The 3 Stars

Aside from the Faccini, awarded to the best wines tasted for the current edition of The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine, prizes were also awarded to producers with ratings from zero to three stars. They were given based on an overall evaluation of an estate and was not based directly on the wines that made it into this year’s edition but rather on other factors. These included the importance of the brand, above all, and how it was emblematic of the area it belonged to. Also considered was a producer’s evolution over the past decades, the reliability of quality and the international image of the brand.

This year a total of 90 producers received the top three stars with four new entries over the guide’s 2016 edition.

Here is the list: 

Allegrini, Veneto

Elio Altare, Piemonte

Antinori, Toscana

Antoniolo, Piemonte

Argiolas, Sardegna

Barone Ricasoli - Castello di Brolio, Toscana

Bellavista, Lombardia

Bertani, Veneto

Biondi Santi - Tenuta Il Greppo, Toscana

Borgogno, Piemonte

Brovia, Piemonte

Bucci, Marche

Ca’ del Bosco, Lombardia

Cantina San Michele Appiano, Alto Adige

Cantina Terlano / Terlan, Alto Adige

Cantine Ferrari, Trentino

Capezzana, Toscana (new entry)

Arnaldo Caprai, Umbria

Casanova di Neri, Toscana

Castel Juval Unterortl, Alto Adige

Castellare di Castellina, Toscana

Castello della Sala, Umbria

Castello di Ama, Toscana

Castello di Fonterutoli, Toscana

Castello di Monsanto, Toscana

Cerbaiona, Toscana

Còlpetrone, Umbria

Giacomo Conterno, Piemonte

Coppo, Piemonte

Cottanera, Sicilia

Cusumano, Sicilia

Romano Dal Forno, Veneto

Marco De Bartoli, Sicilia

Falesco, Lazio

Fattoria Zerbina, Emilia Romagna

Livio Felluga, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Gianfranco Fino, Puglia

Fontanafredda, Piemonte (new entry)

Fontodi, Toscana

Gabbas, Sardegna

Gaja, Piemonte

Gioacchino Garofoli, Marche

Bruno Giacosa, Piemonte

Elio Grasso, Piemonte

Gravner, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Il Pollenza, Marche

Illuminati, Abruzzo

Isole e Olena, Toscana

Jermann, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Köfererhof, Alto Adige

Lungarotti, Umbria

Bartolo Mascarello, Piemonte

Masciarelli, Abruzzo

Masi - Serego Alighieri, Veneto

Massolino, Piemonte

Mastroberardino, Campania

Miani, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Monsupello, Lombardia

Montevetrano, Campania

Muri-Gries, Alto Adige

Nino Negri, Lombardia

Oasi degli Angeli, Marche

Palari, Sicilia

Pieropan, Veneto

Pietracupa, Campania

Pio Cesare, Piemonte

Planeta, Sicilia

Poggio di Sotto, Toscana

Poliziano, Toscana

Produttori del Barbaresco, Piemonte

Querciabella, Toscana

Giuseppe Quintarelli, Veneto

Roagna I Paglieri, Piemonte

San Leonardo, Trentino

San Patrignano, Emilia Romagna

Luciano Sandrone, Piemonte

Schiopetto, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Tasca d’Almerita, Sicilia

Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, Toscana

Tenuta San Guido, Toscana

Tenuta Sette Ponti, Toscana

Franco Toros, Friuli Venezia Giulia (new entry)

Umani Ronchi, Marche

Valentini, Abruzzo

Venica & Venica, Friuli Venezia Giulia (new entry)

Vie di Romans, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Vietti, Piemonte

Roberto Voerzio, Piemonte

Volpe Pasini, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Elena Walch, Alto Adige