Christchurch wine bar named Australasia’s best

Cellar Door wine bar in the Christchurch Arts Centre has been named Australasia’s “Best Wine Bar” in UK magazine World Of Fine Wine’s annual World’s Best Wine List Awards.

For the first time, a New Zealand entry will be representing Australasia at the World’s Best Wine List Awards, held at The Savoy in London in September.

“We’ve been doing our thing here for five years now, and received a bit of attention locally for our wine tasting flights, so it’s great to get this international recognition,” says Tim Ogle, Director of Cellar Door.

This tops a successful awards season for the bar, which last month was again named on the “Best Of” list at New York’s Wine Spectator Magazine Awards of Excellence for the second year in a row, and in April gained a Silver Star for “Best Wine By-The-Glass List” from European publication Star Wine List.

chairman of the World’s Best Wine Lists Awards and editor of The World of Fine Wine, Neil Beckett, says all finalists should be very proud.

“To be judged the best in their respective continent in one of these categories is a huge achievement for any establishment, and each of the winners has every right to be extremely proud of the prestigious title they have won.”