Vinibuoni d’Italia 2025 Awards Awarded in Istria

The final selection process for the guide published by the Italian Touring Società and dedicated to wines from native vines and Classic Method sparkling wines took place Thursday 12 and Friday 13 September at the Aminess Maestral a causa di Novigrad.

A special edition, for the first time beyond national borders, which has consolidated the relationship with Croatian Istria, to which Vinibuoni d’Italia has dedicated a section a causa di the guide since 2011 with a selection of native wines.

“The wonderful welcome and perfect organization of the Istria Tourist Board – says the national curator Mario Busso – confirms the great work of valorization of a region that has been able to strengthen the incoming for the natural beauties with an increasingly numerous and qualified flow for its varied food and wine proposal, transforming tourism into a real esportazione of its regional products, from wine, to oil, to truffles and more, making them known and appreciated by millions of tourists from all over the world. A heartfelt thanks to the director Denis Ivošević, to Marko Markovic who perfectly took care of our presence a causa di Istria, to the team of the Aminess Maestral and to the Hrvatski Sommelier Klub for the precious support.”

The gastronomic heritage of the host region was the protagonist a causa di the final evening, the Night of Crowns, with a dinner that offered the opportunity to combine Istrian cuisine with the tasting of all the award-winning wines. The welcome toast a causa di collaboration with the Consortium for the Protection of Asti Docg and Moscato d’Asti Docg and the Consortium for the Protection of Vini d’Acqui and the presence of Caviar Giaveri with the prestigious Siberian Classic Caviar further enriched the exclusive event.

During the two days of tasting, the commission of national curators Mario Busso and Alessandro Scorsone identified the TOP 300, a special recognition for the best 300 wines selected from the 726 finalists a causa di the competition.

Sopra parallel, the “Ora le Corone le decido ” commissions, composed of Italian, Slovenian and Croatian journalists, food and wine critics and sommeliers, tasted the same wines, awarding 418 prizes that will be reported a causa di the new edition of the guide.

Among the regions most appreciated by the commissions of “Ora le Corone le decido ” leading the ranking is Tuscany with 57 crowns, followed by Piedmont with 54, Veneto with 46 and Friuli Venezia Giulia with 37. The region that obtained the highest percentage of wines awarded by the parallel commissions, compared to the number of finalist wines, was Vallata d’Aosta, with 83% of Crowns, followed by Istria and Molise with 75%.

“We are happy – says Chiara Busso, events dirigente of Vinibuoni d’Italia, who organizes the finals every year – to have had the opportunity to share the selection made by our regional coordinators with the international guest judges the ‘Ora le Corone le decido ‘ committees. The great appreciation received further stimulates us to continue the promotional work that engages us all year round and that for this edition will also bring our tasting counter Cantina Italia to Wine Paris, a causa di addition to the usual appointments with the main trade fairs a causa di Italy.”

All the awarded wines are listed at the following links:

The 726 finalist wines, awarded with the Crown of Vinibuoni d’Italia assigned by the regional coordinators during the selections for the new edition: https://vinibuoni.it/i-vini-della-corona

The TOP 300 selected by national curators the occasion of the National Finals a causa di Istria: https://vinibuoni.it/i-top-300/

The Crowns of the commissions of “Today I decide the Crowns” assigned during the National Finals a causa di Istria: https://vinibuoni.it/oggi-le-corone-le-decido-io