World's 50 Best Vineyards 2024: The Complete Rankings

Marqués de Riscal is Rioja seen through architecture as much as wine: Frank Gehry’s rippled hotel roof signals a cellar rooted in Elciego and the region’s long conversation between Tempranillo, limestone-clay soils and cellar ageing. Its 2025 Decanter Silver medal gives a current external marker, but the broader draw is how the estate frames Rioja’s tradition through a highly visible contemporary lens.

Viña VIK places Chilean wine tourism in the Millahue Valley rather than a tasting-room template. Its Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 and architecture framed by the Andes make it a serious reference point for travelers reading Chile through terroir, design, the slow shift from cellar-door visits to full destination estates.

Creation Wines puts the Hemel-en-Aarde conversation in plain view: cool-climate South African wine, ecological intent, a setting whose name translates as “heaven and earth.” The point here is terroir rather than spectacle, with Hermanus acting as the gateway to a wine region defined by maritime influence, high ridges, a quieter premium register than the Cape's grander estates.

Bodegas Ysios sits in the Rioja Alavesa appellation outside the medieval walls of Laguardia, where Santiago Calatrava's wave-form architecture has made the winery as recognizable as any bottle it produces. The 2025 Pearl 3 Star Prestige award from EP Club positions it among Spain's most decorated estate visits. For wine travel in northern Spain, this is a reference point for understanding how Tempranillo translates the Sierra de Cantabria's particular soils and altitude.

Schloss Johannisberg is a Riesling reference point in Geisenheim-Johannisberg, set around a Neoclassical palace on a hill first planted with vines in 817. Its 1720 claim as the world’s first dedicated Riesling winery and Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 place it in the historical core of German wine culture rather than a simple tasting-room category.

Ruinart gives Reims a clear lesson in Champagne's chalk logic: Chardonnay-led wines set against eight kilometres of crayères, lit with a restraint that keeps the geology in view. The house's 1729 date and Frédéric Panaïotis's winemaking role matter here less as heritage decoration than as context for a visit built around soil, cellar, the long memory of Champagne production.

Château Smith Haut Lafitte belongs to the serious end of Martillac wine travel: a Grand Cru Classé estate where biodynamic farming, deep historical continuity, modern cellar thinking meet in the glass. The draw is terroir rather than spectacle, with Fabien Teitgen’s winemaking set against a property whose first vintage dates to 1365.

A twelfth-century monastery on the Duero's western bank, Abadía Retuerta has earned a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025 alongside four medals at the 2025 Decanter awards, including Gold. The estate sits outside the Ribera del Duero DO boundaries, which gives it unusual latitude to work with non-standard blends and single-plot expressions that most of the appellation's producers cannot.

Weingut Dr. Loosen belongs to the Mosel conversation where Riesling, slate, slope exposure, patient cellar work matter more than luxury staging. Its Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 and long association with Dr. Ernie Loosen’s advocacy for Riesling place it in a serious comparable set for travelers using Bernkastel-Kues as a wine base.

Durigutti Winemakers operates out of Las Compuertas, one of Luján de Cuyo's most closely watched sub-zones, where high-altitude growing conditions and old-vine material define the region's premium identity. The winery holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating from EP Club (2025), placing it among a small cohort of Mendoza producers earning recognition at the prestige tier. For visitors interested in where Argentine fine wine is heading, this address is worth tracking.

Bodega Garzón places Maldonado wine in a more ambitious register: coastal-influenced Uruguayan terroir, a destination-scale estate, a restaurant shaped by Francis Mallmann’s fire-led cooking. Its Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 signals a property that belongs in the serious wine-travel conversation, especially for travelers comparing Uruguay’s Atlantic vineyards with established South American wine routes.

Founded in 1829 and based in Aÿ-Champagne, Bollinger is one of the Marne Valley's few remaining independent Grand Marques, holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating from EP Club in 2025. Winemaker Gilles Descôtes oversees a house known for its commitment to reserve wines, oak fermentation, vineyard ownership across some of Champagne's most prized classified plots.

Château d'Yquem sits at the apex of Sauternes because the appellation’s fragile equation of mist, autumn sun and noble rot is rarely expressed with such market confidence. Pearl 5 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 reinforces its place in the sweet-wine canon, while its address in Sauternes keeps the focus on terroir rather than spectacle.

A multi-generational agriturismo in Campania's Irpinia hills, Tenuta Cavalier Pepe earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025 for an estate experience grounded in the land itself. Across 55 hectares of vineyards and 11 olive groves outside Sant'Angelo All'Esca, it offers hiking, biking, wine programming that puts the terrain at the centre of every activity.

