2025 Wine of the Year
No:1 Beverages Sweden
Marie Vigetoft & Mattias Nemeth
Dominio de Cair Cair Cuvée 2019
Ribera del Duero
85% Tempranillo, 15% Merlot
Rationale: Complex and intense aroma of ripe berries, both dried and cooked fruit, light smokiness and sweet spices. Full-bodied taste packed with fruit as well as tangible but soft tannins and long powerful aftertaste. Complexity and fruitiness are bringing this wine on the top of every wine lover’s list.
2025 Best Swedish Wine
Thor's Vineyard
Emma Boris-Möller
Solaris Pure 2024
Reasoning: The wine captures the crisp identity of Solaris with clarity. Fermented with wild yeasts, unfiltered, and vinified in stainless steel, the wine offers lifted citrus notes, fresh pear, and pronounced elderflower aromatics. Its natural acidity brings vibrancy and freshness, with a nice bitter twist on the finish.
2025 Best Red Wine
Arvid Nordquist
Jens Augustsson
Bodegas Garzón
Maldonado, Uruguay, 2023
Reasoning: Tannat Reserva has a generous aroma with notes of plums, wild raspberries, blueberries, cocoa and a slight spiciness. The taste is intense and fruit-driven with marked yet ripe tannins and a long finish.
The wine is made from the Tannat grape, one of Uruguay’s signature grapes. The vineyards for this wine are located in south-eastern Uruguay where the cooling sea winds draw in and contribute to a more elegant style of wine.
2025 Best White Wine
Acino
Jan Bengtsson
Strange, Piazzo 2023
Piedmont, Chardonnay
Elegant with intense hints of ripe yellow-fleshed fruit, exotic fruits fused with buttery notes. Full taste, enveloping with a good balance between structure and finesse. Excellent freshness and sapidity with a long finish and slight spicy notes.
