Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?

Two restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence: St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina. Both awards are dated 2026. Principe Cerami's list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France. St. George by Heinz Beck's wine programme is sommelier-led, and the restaurant serves a tasting menu in The Ashbee Hotel's villa.

Which neighbourhoods are these wine restaurants in?

Taormina and historic centre have wine restaurants on this list. St. George by Heinz Beck, Principe Cerami, and Otto Geleng are in Taormina. Vineria Modì is in historic centre.

Which of these restaurants serve a tasting menu?

St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina, serve a tasting menu as their only format. Otto Geleng in Taormina and Vineria Modì in historic centre offer a tasting menu and a la carte. Osteria Rosso Divino in Historic Center serves a la carte and small plates, and its owners are sommeliers.

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Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Taormina

This page gathers the five exceptional wine programmes in our guide. St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina, hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Principe Cerami runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France. St. George by Heinz Beck serves a tasting menu in The Ashbee Hotel's villa.

Otto Geleng, in Taormina, pairs a wine list of 400 with an eight-table terrace facing Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea, and serves a tasting menu and a la carte. Vineria Modì, in historic centre, grew from a wine bar, and chef Dalila Grillo keeps a sommelier-led list beside a tasting menu and a la carte. Osteria Rosso Divino, in Historic Center, is a seafood osteria run by sommeliers, with a Star Wine List award, and it is listed by Falstaff, both for 2026.

How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.

Osteria Rosso Divino
Deep wine list
Osteria Rosso Divino sits on Via De Spuches in the historic centre of Taormina, earning a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in 2024 for the depth of its wine program. The osteria format places it in a different register from the town's high-ticket tasting-menu restaurants, with a focus on Sicilian and Italian wine culture alongside the kitchen.
Otto Geleng
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred terrace on via Teatro Greco 59, Otto Geleng distills the Sicilian fine-dining proposition into eight tables, an Etna-facing view, and a tasting menu format that re-reads regional classics through a precise modern lens. Among Taormina's upper-tier restaurants, it occupies one intimate end of the €€€€ bracket, where format discipline and a 400-label wine list carry as much weight as the cooking itself.
Principe Cerami
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Principe Cerami holds a Michelin star inside the San Domenico Palace, a former monastery perched above the Ionian Sea in Taormina. Chef Massimo Mantarro's kitchen draws from across Sicily, with seasonal produce, coastal ingredients, and the island's volcanic interior all represented. The wine list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France.
St. George by Heinz Beck
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Set within The Ashbee Hotel's early-20th-century villa on the edge of Taormina's historic centre, St. George operates under a dual-chef model: Heinz Beck's two Michelin stars and La Liste recognition (84pts in 2026) sit alongside resident chef Salvatore Iuliano's Calabrian-rooted Mediterranean sensibility. The terrace, framing the Straits of Messina through palms, is among the more considered dining settings in southern Italy.
Vineria Modì
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred address on Via Calapitrulli that evolved from a wine bar into one of Taormina's most considered contemporary Sicilian kitchens. Chef Dalila Grillo's cooking leans on Sicilian provenance with broader Mediterranean influences, supported by a wine list that remains the programme's spine.

Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Taormina

Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?: Two restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence: St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina. Both awards are dated 2026. Principe Cerami's list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France. St. George by Heinz Beck's wine programme is sommelier-led, and the restaurant serves a tasting menu in The Ashbee Hotel's villa.
Which neighbourhoods are these wine restaurants in?: Taormina and historic centre have wine restaurants on this list. St. George by Heinz Beck, Principe Cerami, and Otto Geleng are in Taormina. Vineria Modì is in historic centre.
Which of these restaurants serve a tasting menu?: St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina, serve a tasting menu as their only format. Otto Geleng in Taormina and Vineria Modì in historic centre offer a tasting menu and a la carte. Osteria Rosso Divino in Historic Center serves a la carte and small plates, and its owners are sommeliers.