🍷 Wine Spectator has released its annual Restaurant Awards honoring 3,700-plus establishments worldwide for excellence in their wine programs.
The awards, which began in 1981, have three levels. Four restaurants – two in California and two in Europe – received the Grand Award, the top honor.
But 40 Arizona restaurants earned either an Award of Excellence or Best of Award of Excellence:
Best of Award of Excellence
- Anhelo (Phoenix)
- Bourbon Steak (Scottsdale)
- Café Monarch (Scottsdale)
- Elements (Paradise Valley)
- Ember (Fort McDowell)
- Geordie’s at the Wrigley Mansion (Phoenix)
- J&G Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Le Âme (Phoenix)
- Lon’s at the Hermosa (Paradise Valley)
- Maple & Ash (Scottsdale)
- Mastro’s City Hall Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Mastro’s Ocean Club (Scottsdale)
- Mastro’s Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Orange Sky (Scottsdale)
- Prime, A Shula Steakhouse (Chandler)
- The Capital Grille (Scottsdale)
- Vincent Guerithault on Camelback (Phoenix)
- Virtú Honest Craft (Scottsdale)
Award of Excellence
- Arrowhead Grill (Glendale)
- Beckett’s Table (Phoenix)
- Dolce Vita Bistro (Tempe)
- Eddie V’s Prime Seafood (Scottsdale)
- Fogo de Chão (Scottsdale)
- Frashers Tavern (Scottsdale)
- Hearth ’61 (Scottsdale)
- Kembara (Phoenix)
- Lincoln Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Litchfield’s (Litchfield Park)
- Marcellino Ristorante (Scottsdale)
- Morton’s, The Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Nineteen 86 Steakhouse (Glendale)
- Pa’La Kitchen (Phoenix)
- Preston’s Steakhouse (Scottsdale)
- Quiessence at the Farm (Phoenix)
- STK Scottsdale (Scottsdale)
- Seasons 52 (Phoenix)
- The Capital Grille (Phoenix)
- The Fat Ox (Scottsdale)
- The Mick Brasserie (Scottsdale)
- The Patio at Las Sendas (Mesa)
Only restaurants that pay an application fee of $595 are considered for the awards.
