Italian vineyards

On Monday, June 3, 2019, Gambero Rosso representing more than 60 wineries will be at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC.  Gambero Rosso will showcase 200 plus wines  for the Top Italian Wines Road Show.

Prior to the Top Italian Wines Road Show, some attendees will attend a Masterclass seminar. The Lorenzo Ruggeri, International Editor of Gambero Rosso, and Giuseppe Carrus, vice editor of Vini d’Italia 2019 will guide this special seminar.

The wine tasting includes a special ceremony that will be the awarding of the top Italian restaurants in town. These are awarded using the Gambero Rosso ranking procedures.

The wines available for tasting at the Italian embassy will be from:

Agricole Gussalli Beretta
Andreola
Assuli
Bellavista
Bortolomiol
Borgo Conventi
Ca’ Rugate
Canevel Spumanti
Cantina Tollo
Cantine Due Palme
Casale del Giglio
Colle Massari
Contadi Castaldi
Coppi
Cottanera
Cusumano
Enrico Serafino
Famiglia Cecchi
Famiglia Cottini – Monte Zovo
Feudi di San Gregorio
Feudo Maccari
Jermann
La Canosa
La Vis – Valle di Cembra
Le Monde
Le Rocche Malatestiane
Leone de Castris
Lunadoro
Lunae Bosoni
Marchesi Antinori
Masi
Medici Ermete & Figli
Monte delle Vigne
Nals Margreid
Nicosia
Ottella
Palmento Costanzo
Pasqua
Petra
Pico Maccario
Poggio Le Volpi
Produttori di Manduria
Ruffino
Ruggeri
San Felice
San Salvatore
Santa Margherita Gruppo Vinicolo
Tenuta di Arceno
Tenuta Gorghi Tondi
Tenuta Viglione
Tenute Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari
Tenute di Genagricola
Tenute Rubino
Tenute SalvaTerra
Tenute Sella & Mosca
Teruzzi
Tommasi Family Estates
Torrevento
Vallepicciola
Valori
Varvaglione
Velenosi
Villa Sandi

Our visit to Zorzettig.

Zorzettig (We visited Zorzettig a few years ago and enjoyed a tour of the wine cellars and the Friulian kitchen. The Wine Trail Traveler article is online.)

After the Washington, DC Road Show, the Top Italian Wines Road Show moves on to Boston on Wednesday, June 5.

Gambero Rosso is a large Italian wine/food media business. The company has published their most recent edition of the Vini d’Italia guide, which is the 32nd edition. This guide is also available in several languages including: English, German, Chinese and Japanese. The current edition includes more than 2500 wineries and rated more than 22,000 wines. It is interesting to note that wines are not scored by the typical 100 point scale. Rather Gambero Rosso rates wines with glasses from 1 to 3.

In addition to rating wines, Gambero Rosso rates fine dining and traditional restaurants, pizzerias and winebars/enotecas. The criteria includes: authentic character, traceability, flavors, service and a quietly wine list. Again the rating system is a bit unusual but easy to use.

Fine Dining Restaurant – 1 to 3 forks
Traditional Restaurant –  1 – 3 shrimps
Pizzerias –  1 to 3 pizza slices
Wine bar/Enotecas – 1 to 3 bottles

According to a press release from Gambero Rosso, “The performance of Italian wines on the US Market is extremely positive. Italy remains the leading supplier for still wines. Sales of Italian wine in 2018 grew overall by +6.8% in value, at 1.98 billion dollars and by +1.2% in quantity, as revealed by the data of the U.S. Department of Commerce.”

Cheers,
Kathy