Gambero Rosso Italian Wines 2027, the English-language edition of the Vini d’Italia guide, was presented in Rome on October 25 with 540 Tre Bicchieri, 32 more than last year. Tommasi Family Estates of Valpolicella is Winery of the Year, Tuscany leads the regions with 100 awards, and 54 wineries reach the top tier for the first time. Here are the winners, what changed since 2026 and which of them you can actually visit.
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- Edition
- 40th, presented October 25, 2026 · La Nuvola, Rome
- Tre Bicchieri
- 540 wines (508 in the 2026 guide)
- First-time winners
- 54 wineries
- Leading region
- Tuscany, 100 awards
- Winery of the Year
- Tommasi Family Estates, Valpolicella
- Special Awards
- 13, plus two 40th-anniversary honors
In this article
How Gambero Rosso Italian Wines 2027 was judged
The 2027 guide reviews 2,614 wineries and more than 23,000 wines. Its curators, Giuseppe Carrus and Marco Sabellico, work through blind tastings: regional panels narrow the field, and final tastings decide which wines reach the top level. Gambero Rosso sets out the steps on its page about the Tre Bicchieri method (in Italian).
Two rules shape how to read the results. Only one wine per winery can receive Tre Bicchieri, so a producer’s other bottles may sit just below the winner without appearing on the list. And the award goes to a specific wine from a specific vintage, not to the estate as a whole. Judging wineries, people and projects is the job of the Special Awards further down.
The 40th edition also slices the list in two useful ways. Fifty of the 540 wines sell for under €15 in Italian wine shops, five of them under €10. And 194 carry the Tre Bicchieri Verdi mark, given to wines from wineries with certified organic or biodynamic farming. Gambero Rosso is clear that certification does not win the award, the tasting does. Our guide to organic, biodynamic and natural wine explains what those certifications actually cover.
The 13 Special Awards for 2027
The Special Awards were announced on stage at La Nuvola. They are where the editors tell the story of the year, and the 2027 list runs from Valpolicella to Gallura, from an Etna white to a Lambrusco.
| Award | Winner | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Winery of the Year | Tommasi Family Estates | Veneto |
| Red of the Year | Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Marina Cvetic S. Martino Rosso Riserva 2022, Masciarelli | Abruzzo |
| White of the Year | Etna Bianco Arrigo 2023, Alta Mora | Sicily |
| Sparkling Wine of the Year | Franciacorta Non Dosato 33 Riserva 2018, Ferghettina | Lombardy |
| Rosé of the Year | Lambrusco di Sorbara Leclisse 2025, Paltrinieri | Emilia-Romagna |
| Dessert Wine of the Year | Collio Picolit 2020, Pighin | Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Best Buy of the Year | Chianti Classico Sacello 2023, Arillo in Terrabianca | Tuscany |
| Cooperative Winery of the Year | Cantina Kurtatsch | Alto Adige |
| Up-and-Coming Winery | Saraja | Sardinia |
| Young Producers of the Year | Francesca and Davide Bonzano, Castello di Uviglie | Piedmont |
| Winegrowers of the Year | Davide and Riccardo Sobrino, Cascina delle Rose | Piedmont |
| Sustainable Winegrowing | Benvenuto | Calabria |
| Solidarity Project | Cascina Clarabella | Lombardy |
Winery of the Year rewards a trajectory rather than a single bottle. Tommasi began in Valpolicella in 1902 and, still run by the family, has grown to close to 1,000 hectares across Italy, with estates from Montalcino and the Tuscan Maremma to Puglia, the Vulture and Etna. Gambero Rosso’s profile of Tommasi credits it with giving each region its own voice instead of copying one style everywhere. Its Tre Bicchieri this year is an Amarone, the Classico Riserva Ca’ Florian 2018, and the family also hosts guests at Villa Quaranta, its resort in Valpolicella.
For the anniversary, the guide added two honors outside the 13 categories. Antinori is the Winery of the 40 Years and Josko Gravner, the Collio grower known for aging his whites in clay amphorae, is the Winegrower of the 40 Years. Both sit in a section on ten wineries and one grower that shaped Italian wine during the guide’s four decades.
The 540 Tre Bicchieri, region by region
Every Italian region has at least one winner. Tuscany and Piedmont account for a third of the list between them, but the more telling numbers are further down: 26 in Puglia, 21 in Campania and 18 each for Abruzzo, Sardinia and Umbria.
| Region | Tre Bicchieri 2027 |
|---|---|
| Tuscany | 100 |
| Piedmont | 82 |
| Veneto | 49 |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 40 |
| Lombardy | 37 |
| Sicily | 30 |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia | 28 |
| Puglia | 26 |
| Marche | 24 |
| Campania | 21 |
| Abruzzo | 18 |
| Sardinia | 18 |
| Umbria | 18 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 15 |
| Lazio | 11 |
| Liguria | 7 |
| Calabria | 6 |
| Valle d’Aosta | 5 |
| Basilicata | 4 |
| Molise | 1 |
Gambero Rosso published the winning wines region by region in the weeks before the ceremony, and its national overview links to every regional list (in Italian). Some of those pages show slightly different totals: the Tuscan list, for example, has 104 wines. The table above follows the regional tally announced in Rome, which is the one that adds up to 540. The guide also covers Brda, the Slovenian side of the Collio hills, with six winners of its own outside the Italian count.
