22 Charlotte restaurants named among world’s best wine programs. Here’s who made the list.

Wine Spectator magazine has named its top wine programs for restaurants around the world in 2022, and 23 Charlotte-area restaurants made the list.

Since 1981, Wine Spectator has been recognizing the world’s best wine lists. There are three awards given: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award.

In the Charlotte area, many of the winners are at steakhouses in uptown and SouthPark, with a few local gems. Here are Charlotte’s winners:

• Barcelona Wine Bar

• BLT Steak

• The Capital Grille

• Caroline’s Oyster Bar

• Chima Steakhouse

• Counter-

• Dean’s Italian Steakhouse

• Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse

• Dilworth Tasting Room (Dilworth and SouthPark locations)

• Eddie V’s Prime Seafood

• Gallery Restaurant

• Juniper Grill

• Mama Ricotta’s

• Morton’s, The Steakhouse

• McNinch House Restaurant

• The Palm Charlotte

• Peppervine

• Ruth’s Chris Steak House (uptown and SouthPark locations)

• The String Bean in Belmont, NC

• Supperland

• Village Tavern

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