FIGS has been honored for its outstanding wine program in Wine Spectator’s 2024 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the world’s best restaurants for wine. Wine Spectator is the world’s leading authority on wine. Anchored by Wine Spectator magazine, a print publication that reaches around three million readers worldwide, the brand encompasses the “web’s most comprehensive wine site“, mobile platforms and a series of signature events among other things.
Launched in 1981, the Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service. Awards are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,150; 1,531; and 96 winners this year in each respective category. FIGS won the Award of Excellence. The Award of Excellence recognizes restaurants whose wine lists feature a well-chosen variety of quality producers along with a thematic match to the menu in both style and price.
“We are incredibly honored to receive the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence,” said David Schechtel, Manager of FIGS. “This recognition reflects our dedication to providing our guests with a thoughtfully curated wine selection that perfectly complements our authentic Lebanese cuisine. We are proud to be among the world’s best restaurants for wine and are committed to continuing our tradition of excellence.”
When diving into FIGS wine list with Schechtel, we learned that the collection boasts bottles you wouldn’t see anywhere else, dating as far back as 1967. FIGS has curated a fine selection of wines from the ancient world as well as the new world. This assortment is a characteristic that is unique to FIGS, to have ancient world wines from Lebanon and Macedonia as well as old world wines from Spain, Italy and France, and new world wines from Oregon and California all on one menu.
We asked Schechtel for a few of his standout picks amongst FIGS’ extensive wine list. If money was not object, he would pick the 1969 Vougeot Premier Cru from the Remoisssenet Cellar Collection, a 2018 Opus One and the 2021 Paradorey Elite 2021 Tempranillo, showcasing the old and new world wines. Also to be noted, Schechtel selected FIGS’ house wine, the 2020 Chateau Musar, from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon as one of his favorites. This wine pairs excellently with their kebabs and is quite tasty and affordable at $22/glass, $80/bottle.
And a full list of award winners can be found here.
Other Jackson Hole restaurant winners include:
The Silver Dollar Grill (Award of Excellence)
The Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse (Award of Excellence)
Glorietta (Award of Excellence)
Dornans (Best of Award of Excellence)