What changed from 2026
The list grew. The 2026 edition of Gambero Rosso Italian Wines gave 508 Tre Bicchieri and counted 49 first-time winning wineries; the 2027 edition has 540 and 54. Gambero Rosso notes that the newcomers are not only young estates: some are long-established producers reaching the top level for the first time.
Tuscany went from 94 awards, already a regional record, to 100. Behind the number is a stylistic shift the editors describe across the whole country: fewer wines built on power and concentration, more that win on freshness, balance and a clear sense of place. That matches what the regional reports said all autumn, from Abruzzo to the reds of Puglia.
The first 2027 signal, from Sicily in September, held up. The island’s results leaned toward its whites, and the White of the Year is an Etna Carricante, Alta Mora’s Arrigo 2023, from vineyards between roughly 600 and 750 meters on the volcano. The south also keeps widening the map: Calabria has six winners plus the Sustainable Winegrowing award, Basilicata four Aglianico del Vulture, and Molise’s single Tre Bicchieri goes to an Aglianico.
Tuscany’s 100 awards, and where they cluster
Chianti Classico dominates Gambero Rosso’s Tuscan list with 31 wines, 13 of them Gran Selezione. Brunello di Montalcino follows with 15, plus a Rosso di Montalcino, then Bolgheri with 10, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano with five and four each for Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Morellino di Scansano. The Best Buy of the Year is also Tuscan: a Chianti Classico from Radda.
The editors read the region through its subzones. In Chianti Classico, the new village-level areas (the UGAs) and single-vineyard names are making Gran Selezione a way to talk about a precise place; Montepulciano is doing the same with its Pievi. On the coast, Bolgheri’s whites are gaining ground next to its famous reds, and Morellino di Scansano is lighter and more drinkable than it used to be.
For planning, that geography matters more than the count. Our Tuscany wine country guide explains how the six areas fit together. Our 48-hour Chianti itinerary already takes you past three 2027 winners: Fontodi in Panzano, Castello di Volpaia above Radda and Barone Ricasoli at Castello di Brolio.
The winners you can actually visit
A Tre Bicchieri says nothing about whether a winery takes visitors. Several 2027 winners, though, are already in our guides, chosen for their rooms or tastings before the list came out.
In Chianti, Castello di Meleto near Gaiole wins with its Gran Selezione Poggiarso 2022. Poggiarso is one of seven named vineyards the estate bottles separately, so a tasting there doubles as a lesson in how much a slope matters, and you can sleep in the castle or its apartments. It is in our guide to where to stay in Chianti, alongside Borgo San Felice near Castelnuovo Berardenga, whose Chianti Classico Borgo 2024 is also on the list. East of Florence, Il Borro wins with its Valdarno di Sopra Petruna 2021 and is one of our best vineyard hotels in Tuscany. In Montalcino, Corte Pavone’s Brunello Fior di Meliloto 2021 is a winner, and its cellar door is one of our Brunello tastings in Montalcino, bookable in advance.
Sleep at a 2027 Tre Bicchieri winery
Castello di Meleto has rooms and apartments inside its castle estate near Gaiole in Chianti. Compare dates and rates, then book a tasting with the estate.
On Etna, three winners have their own pages on DrinksAdvisor. Cottanera, on the north slope, wins with its Etna Bianco Contrada Cottanera 2022, and Dimora Cottanera, the family villa inside the estate, is our first pick for where to stay on Etna’s north slope. Firriato wins with its Etna Rosso Cavanera Rovo delle Coturnie 2022, and the family’s Cavanera wine resort near Castiglione di Sicilia is one of our Etna wine resorts. On the east slope, Maugeri’s Etna Bianco Superiore Frontebosco 2025 is a Tre Bicchieri, and the family’s cellar is one of our Milo wineries. Our Mount Etna wine country guide puts all of them on the map.
For the rest of the 540, check before you go. A small producer may open by appointment only, and a famous one may have no public tastings at all. The producer’s own website is the place to confirm visits, languages and opening days, especially during harvest.
How it compares with the other Italian guides
Tre Bicchieri go to individual wines. The Slow Wine Guide 2027 gives its symbols to wineries instead, and asks different questions about farming, place and value. The two lists still overlap in Tuscany. Montevertine, Caiarossa, Tenuta di Valgiano, Sassotondo, Petrolo, Col d’Orcia, Avignonesi and Montenidoli hold a Slow Wine Snail and a 2027 Tre Bicchieri; Castello di Meleto, Isole e Olena, Castell’in Villa, Biondi-Santi, Poggio di Sotto, Le Macchiole and Tenuta San Guido hold a Slow Wine Bottle and a Tre Bicchieri.
Read the overlap as a signal, not a ranking. When two panels with different methods land on the same estate, it is worth a closer look; when only one of them does, the question is what that guide rewards and whether it matches what you want from the visit.
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The most useful way to use Gambero Rosso Italian Wines 2027 is as a filter. Pick the regions and styles you care about, note the winners there, then keep only the estates that welcome visitors. With 540 wines and 54 new names, the 40th edition gives you more starting points than ever; the trip still depends on which cellar doors are open.
