Italy Best Sommelier Competition – Franciacorta Award

The Italy Best Sommelier Competition 2014 – Franciacorta Award, the event organized by the Italian Sommelier in collaboration with the Consortium for the Protection of Franciacorta, has the common purpose of promoting the quality of Italian wines and to give visibility to the professional role of the sommelier, a true point of reference of the wine culture and its values.


From the quarter–finals of Milan and Rome, the best sommeliers who joined the regional champions in 2014, already admitted to the competition, had access to the semifinals.

From the semi–finals, to be held in the morning, three finalists sommeliers will come out, who at 3:00 p.m., in front of a panel of experts, will address individually a series of tests: from the tasting and sensory description of three wines to the recognition of some alcoholic beverages; from the combination of food and wine to the service of a magnum of Franciacorta with the reception of customers in foreign languages; from decantation and service of a red wine to the correction of a wine list.


Starting time: 3:00 p.m.

Ending time: 7:00 p.m.