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North America's highest entry was Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley. New Zealand's Rippon, a biodynamic vineyard on the shores of Lake Wanaka, was in eighth place and named Best Vineyard in Australasia. Spain's López de Heredia Viña Tondonia - a Rioja winery run by the López de Heredia family for close to 150 years - took the prize for third place and was named Best in Europe.
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As with the other stars on the list, it offers a top-class program of tastings and events, and its 120-seat restaurant offers Uruguayan cuisine and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Uruguay's Bodega Garzón, in second place, was praised as a leader in sustainability. Its new cellar, opened 2012, is a glorious brick-red structure of terracotta and wood, which, said awards host Nigel Barden, "has more of the feel of a place of worship than a place for storing wine." Italy's best vineyard was Antinori nel Chianti Classico in Tuscany, placed 18th. Meanwhile, Robert Mondavi was ranked 12th as the best in North America and Opus One was tied for 19th to round out the top 20. "It's a great way to be in contact with the wine lovers." "We are three generations involved in the wine and working together," said managing director José Alberto Zuccardi when accepting the award under the frescoed ceiling of the 17th-century Banqueting House. A family-run business founded in 1963, the Zuccardi Valle de Uco unveiled a stunning new modernist bodega in 2016, designed by architects Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato and Eugenia Mora. The 2019 winner is an Argentinian winery in the lush heart of the Uco Valley, at the foot of the Andes mountains. Wine experts, foodies and travel industry insiders from around the world gathered in London's Banqueting House on Monday night for the inaugural World's Best Vineyard Awards, created to honor the finest in modern wine tourism. For the ultimate vineyard vacation, try a Bond villain-style lair in the majestic mountains and valleys of South America. Forget crumbling chateaux in the French countryside.