Italians take their wines very seriously, and no wonder when wine is produced in all 20 regions of the country. To keep abreast of all the selections available, at least a half dozen wine guides are published in Italy each year, rating thousands of wines in all price ranges and styles.

The best known Italian wine guide is the one published by Gambero Rosso, the country’s leading publication for Italian wine and food. This guide, simply known as Vini d’Italia (or Italian Wines for the English language version) has been named by many as the “Bible of Italian Wines,” a name that is quite apt, given the breadth and width of its coverage of its topic.