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The Valentino Butussi Winery - in Corno di Rosazzo, in the province of Udine - is one of the most renowned and significant wineries in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. A key player in the Friuli Colli Orientali denomination, it boasts a rich production of wines from local and international grape varieties. Among these is the Sauvignon Blanc from which "Genesis" is born, a masterpiece of elegance and class in which the personality of the celebrated French white grape reaches the lofty heights of the Five Diamond award.

Sartarelli, the renowned winery for its unwavering commitment to the Verdicchio grape of the Castelli di Jesi denomination, is adding a new wine, made from the same grape, to its already extensive production, all centered around the celebrated white grape of the Marche region. The Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva Classico Milletta stands out for its personality and elegance, once again earning DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of Best Wine of the Month.

Founded in 1988, the Bissoni winery is now one of the leading wineries in the Romagna Sangiovese denomination. Made from grapes grown in the Bertinoro vineyards - in the province of Forlì-Cesena - it delivers a wine of remarkable personality and elegance, with an exuberant richness of aromas that are unmistakably Sangiovese. A truly exceptional wine, deserving the DiWineTaste Five Diamonds award and the title of best wine for the month of January 2026.

Malvasia di Candia Aromatica is certainly one of the most interesting grapes in the Colli Piacentini viticultural area, capable of making wines with personality and characterized by delightful aromas. The Colli Piacentini Malvasia Acino d'Oro 2021 - produced by Tenuta Ferraia in Ziano Piacentino - is certainly one of the finest examples of this variety, a wine of remarkable class and elegance, uniquely agreeable, and with a very long persistent finish.

Tenuta I Gelsi is a relatively recent winery, yet in just a few years it has established itself as one of the most interesting and important wineries in the Vulture area and Basilicata. Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Riserva Calaturi 2017 is the perfect proof of the potential of Lucania's great red grape, confirming the character of these red wines born from the soil of the Vulture volcano. A stunning wine conquering both DiWineTaste's Five Diamonds and the title of Best Wine of the Month.

Manincor amazes with the elegance and finesse of its wines, including Le Petit 2021, a marvelous interpretation of the late-harvest Petit Manseng. Located in Caldaro - a renowned Alto Adige region for its elegant red wines - Manincor grows the grapes used for this magnificent sweet wine in its own vineyards in the Mazzon wine-growing area. An impeccable interpretation, this late-harvest wine of rare elegance conquers the DiWineTaste Five Diamonds award and the title of best wine for October 2025.

Le Caniette is among the leading wineries in the Piceno area, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, a vast denomination of the Marche region. With over 120 years of history, this winery's wines are distinguished by their excellent quality, a trusted benchmark in this region for years. The Rosso Piceno Superiore Morellone 2020 expresses finesse and elegance combined with the character of Montepulciano and the personality of Sangiovese, for a five diamond wine, earning the title of best of the month.

The Bindella winery in Vallocaia is a leading winery in the Montepulciano area since many years, among the main representatives of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The 2021 Riserva Vallocaia conquers the title of best wine for summer 2025, as well as DiWineTaste Five Diamonds. This recognition has also been earned by five other wines and vintages reviewed over the summer.

Riecine, located in Gaiole in Chianti - in the province of Siena, is one of the most representative and renowned wineries in the Chianti Classico area. Committed to the Sangiovese grape, it is now successfully led by Alessandro Campatelli, who - after taking over the reins and the vision of the former owners - stands out for his exceptional production, such as the Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna Gittori, a stunning expression of this appellation, a Sangiovese of impeccable class and elegance.

Lis Neris - the famous winery in San Lorenzo Isontino, in the province of Gorizia - has always been one of the main protagonists of the Friuli Isonzo denomination and of the entire region. Successfully led by Alvaro Pecorari, Lis Neris stands out for its elegant and complex wines, the result of patient work of time and the quality of the grapes that express themselves excellently in these lands. Friuli Isonzo Bianco Lis 2019 is the result of these particular conditions, a great white wine that conquers DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine for the month of May 2025.

Andreola is one of the main wineries of reference in the Valdobbiadene area. Founded in 1984 by Nazzareno Pola, it has managed to establish itself in the Olympus of Prosecco thanks to the quality of their wines, focusing - no less - on the diversification and expression of the individual territories - the so-called "rive" - ​​managing to create bottles of strong personality and quality. The Founder's Label, which bears the name of Nazzareno Pola, is yet another example of the high quality of Andreola, winning DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine for the month of April 2025.

