World's 50 Best Vineyards 2019: Complete Rankings

Zuccardi Valle de Uco sits at the architectural and viticultural forefront of Argentina's Uco Valley, drawing visitors to its landmark 2016 winery at Paraje Altamira, San Carlos. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, it occupies the upper tier of Mendoza's premium winery visit circuit, where dramatic desert terrain and serious Malbec production converge at high altitude.

Among Uruguay's wine-country destinations, Bodega Garzón occupies a different tier from its Maldonado peers: a working winery with serious international standing, a restaurant presided over by Francis Mallmann, and a landscape of rolling Uruguayan hills that frames the entire visit. EP Club rates it Pearl 4 Star Prestige for 2025, placing it at the sharper end of the country's cellar-door experience.

López de Heredia (Viña Tondonia) is one of Rioja's most deliberate producers, ranking No. 3 on the World's Best Vineyards 2019 list and holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025. Based in Haro, the winery is defined by extended barrel and bottle aging that runs counter to modern production timelines, releasing wines that arrive on the market years — sometimes decades — after harvest.

Quinta do Crasto holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) and operates four guest suites on its Douro Valley estate outside Sabrosa. The property sits among the most established family-run quintas in the region, where winemaking and hospitality share the same address. Staying here places guests inside the working rhythms of one of Portugal's most respected wine estates.

Catena Zapata's Mayan pyramid-inspired winery in Agrelo is the most visible address in Argentine fine wine, holding an EP Club Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025. Structured tours trace the family's history while placing visitors inside one of Mendoza's defining estates. For anyone planning a serious wine itinerary through Luján de Cuyo, it anchors the visit.

Clos Apalta is a gravitational winery in Chile's Colchagua Valley where architectural drama meets Old World restraint. Wooden staves emerge from native forest-covered hillside in a structure that functions as both winery and landscape feature. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige by EP Club in 2025, it occupies the upper tier of Chile's premium estate experiences.

Viña Montes sits in Chile's Colchagua Valley outside Santa Cruz, earning a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The estate is built around feng shui principles, with the layout, water features, and even the guardian angel imagery on its labels reflecting a deliberate philosophy of balance. For visitors, that translates into one of the more considered tasting room experiences in the region.

Rippon Vineyard sits on the western shore of Lake Wānaka, where schist soils and high-altitude cold nights define some of Central Otago's most site-specific wines. Rated Pearl 4 Star Prestige by EP Club in 2025, it represents a benchmark for how Southern Alps terroir translates into the glass. The setting alone draws visitors, but the wine keeps them paying attention.

Frank Gehry's rippling titanium canopy above Elciego signals something significant before you even reach the cellar door. Marqués de Riscal, one of Rioja's oldest continuous producers, earned a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among Spain's most decorated winery destinations. The architecture is the spectacle; the Tempranillo in the glass is the argument.

Weingut Dr. Loosen sits at the heart of Germany's Mosel wine tradition, drawing on some of the region's oldest ungrafted Riesling vines and steep slate-heavy sites to produce wines that have repositioned the grape's international standing. Holding EP Club's Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025, the estate operates from St. Johannishof on the B53 in Bernkastel-Kues, placing it within easy reach of the Mosel's most consequential vineyard corridor.

Sitting on the lower slopes of Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay, Craggy Range holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025 and operates as both a working winery and private accommodation estate. The River Lodges offer cottage-style stays within the vineyard itself, placing guests directly inside one of New Zealand's most geologically expressive wine regions. It is a rare combination of serious viticulture and unhurried rural retreat.

Robert Mondavi Winery, established in Oakville in 1966, holds a foundational position in California's premium wine tradition. The estate's To Kalon Reserve range, produced under winemaker Geneviève Janssens, sits at the upper tier of Napa Cabernet programming. A Pearl 3 Star Prestige award (2025) confirms its continued place among Oakville's serious tasting destinations.

Founded in 1844 at Magill on Adelaide's eastern fringe, Penfolds is the reference point against which Australian Shiraz is measured globally. The estate's Magill site functions as both working winery and tasting destination, overseen by Chief Winemaker Peter Gago. EP Club Pearl 5 Star Prestige (2025) recognises its sustained influence on how the world understands Australian wine.

