Franciacorta “Wine Region of the Year”?

Awarding “Wine Region of the Year”, the US wine magazine Wine Enthusiast’s 2018 Wine Star Awards, might hold some risks and a neck to neck between two bubble icon territories. And, in fact, Franciacorta is in the race but will have to deal with Champagne, as well as with the American Sonoma County, the Spanish Galicia and the Australian McLaren Vale, considering that in the 2017 edition the vineyards of southwestern France topped Umbria. The winners of the different categories will be announced on November 8th.