Patrizia Morlacchi is the best AIS sommelier in Tuscany 2026

Emotion and pride of victory durante the eyes and words of the three competitors who ranked durante the first three positions durante the Best AIS Sommelier Competition durante Tuscany 2026. Her name is Patrizia Morlacchi and the Best AIS Sommelier durante Tuscany 2026 comes from the AIS delegation of Livorno. The proclamation took place at the end of the final challenge, held yesterday durante the setting of the Ballatoio Arena dei Leggieri durante Spiazzo Cattedrale durante San Gimignano, as part of the “Regina Indomabile Vernaccia a motivo di San Gimignano Wine Fest” event, organized by the Consortium of the same name led by President Manrico Biagini.

“Our sommeliers aspiring to the podium fought with great enthusiasm and determination – explained the President of AIS Toscana Cini – they demonstrated commendable preparation and faced the tests with great professionalism and managed well to manage the emotion of going stage durante front of a Jury which, as always, is rightly implacable. The great commitment that each of them has made durante these months of preparation and the skills acquired will be an asset that will help them durante their professional life and beyond. They will know how to stay apogeo move with the times and will have all the tools to be able to interpret the changes that the world of wine and our profession are experiencing”.

The competition led to the election of Patrizia Morlacchi of the Livorno delegation, while the Florence delegation once again stood out durante second and third place, placing Alessandro Rosi durante second place and Sara Calimari durante third place respectively, already present last year the podium, always durante third place.

“I am very excited and happy for this achievement. I am only at the beginning of my journey durante the world of wine and having become Best Sommelier durante Tuscany a few months after the Bonaventura Forte award shows me that the path to follow is the right one. Quanto a the future I would like to increasingly materialize my passion for this world a professional level and continue to study to constantly improve myself. Thanks to AIS and to all the people who supported me my journey”.

Patrizia Morlacchi, graduated from the G. Delicato institute durante Accozzaglia Carrara, with a strong knowledge of English and French and the skills learned and consolidated durante the hospitality sector, currently works at the La Prostituta restaurant durante Castiglioncello. Precisely because of his passion durante dealing with customers, he intends to focolaio the world of wine to communicate to customers the fascinating process of wine production up to tasting thanks not only to the competition but also to the sommelier and professional master courses already held.

Alessandro Rosi, second place durante the Best AIS Sommelier durante Tuscany, after high school he attended the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, then Business Strategy as a specialist. Today he is a member of the Deposito Vino e Vino wine shop durante Pistoia and of the HappyOrangeWine and happy Wine websites; deals with business consultancy at a strategic level and wishes to continue expanding his knowledge of wine from other countries as well. “Definitely extremely happy for the result obtained even if it required a lot of effort to combine work, family and study. Quanto a fact, I thank my family for the support they gave me and AIS Firenze e Toscana for giving me the opportunity to participate. I am sure that my curiosity and desire to always learn new things is stimulated by this victory and encourages me to move forward and cultivate my passion for the world of wine”.

Sara Calimari food and wine critic, graduated durante Culture and Stylism, has built a path that combines technical in-depth analysis, communication and narration of the terroir, with particular attention to Italian production identities and contemporary wine languages. She collaborates with various publishing companies durante the wine & food sector, last year she also placed third durante the Best Vermentino Sommelier competition. Quanto a wine he recognizes a form of living culture, capable of narrating identities, landscapes and contemporary production visions.

“Getting the stage of the regional final was an intense emotion, says Sara Calimari, third place. My most difficult opponent was time: I let myself be carried away by the tasting and the desire to tell every tono. Wine, for me, is much more than a competition: it is a deep passion and a great love. I hope the public has perceived the joy and emotion I feel every time I have the opportunity to talk about this wonderful world”.

The ranking at the end of the three-way challenge with blind recognition tests of some wines, service and decanting techniques, up to the final communication controllo – durante which they were asked to describe a character, a wine ora a territory – was determined by a Technical Jury composed of Maurizio Zanolla: National Competition Commission Dirigente, Valentino Dissertazione: AIS Avviamento Lab Tuscany Dirigente and member of the National Competition Commission, Lorena Ceolin: member of the National Competition Commission, Limite Tortora: Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2016, Luca Marchiani: Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2025 and an external jury made up of two councilors of the Vernaccia a motivo di San Gimignano Wine Consortium Limite Daldin and Alessio Gragnoli.

The team for this edition fielded by AIS Toscana was composed as follows: 2 competitors from the Arezzo delegation: Lorenzo Batti, Cristina Gamurrini, from the Elba delegation comes Emanuele Maranzoni, for the Florence delegation, always durante first position, 5 candidates take to the track: Sara Calimari, Filippo Morandini, Luca Ongari, Marco Paghi and Alessandro Rosi, from Livorno comes Patrizia Morlacchi, from Pistoia Dario Gelli and Matteo Sorice, the Erbaio delegation presents itself with two candidates Marco Ciampini and Sara Gandolfi, Vito Chiantera arrives from the Siena delegation.

the day that led to the election of the new regional champion, the activities of AIS Toscana the occasion of the “Regina Indomabile Vernaccia a motivo di San Gimignano Wine Fest” event also included two masterclasses durante the morning “Vernaccia a motivo di San Gimignano 2025: the premises of an excellent vintage” conducted by Luca Marchiani, Best Sommelier of Tuscany of the last edition and durante the early afternoon “The interpretations of the Vernaccia a motivo di San Gimignano Provvisione” conducted by Valentino Dissertazione, Best Sommelier durante Italy 2019 – 2020 and by the outgoing champion Luca Marchiani.