The Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2026 is now available in a new app: completely revamped, more intuitive, to carry with you at all times. Available for Android and iOS, in Italian and English. And this fall, the update featuring the new 2027 edition will be released.
It is easy to say: let’s make the guidebook app. But after a first test version – a few years ago – that didn’t satisfy us, we had to rethink everything from scratch. Because making an app is not just about “putting” a guidebook online: you have to know exactly what you want to achieve and how to translate complex work into an easy-to-use tool.
One should not make the mistake of outsourcing the design. It is a job that can really only be done by those who lead it and build it day in and day out.
We can say that we have learned from our mistakes, and now the result is a practical, fast, and feature-rich app.
Lots of search options
You can freely explore both the “wineries” and “wines” sections, with multiple and cross-referenced searches.
Do you want to know which wines were awarded by The Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2026? Which ones deserved the single, double or triple facet? Research wines by region, appellation, color, grape variety, producer… Or find out which ones have favorable value for money.
Are you interested in organic wineries? In those that have direct sales? with geolocation you can also easily find them around you and reaching them will be a cinch.
Maybe you’re at home and want to console yourself by looking up which wineries have online shops? Don’t worry: that information is also just a click away.
Eating and sleeping in the vineyards
There are also “eating” and “sleeping” sections to find wineries offering hospitality and catering.
These two sections, in particular, will have future implementations, already in the works. Because, in practice, it is our Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyards guide that is changing its skin and going from paper to digital, entering fully into the app.
And these are just a few of the many facets of the DoctorWine app.
All the 2026 Guide always with you
Inside you’ll find the entire The Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2026, with the 1,348 wineries described and the entries for the 3,425 wines reviewed.
An update with the new 2027 edition will arrive in the fall, in both Italian and English.
Don’t miss the chance to have the DoctorWine guide always in your pocket: download the app now, it’s free!
Click here for Android download
Click here for iOS download
