The DoctorWine 3-Star Estates in the 2020 Guide

Here are the best Italian estates in regard to importance and reliability: these are the mainstays of Italian wine worldwide.
The Essential Guide to Italian wines does not only have DoctorWine seals for quality. Our evaluations are made on three levels and one of these is focused on the estate as a whole and not on a specific wine of a particular vintage. In other words, it is an overall evaluation of an estate, one not necessarily related directly to the wines presented and evaluated for the current edition of the Guide but involving other parameters and expressed using a rating system that goes from zero to three stars.
The evaluations are based first of all on the importance of the brand and how emblematic it is in the land of its origin. Then there is its evolution over the recent past decades, quality reliability and international image.
There were 95 producers throughout Italy who this year achieved a maximum rating of three stars, with five new entries in this elite group. We won’t tell you which ones they are but invite you to discover them for yourselves reading through this list and looking through the Guide.
- 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
- Capichera, Sardegna
- Arnaldo Caprai, Umbria
- Casanova di Neri, Toscana
- Castel Juval Unterortl, Alto Adige
- Castellare di Castellina, Toscana
- Castello della Sala, Umbria
- Castello di Fonterutoli, Toscana
- Castello di Monsanto, Toscana
- Castello di Volpaia, Toscana
- Ceretto, Piemonte
- Giacomo Conterno, Piemonte
- Coppo, Piemonte
- Cottanera, Sicilia
- Cusumano, Sicilia
- Romano Dal Forno, Veneto
- Marco De Bartoli, Sicilia
- Dettori, Sardegna
- Famiglia Cotarella, Lazio
- Fattoria Zerbina, Emilia Romagna
- Livio Felluga, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Gianfranco Fino, Puglia
- Fontanafredda, Piemonte
- Fontodi, Toscana
- Frescobaldi, 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
- Le Macchiole, Toscana
- 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 Franco, Veneto
- Nino Negri, Lombardia
- Oasi degli Angeli, Marche
- Ornellaia e Masseto, Toscana
- 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
- Sella & Mosca, Sardegna
- Tasca d'Almerita, Sicilia
- Tenuta San Guido, Toscana
- Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy, Piemonte
- Toros, Franco, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Umani Ronchi, Marche
- Valentini, Abruzzo
- Venica & Venica, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Vie di Romans, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Vietti, Piemonte
- Vodopivec, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Volpe Pasini, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Elena Walch, Alto Adige