Set against the Andes in Chile's Millahue Valley, Viña VIK is a winery estate where architecture, art, and terroir converge at a level few Chilean properties attempt. The titanium-and-bronze roof is visible from a distance; inside, the estate holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) and positions itself firmly within Chile's small cohort of destination wine estates rather than conventional winery visit formats.

Familienweingut Tement is a Styrian wine estate in Ehrenhausen awarded a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The property combines serious vineyard craft with winemakers' chalets scattered across its hillside terrain, offering a rare combination of immersive accommodation and estate wine access in Austria's southern wine country.

A Grand Cru Classé estate in Martillac, Château Smith Haut Lafitte has produced wine since 1365, operating today under biodynamic principles with shire horses working the land alongside modern cellar thinking. Under winemaker Fabien Teitgen, the estate holds Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition (2025) and represents one of Pessac-Léognan's most considered approaches to the relationship between soil, method, and bottle.

One of Chile's oldest continuously operating wine estates, Viña Errázuriz was founded in 1870 in the Aconcagua Valley and earned a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The Panquehue property pairs nineteenth-century heritage cellars with contemporary winemaking infrastructure, positioning it among Chile's most historically grounded producers for visitors seeking depth alongside their tasting.

Antinori nel Chianti Classico sits in the hills above Bargino, where six centuries of winemaking history meet architecture designed to vanish into the Tuscan hillside. The estate earned a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among the upper tier of Italian wine destinations. Under winemaker Renzo Cotarella, the Antinori portfolio reads as a sustained argument for Sangiovese's range across elevation and soil.

Domäne Wachau is a large cooperative winery in Dürnstein, Austria, operating from a Baroque estate above 300-year-old cellars in one of Europe's most distinctive wine regions. Awarded a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, it offers tastings that open the structure of Wachau viticulture to visitors. The setting alone — terraced vineyards above the Danube — frames the wines as clearly as any technical explanation could.

Opus One releases a single Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux blend each year from its Oakville estate, a format that places it among the most deliberately constrained prestige wineries in Napa Valley. Winemaker Michael Silacci oversees a program rooted in Old World discipline applied to New World terroir. The winery holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating from EP Club (2025) and has shaped the valley's franco-californian winemaking conversation since its first vintage in 1979.

Perched above the Rhine on a hill planted with vines since 817 AD, Schloss Johannisberg holds a documented place in wine history as the first estate dedicated exclusively to Riesling, a shift formalised in 1720. The Neoclassical palace and its south-facing slope remain the reference point against which Rheingau Riesling is measured. EP Club awarded it Pearl 4 Star Prestige status in 2025.

Among the Médoc's First Growths, Château Margaux occupies a position that combines architectural gravity with winemaking precision. The Neo-Palladian manor at 33460 Margaux-Cantenac, designed by Louis Combes in the early nineteenth century, frames a property where Philippe Bascaules oversees production recognised with EP Club's Pearl 5 Star Prestige in 2025. Few addresses in Bordeaux carry comparable weight in both symbol and bottle.

Viña Viu Manent sits at kilometre 37 of the Ruta del Vino in Chile's Colchagua Valley, holding a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating from EP Club (2025). The estate's antique horse-drawn carriage tour across old-vine plots is the clearest expression of what distinguishes Colchagua's heritage wineries from their more industrial neighbours. Peer comparisons run to Clos Apalta and Viña Montes within the same valley corridor.

Awarded a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025, Dinastía Vivanco sits within the Bodegas Vivanco estate in Briones — a La Rioja operation established in 1915 that pairs serious wine production with a 4,000-square-metre Museum of Wine Culture. The combination places it among Rioja's more intellectually ambitious wine destinations, where the region's terroir is treated as a subject worth studying, not just drinking.

At 3,111 metres above sea level, Bodega Colomé operates at an altitude that defines everything the wines become. The Altura Máxima vineyard, among the highest commercially farmed plots on earth, produces Malbec and Torrontés shaped by ultraviolet intensity, wide diurnal swings, and soils that no lower-altitude appellation can replicate. EP Club rates Colomé at Pearl 3 Star Prestige (2025).

Established in 1996 in the Uco Valley's Tunuyán district, Bodegas Salentein occupies a cross-shaped winery building that has become a reference point for Mendoza's high-altitude viticulture. The 2025 Decanter awards confirmed 13 wines in the medal tier, including seven Silvers, placing it firmly among the valley's most decorated estates. The property combines wine production, art collections, and a restaurant under one roof at kilometre 14 of Ruta 89.

