NAPA, Calif., Oct. 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.
ABOUT VISIT NAPA VALLEY
Visit Napa Valley is the official destination marketing and management organization for Napa County. The organization promotes the region as an attractive travel destination and works to continually enhance its public image as a dynamic place to visit, live, and work. The vision and mission of Visit Napa Valley are to elevate Napa Valley as the world's premier wine country experience and to promote, protect, and enhance the Napa Valley destination. Conveniently located within an hour's drive from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Sacramento Area, Napa County is comprised of five distinct towns, including, from north to south, Calistoga, St. Helena, Yountville, the City of Napa, and American Canyon. In addition to these five towns, the areas of Rutherford, Oakville, and Angwin, along with the outdoor recreation area of Lake Berryessa, are also part of Napa County and add to its diverse and rich history. For additional information about Napa Valley, or to plan your Napa Valley experience, please explore VisitNapaValley.com and follow social feeds @VisitNapaValley.
ABOUT NAPA VALLEY VINTNERS
The Napa Valley Vintners nonprofit trade association has been cultivating excellence since 1944 by inspiring its 539 members to consistently produce wines of the highest quality, provide environmental leadership and care for the extraordinary place they call home. Since 1981, the NVV has invested more than $225 million in its community to provide equitable access to healthcare and opportunity for advancement in children’s education. NVV is dedicated to improving diversity and championing inclusivity in its community and in the wine industry. Learn more at napavintners.com.
ABOUT GREAT WINE CAPITALS GLOBAL NETWORK
Founded in 1999, the Great Wine Capitals Global Network is an alliance of 12 internationally renowned wine regions – Adelaide, South Australia; Bilbao-Rioja, Spain; Bordeaux, France; Cape Town-Cape Winelands, South Africa; Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand; Lausanne, Switzerland; Mainz-Rheinhessen, Germany; Mendoza, Argentina; Porto, Portugal; San Francisco-Napa Valley, USA; Valparaiso-Casablanca Valley, Chile; and Verona, Italy. The international Best of Wine Tourism awards serve as an industry benchmark for excellence and recognizes leading wineries and wine-tourism related businesses in each Great Wine Capital that have distinguished themselves in areas such as innovation, service, and sustainable practices. For more information visit www.greatwinecapitals.com.
