On October 2, 2024—The regional Napa Valley delegation for the Great Wine Capitals, which includes the County of Napa, Napa Valley Vintners, and Visit Napa Valley, has announced the winners of the 2025 Best Of Wine Tourism Regional Awards.
The annually-held Great Wine Capitals Best Of Wine Tourism Awards celebrates innovation and excellence in wine tourism throughout the greatest wine regions in the world. Napa Valley is among 12 regions globally—and the only one in North America—recognized internationally by the Great Wine Capitals Network for offering exceptional experiences in wine tourism.
Visitor-facing tourism and hospitality businesses in Napa Valley were invited to self-nominate in one of seven categories during the month of August. The submissions were then reviewed, and winners were selected by a judging panel that includes representatives from the County of Napa, the Napa Valley Vintners, and Visit Napa Valley.
The Great Wine Capitals 2025 Best Of Wine Tourism Regional Award winners, by category, are:
- Accommodation – Dr. Wilkinson’s Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs
- Architecture & Landscapes – Signorello Estate
- Art & Culture – Rail Arts District (RAD) Napa
- Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences – Olabisi Winery (Vine Trail Adventures)
- Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices – Pine Ridge Vineyards
- Culinary Experiences – Oxbow Public Market
- Wine Tourism Services – Napa Valley Wine Train
Last year’s (2024) Napa Valley Regional Award winners included Four Seasons Resort & Residences (Accommodation); Antinori Napa Valley (Architecture & Landscapes); RD Winery (Art & Culture); Trefethen Family Vineyards (Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences); Grgich Hills Estate (Sustainable Wine Tourism Experiences); Oakville Grocery & Wine Merchant (Culinary Experiences); and Napa Valley Vine Trail (Wine Tourism Services). Subsequently, Napa Valley Vine Trail, the 2024 regional winner in the category for Wine Tourism Services, went on to receive global recognition as the 2024 Global Winner of Wine Tourism Services.
In addition to being recognized in front of an audience of industry peers, winners from this regional group are now in consideration for the Global Best of Wine Tourism Awards. The global Best Of Wine Tourism Award Winners will be announced at the Great Wine Capitals Annual General Meeting held in Verona, Italy in October 2024.
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