Viña Santa Rita sits in Buin, within the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating from EP Club for 2025. The estate's 40-hectare vineyard is navigable by horse-drawn carriage or pedal bar, making it one of the few Chilean wine estates where the land itself is part of the programmed experience. It belongs to a peer set of heritage Central Valley producers redefining how terroir-focused visits are structured.

Set among the vine-covered slopes of Pacs del Penedès, Familia Torres holds an EP Club Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) and extends the winery visit into the night sky, pairing Penedès terroir with guided stargazing sessions led by astronomers from the Observatori Astronòmic del Garraf. The experience places it in a distinct tier among Spanish wine estates where the land itself becomes the full evening programme.

d'Arenberg sits at Osborn Road in McLaren Vale, where its Rubik's Cube-inspired architecture announces a winery that operates at the intersection of serious viticulture and deliberate spectacle. Awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, it holds a firm position in McLaren Vale's upper tier. Approach the building and you'll hear weather converted into audio wavelengths — a sensory prologue that sets the register for everything that follows.

Housed in a sixteenth-century Renaissance castle commissioned by the Habsburg royal family, Schloss Gobelsburg is one of Langenlois's most historically grounded producers, earning a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The estate sits at the intersection of architectural heritage and serious viticulture in the Kamptal wine region, where cool-climate Grüner Veltliner and Riesling define the benchmark. It is a reference point for anyone tracing Austrian wine's relationship with place, history, and long-term cellar practice.

Established in 1993 on the cool-climate slopes of Casablanca Valley, Casas del Bosque is a boutique estate where the kitchen, cellar, and sommelier program operate as a single integrated offering. The estate holds a Pearl 1 Star Prestige (2025) and places food and wine on equal footing, making it one of the valley's more coherent full-visit destinations.

Bodegas RE sits about an hour from Santiago in the Casablanca Valley, where it has earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating from EP Club in 2025 for an approach to winemaking that breaks decisively from the region's commercial mainstream. The winery occupies a position in Chilean viticulture defined by originality rather than convention, making it a reference point for visitors tracking the country's more experimental producers.

One of the Rheingau's most historically significant wine estates, Schloss Vollrads in Oestrich-Winkel has documented vinous activity dating to 1211, making it one of the oldest continuously operating wine properties in Germany. Holder of a Pearl 3 Star Prestige award in 2025, the estate focuses its programme squarely on Riesling from the steep slopes above the Rhine, pairing deep archival heritage with a forward-looking approach to viticulture and visitor experience.

Few Cape Winelands estates carry the historical and botanical weight of Vergelegen. Founded in 1700 and spanning 3,000 hectares, the Somerset West property holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating (2025) and ranks among the Western Cape's most architecturally and horticulturally significant wine destinations. The scale and composition of its 17 themed gardens alone warrant the drive from Cape Town.

Domaine Sigalas sits in the village of Baxes near Oia, producing Assyrtiko and other indigenous varieties from vines shaped by Santorini's volcanic soils and relentless Aegean winds. Recognised with a Pearl 1 Star Prestige award in 2025, the domaine belongs to the island's small cohort of wineries that treat the caldera as a serious appellation rather than a scenic backdrop. Visiting here places Santorini's ancient viticulture in sharp focus.

Ridgeview in East Sussex is an estate winery producing English sparkling wines by traditional méthode champenoise. Signature offerings include Bloomsbury NV, the Decanter-winning Blanc de Blancs (2006), and the Merret red sparkling. Ridgeview combines bottle fermentation, late-disgorged oak barrel work, and three classic varietals—Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier—delivered with bright citrus, chalky minerality and ripe red-berry drive. The estate is a Certified B Corporation and the only English sparkling regularly poured at the Royal Opera House. Visit for structured cellar tastings, vineyard-front wine garden pours and seasonal Rows & Vines dining that pairs precise acidity with coastal air and South Downs sunlight.

Quinta do Bomfim is a five-generation Symington family estate in Pinhão, earning a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025 for its DOC wines and vintage Ports. Positioned above the Douro River, the quinta's pergola terrace defines one of the valley's most considered tasting experiences, where the view and the wine are calibrated to arrive together.

One of Champagne's oldest houses, founded in 1772 and shaped by the widow who gave it its name, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin operates from Reims as both a working producer and a destination in its own right. Under cellarmaster Didier Mariotti, the house holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating from EP Club (2025) and remains a reference point for blended Champagne at the prestige tier.

