In a competition among top tourist destinations at famous wine regions around the globe, seven Napa Valley enterprises are in the hunt to be named the best in the world in an annual Great Wine Capitals competition.

On Thursday at Yountville’s Domaine Chandon — whose Étoile Restaurant named the Great Wine Capitals best restaurant last year — this  year’s North American nominees were unveiled:

• Auberge du Soleil of Rutherford for accommodations;

• Napa Valley Wine Train for wine tourism restaurants;

• Calistoga’s Chateau Montelena for architecture, parks and gardens;

• Calistoga’s Clos Pegase winery for arts and culture;

• Rutherford’s St. Supéry Vineyards and Winery for innovative wine tourism experiences;

• California Wine Tours of Napa for wine tourism services;

• Quintessa, a winery on Silverado Trail outside of St. Helena, for sustainable wine tourism practices.

These Napa Valley businesses will now compete against those in seven other wine destinations — Bordeaux, France; Cape Town, South Africa; Florence, Italy; Mainz, Germany; Mendoza, Argentina; Porto, Portugal; Bilbao-Rioja, Spain.

The global winners will be announced in Bordeaux early next month. A contingent of wine industry officials, hospitality executives and politicians from the Napa Valley and San Francisco will attend the ceremonies.

This year, 54 applications were submitted for the regional competition. Two years ago, there were only six applicants, according to Katherine Zimmer, Napa Chamber of Commerce director of marketing.

Rex Stults, who handles industry relations for Napa Valley Vintners, said this year the program will add another region, Christchurch, New Zealand, to the Global Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism program.

“Being a part of the Great Wine Capitals is a natural for Napa Valley,” said Clay Gregory, Napa Valley Destination Council chief executive officer. “Wine tourism was invented in the Napa Valley.

“This award is valuable for our guest services industry. It puts them on a global stage,” Gregory added.