Pot-Pourri
Pot-pourri, like the scented composition made with dried flower petals and essential oils, encompasses many articles of different topics, a kind of corollary to the central topics of the site.
Best wines from single grape 2026
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. Best single-vineyard wines 2026 for DoctorWine. To be exact, at least 85...
Best Quality/Price wines 2026
Present in the pages of The Essential Guide to Italian Wines 2026 are as many as 867 wines that have the “thumbs up,” that is, our symbol for the excellent relationship between the quality of the wine and the selling...
The Producers 3 Stars 2026
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 the Wines of Italy. Of course, 3...
Seals DoctorWine Summary 2026
To facilitate those who want to find all the DoctorWine facets of The Essential Guide to Italian Wines 2026, here is a summary with all the necessary links. We remember: the “little face” is the symbol of the award given...
Syrah and Cabernet Franc in the new Suvereto Docg
Approved by MASAF are changes to the specification for the Maremma Suvereto Docg appellation that focus on the area’s relationship with its main grape varieties. And with Tuscany. With its publication in the Official Gazette (nr 222 of 24-09-25), the...
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...
The Friulan makes its film debut with Make a Wish
White wine, the standard-bearer of Friuli Venezia Giulia, stars in the first territorial product placement operation in film for the region. Not only cinema: the new film Esprimi un desiderio (Make a Wish) by Volfango De Biasi brings to the...
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...
Wine for Earth talk show: Sustainability essentials
At Wine for Earth, the talk show outlining the sustainable future of the wine industry. Sunday, October 5 at 10 a.m. at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan. It will be a high-profile moment of discussion that will characterize...
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...
Montevetrano has been acquired by Tenuta Ulisse
Campania’s historic Montevetrano winery has been acquired by Tenuta Ulisse. Silvia Imparato remains as guarantor of the iconic winery’s production quality. Abruzzo-based Tenuta Ulisse winery has acquired Montevetrano, one of Campania’s iconic wineries. Silvia Imparato, who created the winery in...
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...
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles: Fortified Wines toward UNESCO
At the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles the nomination of the historic fortified wines of the “Sun Belt” as a UNESCO Intangible World Heritage Site. The candidacy of the historic fortified wines of the “Fascia del Sole” as a UNESCO Intangible...
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....
wine2wine Vinitaly Business Forum 2025
The first international edition of wine2wine Vinitaly Business Forum kicks off. The debut will be held in Chicago on October 5 and 6, 2025 at Navy Pier in conjunction with Vinitaly USA. The two-day program is divided into different thematic...
Kicking off the 1st edition of Wine for Earth with DoctorWine
Sustainability and Enology meet Companies, Consortia, Institutions and the general public in the context of the presentation of the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2026 for the first edition of Wine for Earth. In the iconic setting of...
Fashion, market, territory
And then again sub-areas, innovation and knowledge: how to harmonize all this? What Riccardo Viscardi wants to address in this article is a somewhat technical discussion, but we hope it will be understandable and interesting even for non-experts, as it...
Strega: ancient and magical liquor made in Italy
When Giuseppe Alberti, in 1860, perfected a recipe from the Benedictine monks to give birth to Strega liqueur, he certainly did not imagine that its success would be planetary. Antonella Amodio tells us the story of this magical liquor. “The...
Dehors restaurants? It’s too hot
After this summer, the dehors model of any public establishment-restaurant, trattoria, pizzeria, bar-that hosts its customers outside must be rethought. Fabrizio Carrera discusses. In July and August it is no longer possible to eat outdoors. We need to review the...
Ampelio Bucci passed away
Today the Italian wine world lost one of its greatest men. Ampelio Bucci passed away at the age of 89. Terrible news. Ampelio Bucci is gone. He had not been well for several months but we hoped he would recover....
Why do I drink wine?
With the current times, with the offensive against wine, as if anyone who indulges in a glass is a drunkard, as if every glass is a deadly attack on health, reading these words by Iolanda Maggio is a breath of...
Cirò now has its own DOCG: Cirò Classico
Cirò Rosso Riserva becomes DOCG under the new name Cirò Classico. Cirò Bianco, Cirò Rosato, Cirò Rosso, Cirò Rosso Classico, Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore and Cirò Rosso Superiore remain within the DOC. Wine Calabria celebrates with the 18th edition of...
GDO: building value beyond price
How to build value for wine in GDO in the new phase of consumption, to overcome the logic of price. For years, price was the first (and often the only) message with which wine was presented to consumers in the...
Sant’Anna Master of Pisa: Italian Wines and World Markets
The first-level university master’s program “Italian Wines and World Markets,” now in its 11th edition, has opened enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year. Organized by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa in collaboration with three Tuscan universities and the AIS,...
Retail media: a new frontier for Italian wine
Retail media refers to the set of promotional activities that take place within the sales channels managed directly by brands. A way of speaking directly to shoppers. Over the past three decades, the Italian wine industry has invested decisively in...