{"id":29688,"date":"2025-12-02T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupodanigarcia.com\/?p=29688"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:50:08","slug":"sommelier-award-2026-for-luis-baselga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grupodanigarcia.com\/en\/sommelier-award-2026-for-luis-baselga\/","title":{"rendered":"Sommelier Award 2026 for Luis Baselga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some recognitions not only celebrate a trajectory, but also a way of seeing, feeling and telling the story of gastronomy. This year, the Michelin Guide has placed that spotlight on\u00a0Luis Baselga<\/strong>, sommelier and ma\u00eetre d\u2019 at\u00a0Smoked Room<\/a><\/strong>, awarding him the\u00a0Sommelier Award 2026<\/a><\/strong>. A prize that recognises his sensitivity, precision and ability to build, glass by glass, an essential part of the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gala, held this November 25 at the Sohrlin Andaluc\u00eda venue in M\u00e1laga, brought together the great figures of Spanish gastronomy in a night where, in addition to the coveted stars, the crafts that uphold excellence were celebrated: the dining room, young talent, mentorship and, of course, wine. There, accompanied by Quim Vila (founder of Vila Viniteca), Baselga took the stage to receive an award that has only existed for three editions and was previously granted to historic names such as\u00a0Josep Roca<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Luis Paniagua<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensitivity as a compass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since joining the Dani Garc\u00eda Group in 2021, Baselga has built at Smoked Room a unique way of understanding wine. At 34 years old, trained at the Basque Culinary Center and with experience in emblematic restaurants, he has developed an intimate and emotional vision based on listening, precision and reading each guest.
At Smoked Room, an omakase-style temple where fire, technique and narrative coexist for only fourteen diners\u2014 his liquid proposal forms \u201cthe other half\u201d of the gastronomic story. There, between embers and measured silences, he has turned each service into a living organism that adapts, evolves and breathes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to a style that avoids conventional pairings, he defends the concept of \u201cagreement\u201d<\/strong>, an honest union between dish and wine that emerges after hours of testing, stocks and sauces in his small laboratory at the back of the restaurant. His criteria are clear: serve only what moves him, while adjusting every decision to the sensitivity of the person sitting at the table.
For Baselga, excellence lies in reading the group, understanding its intention, finding the leader and fine-tuning every detail so that the experience flows and is shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sums it up like this:
\u201cWine is a guest at the party. Its role is to accompany, guide and prolong what happens on the palate. I feel overwhelmed and very happy. It has been a year of hard work, and receiving this recognition is an enormous boost.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A project where fire and wine tell the same story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Smoked Room was born in 2021 inside Le\u00f1a Madrid as a nearly hidden, intimate space designed to disappear among smoke, embers and darkness. In just six months, it achieved an extraordinary milestone:\u00a0two Michelin stars<\/strong>, later joined by a third in Dubai.
Since then, this Dani Garc\u00eda Group project has become a complete sensorial experience where every dish is crafted through the absolute mastery of fire. Every wine chosen by Baselga extends, refines or embraces those flavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His cellar, alive and constantly evolving, converses with the restaurant\u2019s three tasting menus. Three flame-driven narratives, each accompanied by its own liquid interpretation. And it is precisely that harmony \u2014that way of weaving a shared story\u2014 that has turned his work into a reference both in Spain and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massimiliano Delle Vedove, executive chef of Smoked Room, describes it this way:
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier to share this project with Luis, a friend and one of the best sommeliers in the country. For his talent and his commitment, he deserves everything.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recognition that looks toward the future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Sommelier Award 2026 not only celebrates a rising career. It also strengthens the importance of wine and dining service within the gastronomic experience of the Dani Garc\u00eda Group and reaffirms Smoked Room as one of the most influential spaces on the international scene.
A place where fire, wine and emotion meet to tell the same story.
A story that, in many ways, carries the silent, precise and honest signature of Luis Baselga<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sommelier Award 2026 for Luis Baselga<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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