US critic rewards Italy: 11 labels in VinePair’s “The 50 Best Wines of 2018”

Despite a decline in the wine industry, the USA continues to reward Italian wine, in fact, there are 11 out of 50 Italian labels in “The 50 Best Wines of 2018” by VinePair.com, one of the most popular sites on wine in the United States, with three labels in the “top 10”. A ranking, explain VinePair, which focuses on wines that must all be available on the American market, naturally, with great drinkability, interesting and, above all, a very good price/quality ratio.
On the top the Californian Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 of Mayacamas Vineyards, while the first Italian label in the ranking is the Sp68 Sicilia Rosso IGT 2017 of one of the most appreciated wineries in Sicily, Arianna Occhipinti, at no. 7, in front of the Barolo Lecinquevigne 2013 of the Piedmontese label Damilano, at no. 8, and to complete the “top 10” there is also the Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2015 of Poliziano, one of the most important Tuscan denomination.
Followed by two great names of Piedmontese wine: Fontanafredda, with the Barolo di Serralunga d’Alba 2015, at number 21, and G.B. Burlotto, with the Verduno Pelaverga 2016, at number 22. The Rosso Infinito Veneto Igt 2015 by Maeli, an increasingly important winery in the Euganean Hills, is in the middle of the ranking. Followed by a “double win” in the sign of the Gallo Nero, with the Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio Gran Selezione 2013 by Barone Ricasoli, one of the historical realities of the territory, at no. 28, in front of the Chianti Classico Riserva 2014 of the Fattoria di Petroio, at no. 37. The group of Italians is closed by the Faive Vino Spumante Rosé Brut 2017 from the Prosecco brand Nino Franco, the Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana IGT 2015 from Campo alle Comete, the Bolgheri winery of the prestigious Irpinia company Feudi di San Gregorio, and the Grillo di Mozia 2017 from Tasca d’Almerita, one of the wineries that has played a leading role in the renaissance of Sicilian wine.

Focus - “The 50 Best Wines of 2018”, the “Top 10” and the Italian wines in the ranking

1. Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
2. Hermann J. Wiemer Hjw Vineyard Riesling 2016
3. Viña Vik Millahue 2013
4. Kir-Yianni Estate Ramnista 2013
5. Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit De Tablas Blanc 2015
6. Delamotte Blanc De Blancs Brut 2008
7. Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Sp68 Sicilia Rosso Igt 2017
8. Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne 2013
9. R. López De Heredia Rioja Viña Tondonia Reserva 2005
10. Poliziano Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2015
21. Fontanafredda Serralunga d’Alba 2014
22. G.B. Burlotto Verduno Pelaverga 2016
25. Maeli Rosso Infinito Veneto Igt 2015
28. Barone Ricasoli Castello Di Brolio Gran Selezione 2013
37. Fattoria di Petroio Chianti Classico Riserva 2014
38. Nino Franco Faive Vino Spumante Rosé Brut 2017
39. Campo alle Comete Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana Igt 2015
46. Tasca d’Almerita Grillo di Mozia 2017