Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, has released the winners of the 2016 Restaurant Awards, which recognize outstanding wine programs. For this year’s awards, Wine Spectator launched two exciting entities—the official Restaurant Awards app and the newly minted Restaurants.WineSpectator.com—which together provide patrons the best guides to restaurants that deliver exceptional wine experiences.
Wine Spectator began its program to recognize the world’s best wine lists in 1981. There are three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award—with 2,414; 1,093; and 88 winners this year in each respective category. Seven of the Grand Award winners are first timers.
The free Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards app, the allows iPhone and iPad users to easily find nearby award-winning restaurants, with maps, plus helpful information about cuisine, wine and pricing. Below is a screengrab of the app showing the results within Connecticut – 272 restaurants, including 3 within Fairfield County – Tarry Lodge, DaPietro’s Restaurant, and Barcelona Wine Bar.
The complete list of award winners is available in print in Wine Spectator’s August issue, on newsstands July 19; online at Restaurants.WineSpectator.com, where visitors can search and access exclusive content on the more than 3,500 restaurants; and on iOS via the Restaurant Awards app, which allows users to look for dining spots in any location, choosing by wine strengths, cuisine type, pricing and more.
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