The 131 wineries “Wine Spectator” selected for “OperaWine” 2025: Italian wine, a “wine dream”

One hundred and thirty one Italian wineries have been selected to participate in “Opera Wine” 2025 (same issue as the 2024 edition), the prestigious tasting organized by the US magazine “Wine Spectator” that per tradition will be a prologue to Vinitaly in Verona (on April 5). The list of Italian wineries selected was one of the highlights unveiled recently at the “Wine2Wine” Business Forum by Veronafiere and Vinitaly (taking place at Veronafiere). Some of the wineries selected include: Piedmont’s Barolo and the excellent wines of the Langhe, brands such as Ceretto and Cogno, Bruno Giacosa and G.B. Burlotto, Luciano Sandrone, Pio Cesare and Prunotto. Franciacorta, and its symbolic wineries such as Bellavista, Ca’ del Bosco and Berlucchi; Oltrepò Pavese, Conte Vistarino, Valtellina, Nino Negri; Trentino Alto Adige, Ferrari and Terlano, San Leonardo and Elena Walch; Friuli Venezia Giulia, Jermann; the historic names of Veneto wine, such as Prosecco, Amarone, Valpolicella and more, Allegrini and Bertani, Zenato and Masi, Cesari and Anselmi, Dal Forno and Tedeschi, Tommasi, Zymè and Bussola; Liguria, Cantine Lunae Bosoni. Marchesi Antinori and Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, historic wine families of Tuscany (the leading Region, followed by Piedmont and Veneto, ed.), to the icons of Bolgheri, Tenuta San Guido, Ornellaia and Le Macchiole; Chianti Classico, Castello di Albola (Zonin1821) and Castello di Ama, Rocca delle Macìe and Castello di Monsanto, Castello di Volpaia and Fontodi, Isole & Olena, Mazzei and Lamole di Lamole, Brunello di Montalcino, Biondi-Santi and Castello Banfi, Argiano and Casanova di Neri, Altesino and Canalicchio di Sopra, Carpineto and San Filippo, and wineries such as Tenuta Sette Ponti and Tenuta di Trinoro. Umbria, historic Caprai and Lungarotti; Marche, Umani Ronchi; Abruzzi, Masciarelli; Lazio, Famiglia Cotarella; Campania, names such as Feudi di San Gregorio and Quintodecimo; Apulia, Gianfranco Fino and Tormaresca; Sicily, brands such as Planeta and Donnafugata, Tasca d’Almerita and Cusumano, Benanti, Graci and Pietradolce, and Sardinia, Argiolas.
“This will be the 13th edition of “OperaWine”, and the very successful partnership between Vinitaly and “Wine Spectator”, where we want to showcase the excellent quality of Italian wine. Bruce Sanderson and I”, Alison Napjus, tasting director of “Wine Spectator” (who we interviewed in a video that will be online in the next few days) told WineNews, “blind taste over 25.000 Italian wines every year. We look for quality in the glass; however, quality is not enough to choose the wineries of “OperaWine”, which is always a great challenge for us. The value of the winery for that Region counts as well as the ability to show diversity. There are more than 130 wineries represented in 20 Regions. To narrate the diversity of Italian wines, each year some wineries will leave the list, and then perhaps come back, and others instead will be put on the list. Italian wine has many stories to tell. It is important to take into account that consumption is now moving towards less quantity, but higher value. However”, Alison Napjus explained, “this does not mean that producers must raise all prices. There are also many consumers who are looking for a great quality-price ratio in bottles, such as those around 25 US dollars on the shelf, which is one of Italy’s greatest strengths”. “Opera Wine” is the symbolic event that celebrates Italian wine as the “wine dream” par excellence around the world, especially, for the everlasting passion that American consumers have for our wines, which makes the USA the number one market of Italian wine exports. Once again, on April 5, 2025 in Verona, on the eve of the Vinitaly event (April 6-9), the wineries “Wine Spectator” selected will be the stars of the most prestigious tasting held in Italy by the famous American magazine.

