Best Italian Wines Annuario presents the best of Italian wine production, focusing on superior quality wines with relevant organoleptic characteristics. It is the only publication where the evaluations are based on a scientific and simple tasting method created in 1995 by Luca Maroni. The method, shareable by anyone, is based on the logical principle that the "Quality of a wine equals the pleasantness of its taste". The method is clearly explained on the first pages of the book and its clear explanations and easy reading allow the development of evaluation abilities in anyone. Luca Maroni's publications are full of information, and easy to consult, this book includes statistics for the following: Producers: 1,993 final comments on overall winery production; Tasted wines: 11,301 between white, red, rosé, sweet and sparkling wines; Tasting Evaluations: 45,204 estimations of tasted wines; Statistics and scores: more than 30 dedicated pages; Percentage score of Wine Pleasantness. Contents: Notes of the directory content; Italian Wines listed by Region of origin: Abruzzi; Apulia; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia Romagna; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marches; Molise; Piedmont; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino Alto Adige; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto; Evaluation and scoring Method. AUTHOR: Luca Maroni, the most famous name in the oenological field in Italy. Born in Rome, Luca Maroni graduated with Honours in Business aEconomics in 1986. Between 1987 and 1989 he worked with Luigi Veronelli, wrote for L'Etichetta magazine and founded Ex Vinis, Italy's first wine-oriented newsletter. In September 1990, Luca started the Lm editing company by creating The Taster of Wine, a magazine dedicated to wine and wine tasting. Since 1993 he has been writing the Annuario dei Migliori Vini Italiani, a report on the oenological production within major Italian winemaking companies currently at its 19th publication. In 1995 he penned the 'Wine tasting' entry for the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia. From the beginning of his career up to date, he has been writing and editing 57 volumes on wine; tutoring more than 10,000 people and collaborating with more than 1,000 oenologists of the most prestigious Italian wineries. From 1989 to 2012, Luca Maroni has tasted over 20,000 wines. SELLING POINTS: ?The only publication that evaluates over 11,000 wines using a scoring system based on scientific evaluation thus guaranteeing objective judgments ?Combines objective judgments with the rich language of an inspired author
