Bibenda 2022 La Guida

Guide of the Italian Sommelier Foundation to excellent Italian products

Bibenda 2022, the guide that wasn't there, was born in 1999 to satisfy an audience of lovers of good drinking and good living who, when choosing a wine, are looking not just for guidance but for news, data, certainties. The guide book grows over the years, with a view to giving shape to the wishes of its readers. Since the beginning, the Bibenda guide is the most complete publication in the sector, with over two thousand wineries and about 27,000 wines and all their data, from type to price, to evaluation, completed by the description of the technical notes of processing, tasting and from the combination with food, suggested according to the school and method of the Italian Sommelier Foundation. Same methodology applied to Grappa, extra virgin olive oil and restaurants, the other three sections of the guide. 300 oil companies, 2000 quality restaurants: information, contacts and websites of wineries, distilleries, oil mills, research and geographical location of companies.

THE WINE

Region by region. Producers with their wines, descriptions, combinations, longevity, designations of origin. How to go to wineries for quality tourism. The wines are reported with all the information, sensory analysis, processing method, information on the vineyards, cultivation method, for each wine at least a pairing or two. The quality rating from two to five Bunches.

Bibenda 2022 is the most complete guide ever on the Italian wine sector on the market. Encyclopedic, with all the data for an endless consultation.

THE OIL

The best Italian companies producing quality extra virgin olive oil. An Italian heritage unrivaled in the world. The best Italian oils from the last oil campaign. A section that in record time is updated in the same spring of the reference year of the last oil campaign, following the 2021 oil campaign. This section will be updated in March 2023 with tastings of the oils from the last harvest.

Over 300 Italian Companies Producing Extra Virgin Olive Oil, the best production in our country. The tastings of all the oils produced, selected and evaluated from two to five drops, according to the School and Method of the Italian Association of Oil Sommeliers ®.

THE GRAPPA

Bibenda 2022 contains an overall overview for this distillate of the best Italian production. For these glasses, reserved at the end of a good menu, we have also given some suggestions for a pairing that is not only pleasant, but that can be exciting. The best producers of grappa, one of the symbolic products of the highest quality that Italy is able to express.

THE RESTAURANTS

Region by region, splendid discoveries and confirmations, large and small Italian restaurants to which we gave our two, three, four, five kisses. The restaurants selected by Bibenda are published with all the useful information to reach them and geographical research, in addition to the description, all the details of the place, opening days, chefs, price. In addition, a courtesy note to indicate to the reader a gem, a niche production, a suggestion, a shop not to be missed in the immediate vicinity of the restaurant, to make the visit even more interesting.

Bibenda 2022 is the official guide of the Italian Sommelier Foundation, also available on the web at: https://www.bibenda.it/bibenda-la-guida.php