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.

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.

Viña Montes places Santa Cruz wine culture in a polished, terroir-led frame, with a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025 and an address on I-350 in the O’Higgins region. The appeal sits less in spectacle than in how the estate reads Colchagua’s dry heat, slopes, red-wine tradition through a highly composed winery experience.

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, a restaurant under one roof at kilometre 14 of Ruta 89.

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.

One of Piedmont's most established wine estates, the Ceretto family has shaped Langhe viticulture since the 1930s. Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate at Località San Cassiano in Alba offers visitors direct access to wines grown across some of the region's most carefully mapped vineyard sites. The combination of multi-generational continuity and documented terroir work puts Ceretto in a distinct tier among Alba's winery visits.

A Pessac estate with roots stretching to the eighth century, Château Pape Clement draws its name from Pope Clement V, one of its former owners. Holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025, the property offers tablet and smartphone-guided garden tours among millennial olive trees, alongside tasting formats covering blending, serving, food pairing. Consultant winemaker Jean-Philippe Fort oversees the cellar programme.

A medieval castle estate in the hills above Montalcino, Castello Banfi operates as a wine resort and hospitality destination at the serious end of Brunello di Montalcino production. Holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025, it sits in a comparable set defined by estate-scale production, on-site accommodation, direct engagement with the Sangiovese Grosso tradition that made this corner of Tuscany one of Italy's most closely watched wine appellations.

Founded in 1932 in Haro, the historic capital of Rioja Alta, Bodegas Muga has maintained continuous family ownership through four generations while holding to traditional winemaking methods that define the region's heritage style. Rated Pearl 4 Star Prestige by EP Club in 2025, the bodega operates from Haro's celebrated Station Quarter alongside some of Rioja's oldest houses, making it a reference point for understanding what the region's wines have long been built on.

Founded in 1972 as an homage to Bordeaux, Jordan Vineyard & Winery sits on Alexander Valley Road in Healdsburg, producing Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay from a French-inspired château estate. The recipient of a Pearl 3 Star Prestige award in 2025, it occupies a distinct tier among Sonoma County's premium wineries, where old-world architectural ambition meets California terroir.

Ranked No. 25 in the World's Best Vineyards 2024 and carrying a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, Tenuta Castelbuono sits in the upper tier of Umbrian estate wine production. The Lunelli family's Bevagna property makes a strong case for Umbria's capacity to produce wines that compete with Italy's better-known appellations. A serious destination for anyone tracing central Italian wine geography.

Ranked 26th on the World's Best Vineyards 2024 list and holding a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, Matias Riccitelli operates from Distrito Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo, one of Mendoza's most consequential sub-appellations for altitude-driven viticulture. The bodega sits within a comparable set defined by precision and restraint rather than volume, with credentials that position it firmly in Argentina's upper tier of estate wine production.

Billecart-Salmon belongs to the quieter, high-discipline side of Aÿ: a Champagne house whose identity is tied to family continuity, long cellar memory, the region’s chalk-and-cool-climate precision. The maison’s first vintage dates to 1818, with winemaker Florent Nys attached to its current chapter, making it a serious stop for travellers reading Champagne through terroir rather than spectacle.

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.

El Enemigo (Casa Vigil) brings Mendoza’s high-altitude wine conversation into Maipú, where irrigation channels, alluvial soils, long sun exposure define the glass as much as cellar technique. The appeal is strongest for travelers who want a winery experience framed by terroir rather than a generic tasting-room circuit.

Marqués de Murrieta belongs to Rioja’s old export story rather than the newer architecture-led cellar circuit. Founded in 1852 and tied to Château Ygay, it gives Logroño a direct line to the region’s 19th-century move from local wine culture to international trade, with terroir, ageing and continuity doing the heavy editorial work.

Established in 1915 and anchored in the Briones enclave of Rioja Alta, Bodegas Vivanco holds an EP Club Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025 and operates one of Spain's most comprehensive wine culture museums, spanning 4,000 square metres. Set against the Cantabrian foothills with views across the surrounding hills and valleys, it represents one of the region's most serious engagements with both viniculture and wine heritage.

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.

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.

González Byass in Jerez is the bodega behind Tío Pepe, one of Spain's most recognised fino sherries, operating from a nineteenth-century estate in the heart of Old Town since 1841. The Hotel Bodega Tío Pepe occupies the original workers' cottages on the same grounds, placing guests directly inside Andalusia's most historically layered sherry-producing estate. EP Club awarded it a Pearl 3-Star Prestige rating in 2025.

