctor and Pablo Durigutti. Originally from Rivadavia in

#12 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. An Uco Valley pioneer. A true landmark of Mendoza’s Uco Valley – source of modern-day South American icon wines Portillo, Killka and Salentein &ndas

#13 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Jordan Vineyard and Winery was established in 1974 by a Francophile couple keen to bring some French style to California

#14 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Historic roots:Aperture wines are crafted from unique, cool-climate vineyards in Sonoma and Alexander Valleys. Founded in 2009 by winemaker Jesse Katz, whose am

#15 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Since its founding in 1829, Champagne Bollinger has always been marked by great characters. Whether it's the dashing Jacques Bollinger who flew fighter planes i

#16 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Dr in the house. Ernie Loosen is Riesling royalty. Enigmatic, passionate and brimming with ideas, in 1988 he took over the estate that has been in his family fo

#17 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. El Enemigo is the passion project of two Argentinian friends that has earned a cult following, dreamed up during a twilit sojourn along the

#18 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Dare to dream:Sommelier José María Ruiz dared to dream. Over three decades ago Pago de Carraovejas was founded to create great wines in a region t

#19 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The Ceretto Monsordo Bernardina Estate in Alba guarantees visitors sensational Nebbiolo and superlative views of the practically symphonic Langhe hills.

#20 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. 98Wines opened in 2017 by Yuki Hirayama, after a life time of working in Burgundy and Japan and at the age of 60, Yuki Hirayama finally achieved his dream owning his own winery and vineyards based on the concept of “the right variety for the right place in the right season.”

#21 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Created in 1841 by the founder of González Byass and named after his Uncle Joe, Tío Pepe started out as a dry white Fin

#22 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Castles, cars and Carmelites:Sandwiched between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, Perelada is a flagship winery of Empordà, one of the oldest wine regi

#23 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Persia meets Oregon:Founded in 1997 and nestled at the mouth of Oregon's Van Duzer Corridor, Momtazi Vineyard is a 532-acre estate where ancient Persian wisdom

#24 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Leading Riojan culture. Established in the Briones enclave of Rioja Alta in the Cantabrian foothills, with peerless views of the surrounding hills and valleys,

#25 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Born from the Land; Caretakers of the Land: Wine growing has been the pride of the Gramona family since 1850 and they have been making sparkling wines since the start of the 20th century.

#26 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Once upon a time:The story of Cloudy Bay is one of adventure, vision and commitment. In 1983 David Hohnen tasted his first Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Captivat

#27 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. It isn’t often you get to stay at an estate dating back over 700 centuries once owned by a pope

#28 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Andrew Weeber founded Gusbourne and planted the first vines twenty years ago, in 2004, with a vision to create English Sparkling Wines that would stand up alongside the very finest offerings from across the globe.

#29 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree: Matías Riccitelli was born in Cafayate, Salta, a small town in northern Argentina where wine is a way of life.

#30 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Where the earth touches the sky. “Altitude is more than height. It is energy,” claims Bodega Colomé, home to one of the highest vineyards in

#31 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Growing Texas wine:Texas Hill Country winemakers William 'Bill' Blackmon and Chris Brundrett have much in common: a shared winemaking philosophy and a vision fo

#32 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. In the beginning:Nyetimber's earliest beginnings saw it named in the Domesday Book (1086), when the peaceful valley of Nitimbreha made its first appearance in r

#33 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The Touma family has been making wine since 1888, in addition to the Lebanese national spirit, Arak. Production was started by Jibran Elias

#34 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Where are we: Almaviva is located in Puente Alto in the Maipo Valley, Chile. Long recognised as one of the best terroirs in the southern hemisphere for Cabernet

#35 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Philosophical wine:Brooks Wines Estate is dry-farmed and proudly biodynamic. More than 10 percent of their total effective land area is set aside as a nature re

#36 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Mountains of inspiration:Kaiken wines draw inspiration from the natural beauty surrounding its vineyards. Located in the heart of Vistalba, Argentina, the majes

#37 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Building blocks of excellence:Three years before the infamous Tasting of Paris (1976) Joe Phelps, a successful Colorado builder with a passion for wine establis

#38 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The Abbey of Santa María de Retuerta, founded in 1146, has been reimagined as one of Spain’s most sumptuous hotels. Set on

#39 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The presence of greatness. Robert Mondavi’s claims to fame were various, but it is his creation of the Fumé Blanc style of wine and decision to pla

#40 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The Viu from the top. The family-run Viu Manent has been breaking new ground for wines of the Colchagua Valley since its foundation in 1935. Just a couple of ho

#41 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Forget your troubles Founded in 1880, the Santa Rita winery is set amongst 40 hectares of Renaissance-style gardens offering a colourful sanctuary just 45 minut

#42 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Guests will never leave Casas del Bosque hungry. Taking its name from the surrounding pine forests and olive trees, this boutique estate was established in 1993 by Juan Cuneo Solari

#43 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. A secluded countryside haven awaits in the Var region of Provence, close to the glamorous Riviera. Set in nearly 1,000 hectares of forest,

#44 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. From the shores of Lake Wānaka:Rippon is a unique parcel of land on the shores of Lake Wānaka, farmed by the Mills family for four generations as far back as 19

#45 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Romanesque architecture of the twenty-first century: Situated on a prominent hill rising above the floor of the Okanagan Valley, Canada, Mission Hill Winery has

#46 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Growing differences in the world:Situated on the Japanese Jinba plateau, Château Mercian's latest winery, Mariko, was completed in 2019. Named after the s

#47 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Amazing GraceThe Henschke family's Eden Valley estate is home to some of Australia's oldest and most cherished vineyards, including the fabled Hill of Grace and

#48 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. The origin of Marqués de Murrieta winery is the origin of Rioja. Without the Murrieta family there would not have been Rioja as we know it today.

#49 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, is surely South America's answer to Napa Valley. Cuyo derives the word 'cuyum', meaning sandy earth &n

#50 on The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025. One of the few grand Champagne houses to remain family-run, and to welcome guests into its cellars, Taittinger proffers a walk through history at