Austria’s wine scene continues to evolve beyond its iconic rieslings and gruner veltliners, with international whites like chardonnays and sauvignon blancs reaching the highest levels of quality, none more so than our Austrian Wine of the Year.

Tasmania continues to command the attention and admiration of producers from Australia’s mainland, and few names carry more weight than Michael Hill-Smith and Martin Shaw, who produced our Australian Wine of the Year.

As a younger winemaking generation in Portugal applies international training and bold ideas while established houses in traditional strongholds continue to anchor quality, a dynamic landscape has evolved in the country where heritage and innovation converge, as is wonderfully demonstrated in our Portuguese Wine of the Year.

If you think that a list of the most exciting American wines would be dominated by Napa Valley cabernet sauvignons, you would be wrong. West Coast pinot noir and chardonnay dominate the upper echelon of our Top 100 Wines of the USA 2025 list, and they all exemplify the theme of great value that we’re emphasizing this year, none more so than our American Wine of the Year.

It’s still a common misconception that France’s greatest wines are always powerful reds that are so tannic there’s no way you can drink them young – and that they cost a fortune. Our French Wine of the Year, the Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py 2023, demolishes that myth at a stroke ­– and it’s a stroke of genius.