Argiano is one of the main and most established wineries in the Montalcino area and Tuscany. Famous for its excellent Brunello di Montalcino, Argiano is also the producer of one of the greatest Super Tuscans in history, created for the first time with the 1995 vintage thanks to the vision and the amazing genius of Giacomo Tachis, the greatest Italian winemaker and father of the wine renaissance in the country. Solengo 2021 - still produced today with the composition conceived by the great Piedmontese winemaker - conquers DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of March 2025.

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Classico Riserva by Villa Bucci is certainly one of the most celebrated and representative wines of the entire denomination, as well as one of the magnificent expressions of the Fratelli Bucci winery in Ostra Vetere, in the province of Ancona. An amazing wine that, with the 2021 vintage, confirms DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and conquers - for the second time - the title of best wine of the month.

Alto Adige Sauvignon Lafoa 2022, an extraordinary wine produced by Cantina Colterenzio, prove to be, again, as one of the greatest enological expressions produced with Sauvignon Blanc in Italy. A complex and elegant wine, it conquers the title of best wine of the month for the second time, in addition to the confirmation of DiWineTaste Five Diamonds, a recognition widely supported by the quality that this winery has expressed for years in each of its wines.

Fontanavecchia, a historic winery in Sannio, in the province of Benevento, Campania, is one of the leading wineries in the Sannio and Taburno areas. Led for over 150 years by the Rillo family, excellent wines are produced here with the main grapes of the area, such as Aglianico and Falanghina. Aglianico del Taburno Riserva Grave Mora 2017 - among Fontanavecchia's flagship red wines - represents one of the highest expressions of the denomination, deserving DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of December 2024.

Rocca delle Macie - at Castellina in Chianti, in province of Siena - is among the main wineries of Chianti Classico, with a rich range of wines belonging to this important Tuscan denomination, each with a precise personality and character. Among these, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Sergio Zingarelli definitely stands out, made with 100% Sangiovese, a masterpiece of elegance and class, as well as deserving DiWineTaste five DiWineTaste.

Valentino Butussi winery - in Corno di Rosazzo, in the province of Udine - in addition to being one of the main protagonists of the Friuli Colli Orientali denomination, is certainly one of the leading names in the wine production of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Among the wines of notable quality produced in this winery, the magnificent Pinot Grigio Ramato Madonna d'Aiuto stands out, a Five Diamond masterpiece capable of surprising for its personality, finesse and character.

Marchesi de' Cordano - in Loreto Aprutino, in the province of Pescara - is committed to the production of typical Abruzzo wines and with the native varieties that have made this region famous in the world: Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Pecorino, Cococciola and Passerina. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Terra dei Vestini Santinumi 2017, a magnificent example of quality and expression of this land, convinces for its character and personality, not least, for the excellent five-diamond quality.

The Rottensteiner winery is committed to the production of typical Alto Adige wines, in particular those of the Santa Maddalena denomination, as well as white and red wines of the area, all of which having a remarkable personality. The magnificent passito produced with Gewürztraminer, a perfect interpretation of this very fragrant grape, is a triumph of aromas and sensorial elegance, such as to deserve DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of summer 2024.

It was 1984 when the first vintage of a wine was produced that would become a milestone in the enology of Sardinia and Italy. The first wine from the island to be aged in barrique, Carignano del Sulcis Rosso Superiore Terre Brune is one of the many illustrious sons of one of the greatest Italian winemakers of all time: Giacomo Tachis. A great red wine that is still capable of exciting and worthily representing Sardinia and Italian winemaking in the world.

The De Stefani family has been involved in the production of wine since 1866, always dedicated to the valorization of the typical grapes of the Refrontolo area and of the denominations that extend into the provinces of Treviso and Venice. From Marzemino is being produced the excellent Stèfen 1624, a wine of extraordinary class and elegance, capable of winning DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of May 2024.

Santa Lucia, in Corato, in the province of Bari, has been committed to the production of wines for over two centuries, with a family history that boasts four centuries of history. Among the most interesting varieties of Apulia, the Uva di Troia - locally called Nero di Troia - is the protagonist of the magnificent Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva Le More 2019, a wine of beautiful personality and excellent quality, an impeccable expression of the great Apulian grape and its DOCG denomination.

Lacrima is a grape with a surprising versatility, capable of creating wines which are always appreciated for their aromas. Stefano Mancinelli is undeniably one of the historic producers who successfully committed himself to the wines produced with Lacrima grape and in the Morro d'Alba denomination. His Terre dei Goti Rosso, an impeccable example of class and elegance, gives the glass a powerful and rich expression of Lacrima, conquering DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of the month.

Montefalco Sagrantino is a wine always capable of amazing results, with its proverbial power which, when well balanced and managed, makes extraordinary enological beauty. Like the Montefalco Sagrantino Exubera 2016 by Terre de la Custodia, a great wine confirming both the high quality of this winery and the magnificent territory from which it comes from.

