“LA VIGNE DINING FÛDO” Wins Gold at Global Wine Awards
2025 - 04 - 22
The alpine resort hotel “HOTEL LA VIGNE HAKUBA by Onko Chishin,” boasting 38 rooms all designed as corner rooms with mountain views, is pleased to announce that its affiliated restaurant, “LA VIGNE DINING FÛDO,” received the Gold Award in the Best Newcomer List category at the global wine awards “Star Wine List of the Year Awards of Japan 2025,” held for the first time in Japan on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. We are also delighted to report that it received Silver Awards in both the Best Japanese Wine List and Short List categories.
■ Details page for “Our first wine list winners in Japan ‘amongst the finest in the world'” (English):
About Star Wine List of the Year Japan 2025
The international awards “Star Wine List of the Year” (*1), often described as the Michelin Guide for wine lists, which celebrates outstanding wine lists and their teams, was held in Japan for the first time. The award ceremony took place on April 15, 2025, the first day of the “ProWine Tokyo” wine and alcoholic beverage exhibition, at Tokyo Big Sight.
Winners in the international categories (*2) qualify to compete in the “Star Wine List of the Year International Final” to be held in Vienna in June 2025.
*1: Star Wine List Details: https://starwinelist.com/
*2: International categories include: Grand Prix, Best Long List, Best Medium List, Best Short List, Best By the Glass, Best Sparkling Wine List, Best Newcomer List, Sustainable Wine List, and Best Austrian Wine List. The Japanese Wine List falls under the regional categories.
Our Restaurant’s Award Categories & Judge Comments
Gold Award
・Best Newcomer List Gold
(Recognizing particularly outstanding wine lists at recently opened establishments)
Silver Awards
・Best Japanese Wine List Silver
(Recognizing outstanding wine lists featuring Japanese wines)
・Short List Silver
(Recognizing outstanding curated wine lists with fewer than 200 selections)
■Best Newcomer List Gold Award Judge Comments (Excerpt from original text)
From Ms. Paz Levinson,
Best Sommelier of the Americas (2015)
A map of Japan’s wine scene that shows how exciting this country is. So many regions, styles and producers – great for curious palates. It does justice to all the effort and passion that Japan gives to wine production.
Comment from Kiyoshi Shimizu, Manager of “HOTEL LA VIGNE HAKUBA by Onko Chishin”
We are extremely honored to receive the Gold Award in the Best Newcomer List category at Star Wine List of the Year Japan 2025, less than a year after our opening on December 19th last year. We are delighted that our hotel’s efforts to convey the appeal of Japanese wine, focusing on wines from Nagano Prefecture, have been recognized.
We hope to continue receiving awards next year and the year after, and strive to convey even a little of the charm of the wineries to our customers. Please enjoy Japanese wine along with the beautiful nature of Hakuba during the green season.
About the Wine List of “LA VIGNE DINING FÛDO”
Our wine concierge, who has cultivated relationships and collaborated with wineries across Japan for many years, has curated an extensive selection of Japanese wines, with a focus on those from Nagano Prefecture. Each bottle encapsulates the terroir (local climate and soil) and the craftsmanship of the producer, breathing with its own unique charm.
We invite you to experience at our restaurant the encounter with a glass of wine that connects the passion of the producers with the precious moments of our customers.