Focus – “OperaWine” 2025 - Finest Italian Wines (Verona, April 5): the 131 wineries selected by “Wine Spectator”

1. Abruzzi, Binomio
2. Abruzzi, Masciarelli
3. Basilicata, d’Angelo
4. Basilicata, Grifalco della Lucania
5. Calabria, Vincenzo Ippolito
6. Campania, Colli di Lapio
7. Campania, Feudi di San Gregorio
8. Campania, Mastroberardino
9. Campania, Montevetrano
10. Campania, Quintodecimo
11. Campania, Salvatore Molettieri
12. Campania, Terredora di Paolo
13. Emilia-Romagna, Medici Ermete
14. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Bastianich
15. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Borgo del Tiglio
16. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Jermann
17. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Livio Felluga
18. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Marco Felluga
19. Friuli/Venezia-Giulia, Vie di Romans
20. Lazio, Famiglia Cotarella
21. Liguria, Cantine Lunae Bosoni
22. Lombardy, ArPePe
23. Lombardy, Bellavista
24. Lombardy, Ca’ del Bosco
25. Lombardy, Conte Vistarino
26. Lombardy, Guido Berlucchi
27. Lombardy, Nino Negri
28. Marche, Bisci
29. Marche, Garofoli
30. Marche, Umani Ronchi
31. Molise, Catabbo
32. Nord-Est, Masottina
33. Nord-Est, Nino Franco
34. Piedmont, Aldo Conterno
35. Piedmont, Cavallotto
36. Piedmont, Ceretto
37. Piedmont, Elvio Cogno
38. Piedmont, Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
39. Piedmont, G.B. Burlotto
40. Piedmont, G.D. Vajra
41. Piedmont, Giacomo Borgogno & Figli
42. Piedmont, Giuseppe Mascarello & Figlio
43. Piedmont, Luciano Sandrone
44. Piedmont, Massolino
45. Piedmont, Oddero
46. Piedmont, Paolo Scavino
47. Piedmont, Pecchenino
48. Piedmont, Pio Cesare
49. Piedmont, Produttori del Barbaresco
50. Piedmont, Prunotto
51. Piedmont, Ratti
52. Piedmont, Roagna
53. Apulia, Gianfranco Fino
54. Apulia, Masseria Li Veli
55. Apulia, Tormaresca
56. Sardinia, Agricola Punica
57. Sardinia, Argiolas
58. Sicily, Benanti
59. Sicily, Cusumano
60. Sicily, Donnafugata
61. Sicily, F. Tornatore
62. Sicily, Feudo Montoni
63. Sicily, Graci
64. Sicily, Morgante
65. Sicily, Pietradolce
66. Sicily, Planeta
67. Sicily, Tasca d’Almerita
68. Sicily, Tenuta delle Terre Nere
69. Trentino/Alto Adige, Cantina Nals Margreid
70. Trentino/Alto Adige, Cantina Terlano
71. Trentino/Alto Adige, Elena Walch
72. Trentino/Alto Adige, Ferrari
73. Trentino/Alto Adige, J. Hofstätter
74. Trentino/Alto Adige, Tenuta San Leonardo
75. Tuscany, Altesino
76. Tuscany, Antinori
77. Tuscany, Argiano
78. Tuscany, Barone Ricasoli
79. Tuscany, Biondi-Santi
80. Tuscany, Boscarelli
81. Tuscany, Canalicchio di Sopra
82. Tuscany, Caprili
83. Tuscany, Carpineto
84. Tuscany, Casanova di Neri
85. Tuscany, Castellare di Castellina
86. Tuscany, Castello Banfi
87. Tuscany, Castello di Albola
88. Tuscany, Castello di Ama
89. Tuscany, Castello di Monsanto
90. Tuscany, Castello di Volpaia
91. Tuscany, Fattoria di Fèlsina
92. Tuscany, Fontodi
93. Tuscany, Il Poggione
94. Tuscany, Isole & Olena
95. Tuscany, Istine
96. Tuscany, Lamole di Lamole
97. Tuscany, Le Macchiole
98. Tuscany, Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
99. Tuscany, Mazzei
100. Tuscany, Ornellaia
101. Tuscany, Poggerino
102. Tuscany, Rocca delle Macìe
103. Tuscany, Rocca di Montegrossi
104. Tuscany, San Filippo
105. Tuscany, San Giusto a Rentennano
106. Tuscany, Siro Pacenti
107. Tuscany, Tenuta di Trinoro
108. Tuscany, Tenuta San Guido
109. Tuscany, Tenuta Sette Ponti
110. Tuscany, Valdicava
111. Umbria, Arnaldo Caprai
112. Umbria, Lungarotti
113. Umbria, Scacciadiavoli
114. Umbria, Tabarrini
115. Valle d’Aosta, Les Crêtes
116. Veneto, Allegrini
117. Veneto, Bertani
118. Veneto, Cesari
119. Veneto, Gini
120. Veneto, Leonildo Pieropan
121. Veneto, Masi
122. Veneto, Monte del Frà
123. Veneto, Prà
124. Veneto, Roberto Anselmi
125. Veneto, Romano Dal Forno
126. Veneto, Suavia
127. Veneto, Tedeschi
128. Veneto, Tommasi
129. Veneto, Tommaso Bussola
130. Veneto, Zenato
131. Veneto, Zymè