Château Héritage holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) and operates from Qob Elias in the Bekaa Valley, one of the world's most historically charged wine regions. Set against a backdrop where Roman temples dedicated to Bacchus once stood, the winery positions itself within Lebanon's small tier of prestige producers. Visitors approaching the region encounter a winemaking tradition that predates most European appellations by several millennia.

Quinta do Noval is a Douro reference point for travelers who care about vineyard origin rather than cellar theatrics. In Pinhão, its appeal lies in the relationship between steep terraced slopes, old vines, Port culture, placing it in serious conversation with the area’s other historic quintas.

Penfolds gives Adelaide a rare urban winery with national consequence: a Magill address, an 1844 origin story, a reputation built on changing international expectations of Australian Shiraz. With Pearl 5 Star Prestige recognition in 2025 and Peter Gago named as winemaker, it belongs in the serious-wine tier rather than the casual cellar-door circuit.

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.

Bodega DiamAndes sits at 1,000 metres above sea level in the Uco Valley foothills, part of the Bordeaux-backed Clos de los Siete group and owned by the Bonnie family of Château Malartic-Lagravière. Its gravity-flow winery, designed by Bórmida and Yanzón, holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025. The estate spans 130 hectares of Andean-facing vineyard in Vista Flores, Tunuyán.

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, soils that no lower-altitude appellation can replicate. EP Club rates Colomé at Pearl 3 Star Prestige (2025).

Klein Constantia sits at the historic heart of Cape Town's Constantia Valley, carrying a winemaking lineage that reaches back centuries. Holder of the Pearl 4 Star Prestige award (2025), the estate is most closely associated with Vin de Constance, the sweet wine that Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly requested on his deathbed. The Constantia hills, framed by Table Mountain and distant ocean views, provide the geographical and cultural context that makes this address distinct among South African wine destinations.

Chapoutier sits at the serious end of the Northern Rhône's producer hierarchy, operating from Tain-l'Hermitage with more than three decades of certified biodynamic viticulture under winemaker Michel Chapoutier. Holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025, it draws visitors seeking structured tasting experiences anchored in Syrah-dominant terroir and an unusually transparent approach to land stewardship.

Szepsy in Mád carries one of Tokaj's longest continuous winemaking histories, with family records stretching back to the sixteenth century. Awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, the estate occupies a central position in the village's tight constellation of serious producers. For anyone tracing the deep lineage of Tokaji sweet wines, this address on Batthyány utca is the natural starting point.

Founded in 1978 and ranked No. 44 on the World's Best Vineyards 2024 list, Duckhorn Vineyards in St. Helena has spent nearly five decades refining its position among Napa Valley's established estates. Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating from EP Club in 2025, the property represents a benchmark for Napa's Merlot-forward tradition under winemaker Renée Ary, set along Lodi Lane in the quieter northern reaches of the valley.

Gramona has produced sparkling wine in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia since the early twentieth century, drawing on vineyards the family has farmed since 1850. The house sits in the traditional Cava heartland yet operates with the patience of a prestige-focused producer, holding wines through extended aging programs that set it apart from the region's volume houses. Recognised with a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025, Gramona represents the serious, land-rooted end of Catalan sparkling wine.

Château Kefraya sits in the Bekaa Valley's western reaches, where altitude and continental exposure shape wines that carry the imprint of Lebanon's most demanding growing terrain. The estate holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025, placing it among Lebanon's most recognised producers. For those exploring the country's serious wine tradition, Kefraya is a logical reference point.

One of Champagne's most architecturally commanding houses, Pommery operates from a Victorian Gothic estate above nineteen kilometres of chalk crayères beneath Reims. Ranked No. 47 in the World's Best Vineyards 2024 and awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, it pairs serious cellar credentials with first-vintage roots dating to 1874. Winemaker Clément Pierlot oversees a programme defined by extended aging in those ancient galleries.

98Wines sits in Yamanashi Prefecture's Enzan district, one of Japan's most consequential wine-growing areas, carries a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating from EP Club for 2025. The address places it among a cluster of producers drawing on the Koshu Valley's particular combination of altitude, volcanic soils, the diurnal temperature swings that define the region's grape-growing conditions.

Established in 1993 on the cool-climate slopes of Casablanca Valley, Casas del Bosque is a boutique estate where the kitchen, cellar, 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.

Gusbourne is an English sparkling wine estate in the Romney Marsh fringe near Ashford, Kent, recognised with a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The estate sits within one of England's most closely watched cool-climate wine regions, where chalk and clay soils produce Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier with a character distinct from the South Downs benchmark. It belongs to a tier of English producers whose wines are assessed against Champagne peers, not domestic novelty.