{"id":9012,"date":"2025-08-26T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/?page_id=9012"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:32:56","slug":"results-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/nz\/top-100-sommeliers\/results-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Results 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RANKING THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST SOMMELIERS <\/b>OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND 2025<\/b><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

Top 100 Sommeliers New Zealand has released its first ranking of the country\u2019s best sommeliers – the most comprehensive list ever of top wine professionals in hospitality.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”24px”][vc_column_text]26<\/span><\/i>th<\/span><\/i> July 2025, Auckland<\/span><\/i> \u2013 The Champagne Louis Roederer <\/span>Top 100 Sommeliers<\/span><\/a> has ranked the very best professionals on the restaurant scene in New Zealand for the first time. Never before has such a list been compiled; highlighting outstanding wine service and food pairing skills of the very best sommeliers and wine wait staff in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Number one New Zealand sommelier in 2025 is Leah Kirkland, Group Beverage Director, Emett Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Commenting on the inaugural ranking, chair judge Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, said, \u201cLeah is an outstanding wine and beverage professional, a Sommelier with mana, influence, authority and efficacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Over 50% of the very best sommeliers in New Zealand are based outside of the Auckland region, 40% are women, making this the most democratic and inclusive listing of wine service professionals across Aotearoa. In fact, four of the Top 20 Sommeliers in 2025 are women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Champagne Louis Roederer Top 100 Sommeliers is an annual ranking of the New Zealand top sommelier talent, celebrating the art and <\/span>savoir faire<\/span><\/i> of those professionals who epitomise service in wine and beverages. <\/span><\/p>\n

We honour their status and achievement with a lapel pin and certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ranking invites nominations from sommeliers and their hospitality peers from across New Zealand making it possibly\u00a0 the most democratic and accurate ranking of its kind. Based on the nominees\u2019 experience, career and educational achievements, day-to-day responsibilities and performance in competitions, Top 100 Sommeliers uses an infallible, aggregated points system to assess and analyse each sommeliers\u2019 professional successes.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”7864″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space]

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