After many years, Gianni Fabrizio is leaving Gambero Rosso‘s Vini d’Italia guide, of which he was co-curator and one of the most authoritative signatures. A transition that marks the closing of a long journey in his history as a “pure” wine critic.
Born in Geneva in 1966, a highly experienced taster and profound connoisseur of Italian and Piedmontese wine in particular, he has contributed for decades to building one of the industry’s most influential reference systems. Today he points to a new direction: telling wine in a more human way, between culture, territories and sensibility.
The farewell, just a few weeks before the start of tastings for the new edition of the guide, leaves room for some question as to how this choice was made, but the desire to leave the world of guidebooks, which was beginning to get a little tight for him, was known to friends.
In outlining his review, Fabrizio calls for a rethinking of wine storytelling: less obsession with scores and more room for emotion, without denying the value of evaluation.
