News from Benvenuto Brunello 2022

Nine days of tastings with 137 Brunello wineries and more than 300 different wine labels. The podium for notoriety in Italy. The commemorative tile for the 2022 vintage. The Leccio d'Oro award for the businesses that give the most space to Brunello di Montalcino and the Gambelli Award for the young winemaker who most espoused the style of the great master of Sangiovese.

The first weekend of Benvenuto Brunello, the preview presentation of the new vintages-the Brunello 2018, the Riserva 2017, the Rosso di Montalcino 2021, the Moscadello and the Sant'Antimo-which this year becomes cosmopolitan, with an edition on November 17 held simultaneously in London, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto, has concluded.

The first two days of the preview proposed by the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino, Benvenuto Brunello, on Friday 10 and Saturday 11, were dedicated to about 100 Italian and international journalists, as well as 11 Masters of Wine. On the following days, space was given to sommeliers, trade professionals and winelovers (for wine lovers there are three dedicated days, from November 19 to 21).

On Saturday afternoon, starting at 5 p.m. at the Teatro degli Astrusi, the winners of the Leccio d'Oro and Giulio Gambelli Awards were unveiled, as well as the commemorative tile for the 2022 vintage. This was followed by a gala dinner by Michelin-starred chef Valeria Piccini of Caino restaurant in Montemerano.

All information at www.benvenutobrunello.com and below and links to some of the highlights of the event. More on our impressions of the wines tasted later.

Ahead of the event was Wine Intelligence's annual report, which established that Brunello di Montalcino remains the champion wine for notoriety in Italy, known to 2 out of 3 consumers. (https://www.doctorwine.it/il-brunello-sul-podio-della-notorieta)

It is Brunello Cucinelli, the cashmere designer who is a symbol of Made in Italy worldwide and an enlightened entrepreneur, who is the author of the tile dedicated to the 2022 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino.(https://www.doctorwine.it/cucinelli-firma-la-mattonella-2022)

The five winners of the Leccio d'Oroo Award announced during the second day of the 31st edition of Benvenuto Brunello. From Milan to New York via London, Rome and Montepulciano, Brunello reigns in restaurant wine lists. (https://www.doctorwine.it/i-vincitori-del-leccio-d-oro-2022) 

To young Tuscan winemaker Andrea Scaccini the Gambelli Prize 2022, the award dedicated to the master of Sangiovese who died in 2012. (https://www.doctorwine.it/il-premio-gambelli-va-ad-andrea-scaccini)