DoctorWine Guides
DoctorWine’s Guides is the column dedicated to our printed publications. The Essential Guide to Italian Wines first of all, then the Series by DoctorWine. The Series by DoctorWine includes the guides Wines for Every Pocket, Wines for the Summer and Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyards.
Double and triple Seals DoctorWine 2026
Here lines up the qualitative apex of our pyramid for this 12th edition of The Essential Guide to Italian Wines. These are for us the best Italian wines for the coming season, absolutely great wines that, it goes without saying,...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Tuscany
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Liguria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia
ezia 95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers...
Seals DoctorWine 2026 South Tyrol and Trentino
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Sicily and Sardinia
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Campania, Lazio and Umbria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Lombardy, Emilia and Romagna
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Marche, Abruzzo and Molise
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. Yesterday we began publishing individual facets by region, each...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
From now on you will find individual Seals divided by Region, each wine preceded by its score, starting with the highest. 95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal....
Most striking errors
All (or almost all) of the typos in the The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2025, at least the most egregious errors. The Essential Guide 2025 is now in the hands of thousands of people who will have begun flipping...
Special Awards 2025
In our intentions, the special awards we give in the Essential Guide serve to shed light on the state of our viticulture. We want to highlight them to underscore their propulsive role vis-à-vis the entire wine movement. With the Special...
Best single-vineyard wines 2025
The following is the special ranking that rewards the best wines produced from a single grape variety, among the main ones grown in Italy, both indigenous and international. To be exact, at least 85% comes from a single grape variety,...
Best quality/price wines 2025
There are in the pages of the Essential Guide 2025 510 wines that have the “thumbs up”. It is our symbol for the excellent relationship between wine quality and selling price: basically the wines to buy to drink well at...
The Producers 3 Stars 2025
In addition to the rating of wines in cents, with facsimiles graphically representing the awards, there is also a system of rating wineries from zero to three stars in The Essential Guide to Italian Wine. Of course, 3 stars is...
Summary Seals 2025
To make it easier for those who want to find all the Seals of The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2025, here is a summary post with all the necessary links. We remember: the “little face” is the symbol of...
Double and triple Seals 2025
Here lines up the qualitative apex of our pyramid for this 11th edition of the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy. These are the top Italian wines of the coming season, absolutely great wines that, it goes without saying,...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Tuscany
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual facets...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Liguria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual Seals...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual facets...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025 Alto Adige and Trentino
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual Seals...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Sicily and Sardinia
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual Seals...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Campania, Lazio and Umbria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual Seals...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Lombardy, Emilia and Romagna
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual Seals...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Marche, Abruzzo and Molise
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From Tuesday 10 onwards you will find individual facets...
Seminars on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29
As part of the weekend presentation of The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2025, we have organized 4 seminars that are not to be missed. The DoctorWine tagged wine festival., which marks the release of The Essential Guide to Italian...
DoctorWine’s Seals 2025: Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From now on you will find individual Seals divided...
DoctorWine Essential Guide: 2025 edition ready
PRESS RELEASE – It will be presented in Milan on Sept. 28 and 29 and in Rome on Oct. 6 with highly anticipated tasting booths dedicated to the many excellent producers in the Guide and their great wines. “There is...
Sunday October 8: The Essential Guide Presentation in Rome
After the presentation in Milan, it is the turn of Rome. A grand tasting will also take place in the capital to celebrate the release of the tenth edition of DoctorWine’s The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2024. The Milan weekend...
The DoctorWine App
The DoctorWine App is available in Italian and English, for both iOS and Android devices, and contains the 2023 edition of The Essential Guide to Italian Wine and Eating and Sleeping Among the Vineyards. In the section dedicated to the Essential...