Wine Spectator’s selection of best Italian wine producers for OperaWine 2023 unveiled during wine2wine Business Forum

OperaWine 2023 selected producers

«This has been a wonderful collaboration between Wine Spectator and Veronafiere. It’s become a signature event at Vinitaly.»

VERONA, Italy (PRWEB)
November 30, 2022

During Veronafiere and Vinitaly’s annual wine2wine Business Forum (November 7-8 2022), Wine Spectator Senior Editors Bruce Sanderson and Alison Napjus announced the OperaWine 2023 line-up of Italian wine producers chosen by the American wine magazine. There are 130 wineries for the 2023 edition as in 2022, compared to 186 in 2021’s special 10th anniversary edition, 103 in 2019, and 107 in 2018. The selected producers will be pouring their wines during Vinitaly’s exclusive gala, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday April 1st, 2023. The full list of Italian wine producers selected by Wine Spectator is available below and at the following link: https://vinitalyinternational.com/vincitori-operawine-2023/. OperaWine is the only tasting event that Wine Spectator organizes outside the United States.

At the end of the first day of wine2wine Business Forum, attendees gathered in the main auditorium for the official announcement of the OperaWine 2023 selected producers. Stevie Kim opened proceedings with Maurizio Danese and Wine Spectator’s senior editors Bruce Sanderson and Alison Napjus, then called on stage the selected producers. In this year’s edition, Wine Spectator featured 10 new producers who will pour their wines for the first time at OperaWine 2023 and 10 wineries that will be returning to the event after a hiatus of one year. In her opening speech at wine2wine Business Forum, Alison Napjus commented on the 12th anniversary of OperaWine: «This has been a wonderful collaboration between Wine Spectator and Veronafiere. It’s become a signature event at Vinitaly.»

After the announcement, producers were called on stage to pose for the traditional group photograph. In another session at wine2wine Business Forum, Sanderson and Napjus also answered some FAQs and took questions from the audience. Topics ranged from wine submission procedures to Wine Spectator’s tasting method and editorial coverage. Guests were especially interested in how the wine producers are chosen and what is the process behind the selection and tasting of the wines.

OperaWine 2023 | Finest Italian Wines – 100 Great Producers Selected by Wine Spectator

Abruzzo    Masciarelli

Basilicata    d’Angelo

Basilicata    Elena Fucci

Basilicata    Grifalco della Lucania

Calabria    Librandi

Campania    Mastroberardino

Campania    Feudi di San Gregorio

Campania    Quintodecimo

Campania    Montevetrano

Campania    San Salvatore

Campania    Colli di Lapio

Campania    Terredora di Paolo

Campania    Salvatore Molettieri

Emilia-Romagna    Tenuta Pederzana

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Vie di Romans

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Marco Felluga

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Bastianich

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Livio Felluga

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Gravner

Friuli/Venezia-Giulia    Jermann

Lazio    Famiglia Cotarella (formerly Falesco)

Liguria    Cantine Lunae Bosoni

Lombardy    Guido Berlucchi

Lombardy    Ca’ del Bosco

Lombardy    Conte Vistarino

Lombardy    Nino Negri

Lombardy    Bellavista

Lombardy    Arpepe

Lombardy    Rainoldi

Marche    Umani Ronchi

Marche    Garofoli

Marche    Bisci

Molise    Catabbo

Northeast    Masottina

Northeast    Nino Franco

Piedmont    Produttori del Barbaresco

Piedmont    Pio Cesare

Piedmont    Cavallotto

Piedmont    Giacomo Borgogno & Figli

Piedmont    Vietti

Piedmont    Paolo Scavino

Piedmont    Aldo Conterno

Piedmont    Marchesi di Barolo

Piedmont    Massolino

Piedmont    Elvio Cogno

Piedmont    G.B. Burlotto

Piedmont    G.D. Vajra

Piedmont    Oddero

Piedmont    Pecchenino

Piedmont    Renato Ratti

Piedmont    Giuseppe Mascarello & Figlio

Piedmont    Falletto di Bruno Giacosa

Piedmont    Luciano Sandrone

Piedmont    Roagna

Puglia    Tormaresca (Antinori)

