289 FL Restaurants Honored With Wine Spectator Awards

FLORIDA — Two hundred eighty-nine restaurants in Florida have been recognized for their wine programs, joining 3,700 establishments worldwide as winners in Wine Spectator’s 2024 Restaurant Awards.

Award winners are from all 50 states and more than 75 countries and territories. Awards are given across three categories: Award of Excellence, presented to about 2,150 restaurants; the Best of Award of Excellence, presented to about 1,531 restaurants; and the Grand Award, presented to only four restaurants, including two California restaurants, Grasing’s in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Lazy Bear in San Francisco.

The 2024 Award of Excellence-winning restaurants from Florida include those that earned the Grand Award in previous years:

• Bern’s Steak House, 1208 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, a steak house with 6,500 wine selections
• Bleu Provence, 1234 Eighth Street S., Naples, a French and Mediterranean restaurant with 5,865 wine selections
• HMF at the Breakers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach, an American restaurant with 2,200 wine selections
• Marcello’s La Sirena, 6316 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, an Italian restaurant with 1,075 wine selections

Find the full list of Florida restaurants recognized as Award of Excellence recipients this year by Wine Spectator here.

Wine Spectator said the Award of Excellence winners generally have a wine list of at least 100 vintages, while the Best of Award of Excellence winners generally have at least 350 selections. The Grand Award winners have 1,000 or more selections, presenting diners with a depth of vintages from some of the world’s most acclaimed winemakers.