Château Mouton Rothschild has shaped the upper tier of Pauillac's classified growth hierarchy since its first vintage in 1780, producing Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blends under winemaker Philippe Dhalluin and earning EP Club Pearl 5 Star Prestige recognition in 2025. Since 1945, each bottle has carried an original artwork commissioned from artists including Picasso, Dalí, Miró, and Bacon, making the label programme one of the most documented intersections of fine wine and contemporary art in Bordeaux.

Delaire Graff Estate sits on the Helshoogte Pass above Stellenbosch, combining a Pearl 3 Star Prestige-rated restaurant with luxury lodge accommodation, botanical gardens, and estate-grown wines. Owned by British jeweler Laurence Graff OBE, it occupies the upper tier of the Cape Winelands' integrated wine-and-hospitality category, where architectural ambition and vineyard setting carry as much weight as what's in the glass.

El Enemigo (Casa Vigil) is a Maipú winery project that positions itself against conventional Argentine wine production, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The name is a provocation — the enemy, in their framing, is received wisdom — and the wines reflect a deliberate effort to sidestep formula. Located on Videla Aranda in Maipú, it operates within one of Mendoza's most historically significant wine districts.

E. Guigal has anchored Ampuis and the broader Northern Rhône since its founding vintage in 1946, operating from the Château d'Ampuis — a Renaissance-era palace on the banks of the Rhône. Winemaker Philippe Guigal oversees a range that runs from accessible Côtes du Rhône to the single-vineyard La La La Syrahs that define how the appellation is understood internationally. The estate holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating from EP Club (2025).

Domaine Henri Bourgeois sits at the heart of Sancerre's most storied hillside territory, where Kimmeridgian limestone and continental Loire winds shape some of France's most recognisable Sauvignon Blanc. Awarded a Pearl 1 Star Prestige by EP Club in 2025, the domaine represents the region's tightest argument for terroir-specificity, and pairs most naturally with the local chèvre that defines the valley table.

Bodega Bouza is a working winery on the outskirts of Montevideo where dining and production share space with an extraordinary collection of vintage cars and motorcycles. Founded in 2000 by the Bouza family, the estate holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating (2025) and positions itself within Uruguay's small tier of city-adjacent wineries that pair serious viticulture with a full restaurant experience.

Creation Wines sits in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley outside Hermanus, a wine corridor whose name translates literally as 'heaven and earth.' Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025, the estate combines an ecologically driven production approach with on-site accommodation, placing it among the Overberg's more complete wine destinations within easy reach of Cape Town.

The oldest Champagne house in continuous operation, Ruinart has been producing Chardonnay-dominant cuvées from its address on the Rue des Crayères since 1729. The eight-kilometre chalk cave network beneath the house, lit by sustainable LED installations and classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site, is among the most atmospheric cellar visits in the Marne. Rated Pearl 4 Star Prestige by EP Club (2025).

One of the Barossa Valley's most historically grounded producers, Seppeltsfield operates from a gravity cellar system first conceived in 1888 and restored in 2010. Awarded EP Club's Pearl 3 Star Prestige in 2025, it occupies a distinct tier among Australian heritage wine estates. The property sits along Seppeltsfield Road in Tanunda, South Australia, at the heart of one of the country's oldest continuous winemaking corridors.

Kir-Yianni Estate operates on the slopes of Mount Vermio in Macedonia's Naoussa appellation, one of Northern Greece's most serious red wine zones. Awarded a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate sits at the upper tier of Xinomavro producers in a region where altitude and volcanic soils define the house style. It belongs in the same conversation as Naoussa's most closely watched addresses.

Château Heritage operates from Qob Elias in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, one of the world's oldest continuously farmed wine regions, where altitude, limestone soils, and continental diurnal swings define what ends up in the glass. The winery holds a Pearl 1 Star Prestige (2025), placing it within a selective tier of Bekaa producers whose work reflects serious terroir ambition rather than volume output.

Mission Hill Family Estate sits above West Kelowna on a ridgeline that looks directly into the heart of the Okanagan Valley, its 12-storey bell tower audible across the surrounding vineyards. Awarded a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate operates at the upper tier of Canadian wine tourism, where architecture, terroir, and tasting programming converge at serious altitude.