Early Bird
Deadline
February 20, 2025
Judging
Date
July 27, 2025
Winners
Announcement
August 12, 2025
Other Spirits
85 Points
Other Spirits
84 Points
When a great wine connoisseur hears the word “Barolo”, he will inevitably think about Borgogno. Founded in 1761, it is in fact the winery of Piedmont. Furthermore, it can boast other achievements: in 1861 the elebratory lunch for the Unification of Italy was celebrated with a toast of Barolo Borgogno; in 1886 Nicola II Romanov, zar of Russia, opened a bottle of Barolo Borgogno during the dinner organized in his honor by the Savoy family. Cesare Borgogno was the genius who decided the fate of the cellar starting in 1920: he invented the first model of wine distribution in Italy, he was among the first to promote Barolo in the world, and he made the smart move of putting aside 20,000 bottles of each great vintage of Barolo as “Riserva” for at least 20 years, a move that marked the future of Borgogno