Puglia    Masseria Li Veli

Puglia    Leone de Castris

Sardinia    Agricola Punica

Sardinia    Argiolas

Sicily    Cusumano

Sicily    F. Tornatore

Sicily    Planeta

Sicily    Morgante

Sicily    Donnafugata

Sicily    Tasca d’Almerita

Sicily    Feudo Montoni

Sicily    Benanti

Sicily    Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Sicily    Graci

Trentino/Alto Adige    Cantina Nals Margreid

Trentino/Alto Adige    Elena Walch

Trentino/Alto Adige    Cantina Terlano

Trentino/Alto Adige    Ferrari

Trentino/Alto Adige    Tenuta San Leonardo

Tuscany    Tenuta San Guido

Tuscany    Tenuta Sette Ponti (Feudo Maccari)

Tuscany    Ornellaia

Tuscany    San Filippo

Tuscany    Castello Banfi

Tuscany    Siro Pacenti

Tuscany    Biondi-Santi

Tuscany    Casanova di Neri

Tuscany    Il Poggione

Tuscany    Poggerino

Tuscany    Barone Ricasoli

Tuscany    Rocca delle Macìe

Tuscany    Istine

Tuscany    San Felice

Tuscany    Lamole di Lamole

Tuscany    San Giusto a Rentennano

Tuscany    Tenuta di Trinoro (Passopisciaro)

Tuscany    Vecchie Terre di Montefili

Tuscany    Le Macchiole

Tuscany    Mazzei (Castello di Fonterutoli)

Tuscany    Petrolo

Tuscany    Altesino

Tuscany    Canalicchio di Sopra

Tuscany    Carpineto

Tuscany    Castello di Monsanto

Tuscany    Castello di Volpaia

Tuscany    Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi

Tuscany    Valdicava

Tuscany    Boscarelli

    Castellare di Castellina (Rocca di Frassinello & Feudi del Pisciotto)

Tuscany    Fattoria di Fèlsina

Tuscany    Fontodi

Tuscany    Castello di Albola

Tuscany    Castello di Ama

Tuscany    Rocca di Montegrossi

Umbria    Scacciadiavoli

Umbria    Tabarrini

Umbria    Arnaldo Caprai

Umbria    Lungarotti

Umbria    Antinori /Castello della Sala

Valle d’Aosta    Les Crêtes

Veneto    Romano Dal Forno

Veneto    Tommasi (Paternoster)

Veneto    Masi

Veneto    Tommaso Bussola

Veneto    Zenato

Veneto    Tedeschi

Veneto    Allegrini

Veneto    Monte del Frà

Veneto    Gini

Veneto    Leonildo Pieropan

Veneto    Prà

Veneto    Roberto Anselmi

Veneto    Suavia

Veneto    Bertani

Veneto    Zymè

About Vinitaly:

The grand Vinitaly 2023 will be held from April 2nd to the 5th. Vinitaly 2022 counted 88,000 visitors of which 25,000 were top international buyers from 139 different countries. The premier event to Vinitaly, OperaWine “Finest Italian Wines: Great Producers selected by Wine Spectator” which was held on the 9th of April, one day prior to Vinitaly, united international wine professionals in the heart of Verona, offering them the unique opportunity to discover and taste the wines of the 130 Best Italian Producers, as selected by Wine Spectator. Since 1998 Vinitaly travels to several countries thanks to its strategic arm abroad, Vinitaly International. In February 2014 Vinitaly International launched an educational project, the Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) with the aim of divulging and broadcasting the excellence and diversity of Italian wine around the globe. VIA this year launched the 21st edition of its Certification Course. To date, there are 307 Certified Italian Wine Ambassadors of which 15 are also Italian Wine Experts.

About Wine Spectator:

Wine Spectator is the world’s leading authority on wine. Anchored by Wine Spectator magazine, a print publication that reaches around 3 million readers worldwide, the brand also encompasses the Web’s most comprehensive wine site (WineSpectator.com), mobile platforms, and a series of signature events. Wine Spectator examines the world of wine from the vineyard to the table, exploring wine’s role in contemporary culture and delivering expert reviews of more than 15,000 wines each year. Parent company M. Shanken Communications, Inc., also publishes Cigar Aficionado, Whisky Advocate, Market Watch, Shanken News Daily and Shanken’s Impact Newsletter.

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