Green Valley Grill, eight other Triad restaurants honored by Wine Spectator
By: Daniel Finnegan, Triad Business Journal
September 28, 2020
Green Valley Grill, eight other Triad restaurants honored by Wine Spectator
Nine Triad restaurants are among the best in the world when it comes to wine, according to Wine Spectator.
The publication named 21 area restaurants to its 2020 Restaurant Awards list, which recognizes eateries with extraordinary wine lists. This year’s awards program recognized 3,776 dining destinations from all 50 states and more than 79 countries internationally. Winners were named in three categories, broken down by the variety of vintages or wine regions.
Green Valley Grill in Greensboro earned the highest grade — the Best of Award of Excellence — of the area restaurants honored by the magazine. The Best of Award of Excellence award is given to restaurants with 350 or more selections that represent a variety of vintages or wine regions. Wine Spectator cited Green Valley Grill for its selection of wines from France, Italy and California.
Eight Triad restaurants received the Award of Excellence, which recognizes establishments with at least 90 wine selections. Among them was Print Works Bistro in Greensboro, which like Green Valley Grill is owned by the Quaintance-Weaver Group.
The other Triad winners were:
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Greensboro
- Village Tavern in Greensboro
- Village Tavern in Winston-Salem
- Ryan’s Restaurant in Winston-Salem
- Butcher & Bull in Winston-Salem
- Outwest Steakhouse & Saddleroom in Kernersville
- The Celtic Fringe in Reidsville
The only North Carolina to earn the magazine’s top ranking — the Grand Award Winner — was the Angus Barn in Raleigh. Twenty-two N.C. restaurants received the Best of Award of Excellence.