There are 24,772 (out of approximately 40 thousand tasted) the wines considered in the 2025 edition of the Italian Wine Guide, now in its 38th edition, the most important in Italy, a fundamental point of reference for enthusiasts and professionals, with an eye increasingly aimed at the market. “The work behind the Guide is enormous – comments Lorenzo Ruggeri, managing director of Gambero Rosso -. I am proud of a team of almost 70 experts, coordinated by the curators Giuseppe Carrus, Gianni Fabrizio and Marco Sabellico. Never before has it been more urgent to talk about the beauty condensed in a good glass of wine. We are not just talking about territory, landscape and human value but about a real lifestyle: a curious look at the world.
After tasting almost 40 thousand samples we are able to take a high resolution photo of the world of Italian wine which faces great challenges. A universe of fascinating complexity, in constant evolution. Like our Guide.” On this occasion, Gambero Rosso is also launching a new and ambitious course dedicated to the Wine of the Future, coordinated by professor Attilio Scienza, with a transversal educational program, divided into four remote modules for a total of 150 hours of lessons on demand, as well to in-person seminars, represents a complete journey of the supply chain: from news in the vineyard to those on the market, business models and new languages between storytelling and the digital world.
But let’s get back to the guide. One of the new features is the section dedicated to rare wines, designed to give space to smaller wine producers: fifty large limited edition bottles capable of sparking the curiosity of collectors. There are 498 labels that boast the Tre Bicchieri, the guide’s maximum score, with Tuscany in the lead with 91 labels and then Piedmont with 75. There are twelve special Vini d’Italia 2025 awards. Let’s start with the wines: the bubbles of the year is the Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Nero Metodo Classico Pas Dosé Poggio dei Duca 2019 by Calatroni. The white wine of the year is Colterenzio’s Alto Adige Sauvignon Gran Lafóa Riserva 2021. The rosé of the year is the RGC Valtènesi Chiaretto Antitesi 2023 by Avanzi. The red of the year is the Chianti Colli Fiorentini Molino degli Innocenti Riserva 2019 from Torre a Cona. The meditation wine of the year is the Moscato Passito al Governo di Saracena 2015 by Feudo dei Sanseverino. Finally, the prize for the best quality-price ratio is the Lambrusco di Grasparossa di Castelvetro 7Bio by Settecani.
Other special prizes are for wineries. The one for the Solidarity Project went to the Friulian winery Lis Neris. The one for the emerging winery in Maugeri, on Etna, the one for sustainable viticulture to the Resistant Nicola Biasi and the one for the cooperative of the year at the Marche Belisario, in the Verdicchio area of Matelica. The winemaker of the year is Mario Fonana in Castiglione Falletto, Piedmont, while the most important award, that for the winery of the year, went to the Trentino San Leonardo, an estate that has been looked after by the Guerrieri Gonzaga family for over 300 years, a place that, in addition to producing great Bordeaux style wines but with a profoundly Italian soul, is a place of peace and beauty that has inspired and continues to inspire all the winemakers in the region, and beyond.
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