Produced with late harvest grapes, Aglianico del Vulture Il Sigillo is one of Cantine del Notaio's iconic wines. The 2016 vintage, in its usual excellence, confirms DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of the month. A masterpiece of remarkable elegance and class, of endless aromas in a magnificent symphony, with a caressing and powerful taste, an Aglianico of primary importance in the panorama of Vulture wines.

A precious wine is added to the celebrated Lafoa range of the Colterenzio winery, made of the main grape varieties that have distinguished Alto Adige winemaking for years. The Lafoa range is in fact enriched with an amazing reserve of Pinot Noir, a wine of sumptuous class and elegance, an enological masterpiece to be considered - undoubtedly - among the best wines of the region, awarded not only with DiWineTaste Five Diamonds, but also as the best wine of December 2023.

The Begali winery is one of the most important wineries in Valpolicella, committed to the production of wines from this land and, in particular, Amarone. The celebrated Riserva Monte Ca' Bianca 2017, made from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Oseleta grapes, is certainly among the reference wines of the denomination. An Amarone produced in the classic territory, expressing an extremely refined class in the glass, with aromas of marked elegance and a full yet velvety structure.

Anna Maria Abbona's wines have always stood out for their excellent quality, with production focused on wines from the Langhe - in Piedmont - and, in particular, for the Dogliani area, famous for its wines from Dolcetto grapes. Dogliani Superiore San Bernardo 2018, one of the reference wines for the denomination, expresses the magnificent character of its personality, giving a Dolcetto of extraordinary class and elegance.

Antonelli San Marco is among the historic and reference wineries for Montefalco wines, in particular Sagrantino. Interesting white wines are also produced here and - in particular - with Trebbiano Spoletino, the emerging white grape of Umbria, part of the wines of the Spoleto denomination. An amazing wine, with great character and personality, the result of a particular production process and one of the most famous vineyards of the winery: Vigna Tonda.

Tiefenbrunner is one of the oldest wineries in Alto Adige, producing great wines with a magnificent expression of the territory. The Castel Turmhof winery wins the five DiWineTaste diamonds and the title of best wine for summer 2023 with the extraordinary Chardonnay Vigna Au, a grandiose reserve, a valuable representative of the enology of Alto Adige and Italy.

Tramin Winery represents an important reference for the production of wines from Gewürztraminer and Pinot Noir grapes, among the excellence of Alto Adige and Italy. Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Terminum 2021 stands out for its elegance and finesse, an absolute masterpiece of enological precision in which the personality of the renowned South Tyrolean aromatic grape is fully expressed.

The revolution of Abruzzo wine-making begins with the dream of Gianni Masciarelli. A beautiful journey that brought Montepulciano - grape and wine - to the absolute top of the Italian enological Olympus. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Villa Gemma is an impeccable masterpiece of elegance, class and enological perfection, a wine capable of endless emotions, so much to conquer - and confirm - DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of May 2023.

Travaglini represents the history of the wines of Gattinara, the famous area in the province of Vercelli (Piedmont) which has Nebbiolo grape as the prestigious interpreter of its wines. Thanks to this magnificent grape, after a careful and scrupulous period of drying, it takes life Il Sogno, the extraordinary wine fruit of the ideas and studies of Giancarlo Travaglini. A great wine with an excellent personality giving Nebbiolo a new and prestigious character, made of class, elegance and power.

The wines of Costantino Charrère and Les Crêtes have always won the highest appreciation of wine lovers. A success that is unmistakably perpetuated at each vintage and which confirms the monumental Chardonnay Cuvée Bois among the main representatives of this extraordinary winery in the Aosta Valley. The 2020 vintage confirms the absolute excellence of this magnificent wine, conquering both DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of the month.

Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni from the Arnaldo Caprai winery has always been the reference wine for this area and was the first to get the magnificent red grape of Montefalco to the top of the enological Olympus. A Sagrantino of extraordinary elegance and class, combined with the typical power of this amazing red berried variety, renders to the tasting the spirit and soul of a land and a grape with a strong and majestic character.

Casalfarneto is located in the heart of the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi denomination, one of the main wine-growing territories of the Marches. Cimaio 2016 - produced with 100% Verdicchio grapes and affected by noble rot - expresses all the magnificence and elegance of the wines of this denomination, a five diamond masterpiece, an excellence deserving the title of the best wine of January 2023.

The Enrico Pira & Figli winery undeniably represents the history of Barolo and its wines. Run since the 1980s by Chiara Boschis - one of the first women in Italy to lead a winery and promient exponent of the so-called "Barolo Boys" - her wines have always been a reference for the appellation for class, elegance and finesse. Proof of this are the three Barolos of the 2018 vintage and, in particular, the Cannubi - the famous hill in the center of the Barolo area - magnificently well made, capable of endless emotions, of sublime class, an absolute reference for the Barolos of this vintage.

