On the evening of Monday 29 May, the final of the Best Enotecario d'Italia 2023 Competition took place in Rome and revealing all the names of the winners of this second edition of the contest organized by AEPI in collaboration with Vinarius.

Allwinestories was invited to this very important event by AEPI and Vinarius.

The role of wine shops, in the wine consumption market, is fundamental: in the front line, to respond to the questions and needs of more or less experienced consumers, ready to spend 15 or 500 euros, lovers of whites, reds and bubbles, advising the right bottle for everyone, there are them, with a wealth of knowledge that, often and willingly, it could make a Master of Wine pale. A professionalism to which, from 2022, the Associazione Enotecari Professionisti Italiani (Aeip), with the collaboration of Vinarius - Associazione Enoteche Italiane, dedicates the "Best Enotecario d'Italia" award, supported by the Consorzi Vini delle Venezie, Vini del Trentino, Toscana, Cirò e Melissa, Chianti Classico, Vini Friuli Colli Orientali Ramandolo and Vini Collio, Comite Champagne. To affirm, in the 2023 edition, Silvia Angelozzi of Alba Adriatica (Teramo), of the Enoteca "Bellariva Enoteca Bistrot", in the wine category with pouring; Loredana Santagati of Misterbianco (Catania) of the wine shop "MisterCoffee", in the bottle category; to Matteo Bertelà of Vigevano (Pavia) of "Metodo Froma Bottega", the special prize dedicated to the "best Enotecario Under 30"; Daniele Leopardi of the Enoteca "Tentazioni" in Paris, in the Montmartre district, is confirmed as the best wine shop abroad.

"Loredana Santagati - explained the jury of experts, chaired by Stefano Caffarri and composed of Chiara Giovoni, Leila Salimbeni, Cristian Deflorian and Giuseppe Vaccarini - stood out for her deep knowledge of the mechanisms of operation of the activity, for the maturity in the governance of the management phases, for the passionate adherence to practical tests. Silvia Angelozzi has demonstrated an engaging ability to manage critical situations with an attitude of problem solving, for the intense investigation of the products and their sales proposition".
Francesco Bonfio, president of Aepi, underlined how the category of wine shops has "proved to be very lively, ready for new challenges, aware of its abilities. Congratulations to those who won, it is a competition and a candidate wins. It is a law of life. But the three finalists for each category were all excellent professionals, who explained to the jury what it means to be an enotecario. And I like to think that the winner is a "primus inter pares", who stood out with the winning flash".

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