These MD Restaurants Have Outstanding Wine Programs, Magazine Says

Maryland’s restaurant scene is winning some national praise thanks to Wine Spectator.

Wine Spectator recently announced the winners of the 2025 Restaurant Awards. These awards honor the world’s best restaurants for wine.

This year’s awards program recognizes 3,811 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 80 countries internationally.

"A wine list is a restaurant’s identity in print, and this year’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winners reflect both deep knowledge and a passion for discovery," Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher of Wine Spectator, said. "I proudly present the 3,811 restaurants worldwide that earned a Restaurant Award this year — we raise a glass to all our winners."

Maryland winners are:

• Bas Rouge, Easton
• Bygone, Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore
• CuVino Trattoria.Pizza.Enoteca, Timonium
• Lewnes' Steakhouse, Annapolis
• Magdalena, The Ivy Hotel, Baltimore
• Tagliata, Baltimore
• The Capital Grille, Baltimore
• The Capital Grille, Chevy Chase
• The Oregon Grille, Hunt Valley
• The Ruxton, Baltimore
• The Smokehouse Restaurant at Antrim 1844, Taneytown
• Aventino Cucina, Bethesda
• Citron, Baltimore
• Facci Ristorante, Laurel
• Facci Ristorante, Ellicot City
• Facci Ristorante, Baltimore
• Fogo de Chão, Baltimore
• Fogo de Chão, North Bethesda
• Fogo de Chão, Oxon Hill
• Fogo de Chão, Towson
• Gordon Ramsay Steak, Baltimore
• Grapes Wine Bar, Annapolis
• Jailbreak Brewing & Foodworks, Laurel
• Locavino, Silver Spring
• Manalù Italian Restaurant, Frederick
• Morton's, The Steakhouse, Baltimore
• Morton's, The Steakhouse, Bethesda
• Rec Pier Chop House, Baltimore
• Seasons 52, North Bethesda
• Seasons 52, Columbia
• Smashing Grapes, Columbia
• The Embers Restaurant, Ocean City
• The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Baltimore
• The Stewart, Easton
• The Vineyard Wine Bar, Havre de Grace
• Tide Room, Ocean City
• True Chesapeake Oyster Co., Baltimore
• Voltaggio Brothers Steak House, National Harbor

Launched in 1981, the Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service.

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They are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,001; 1,411; and 93 winners this year in each respective category.

Also featured in Wine Spectator’s special Restaurant Awards issue: “What’s Old is New Again,” as restaurants place an emphasis on revisiting and uplifting tried and true classics.

The Restaurant Awards issue, which features a tribute to late Grand Award-winning American chef and restaurateur Charlie Trotter, becomes available to readers July 15.

See the full list of winners online.

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