Montecappone has for years been a sure reference in the wine scene of the Marches and, in particular, of the two denominations of Castelli di Jesi and dedicated to Verdicchio. Gianluca Mirizzi successfully leads this beautiful winery in the Marche region, creating a prestigious range named after the family name. The best wine of November belongs to the "Mirizzi" range and is a magnificent expression of a precise wine making vision which sees Verdicchio as the absolute protagonist.

Among the main wineries of Campania and Italy, Feudi di San Gregorio has always stood out for the quality and excellence of its wines, all expression of Irpinia - in the province of Avellino - and made from the typical grapes of this territory. Taurasi Riserva Piano di Montevergine 2015, is the confirmation of a great wine, conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine for the month of October 2022.

Tenuta La Scolca is an important wine-making firm of Gavi and which marked the enological prestige of this territory and of the wines produced with Cortese grapes. Founded in 1919, La Scolca stands out, in particular, for the "D'Antan" line, wines produced only in the best vintages and aged for at least 10 years. La Scolca d'Antan 2008 is a magnificent expression of the potential of the Cortese grape, an absolute masterpiece of enormous elegance and class, complexity and personality.

Barollo winery, an interesting winery in Preganziol, in the province of Treviso, makes beautiful award winning wines, produced in the interesting area near Venice. Their Chardonnay 2018 is an expression of elegance and finesse, an impeccable interpretation of this famous grape, deserving DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine for summer 2022.

Colterenzio Winery is one of the main wineries in Alto Adige, which has always been capable of making wines of remarkable value and class. Alto Adige Sauvignon Lafoa 2020 is a wine of excellent class, with elegant aromas that lead directly to the qualities of the variety with which it has been made from. A Sauvignon Blanc son of one of the most celebrated lands for the production of the best white wines of Italy.

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Classico Riserva Villa Bucci not only represents the renaissance of enology in the Marches region and Italy, it is also part of the history of modern wine making and the dream of two great figures - Ampelio Bucci and Giorgio Grai - who, combining their respective talents and ambitions, have conquered the Olympus of wine.

Tenuta di Capezzana is one of the oldest and most significant wineries in Tuscany, protagonist of the Carmignano appellation in province of Prato. This magnificent wine is dedicated to Ugo Contini Bonacossi - one of the most influential and important figures in the enology of this territory - a pure Sangiovese of extraordinary class and elegance, rich in personality, an admirable example of the potential of this variety in Tuscany.

The magnificent Barolo Riserva Gramolere 2013 by Giovanni Manzone is confirmed as one of the best expressions of Monforte d'Alba and of the entire denomination. A wine of the highest quality, superb class and elegance, persuasive and rich, wins DiWineTaste five diamonds for the sixth time and the title of best wine of the month for the third time.

Arpepe is one of the most significant and representative wineries of the evocative enological scenario of Valtellina, absolute pioneer of the rebirth of "Nebbiolo of the Alps" thanks to the passion and commitment of its founder, Arturo Pelizzatti Perego. Valtellina Superiore Sassella Stella Retica 2017 is a Nebbiolo which fascinates with its sumptuous elegance and impeccable class, a superlative wine of extraordinary finesse deserving five diamonds.

A great wine, impeccable elegance of Sauvignon Blanc. Venica & Venica wins DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of the month with its excellent Ronco delle Mele 2020. Magnificence and brilliant class, exuberant aromas arising from the magic of this Sauvignon Blanc, an impeccable confirmation of extraordinary quality.

Artino 2019 of Tenuta Iuzzolini, produced with two of the most significant grapes of Calabria - Gaglioppo and Magliocco - wins the title of best wine of the month of December 2021. A masterpiece of class and elegance, finesse and remarkable balance, extraordinary representative of the enology of Calabria.

Fattoria La Valentina is one of the primary representatives of Abruzzo's enological greatness, in particular with its wines from Montepulciano grapes, a true reference point for the entire region, a magnificent wine capable of revealing the extraordinary potential of the primary red grape of Abruzzo. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Binomio 2016 conquers DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine for the month of November 2021.

The winery successfully run by Paolo and Noemia d'Amico stands out with excellent productions with wines made from grapes grown between Latium and Umbria. Among these, Atlante 2015 offers an interpretation of remarkable quality, a magnificent red wine produced with 100% Cabernet Franc from the vineyards cultivated in Umbria, yet another confirmation of the enological quality of this winery and of 2015 vintage.