International and national recognition and awards for Cupertinum wines. Here is a telegraphic list – in order of date of arrival – of the main ones:
- On the world-famous Pocket Wine Book wine guide by Hugh Johnson, Cupertinum was listed among the best Italian wineries. A great achievement! The celebrated guide, edited by Margaret Rand, reports: Copertino Riserva, Settantacinque, Spinello dei Falconi and Negroamaro!
- Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator award Cupertinum’s Copertino Riserva and Primitivo Salento Igt. Danielle Callegari and Alison Napjus of Wine Enthusiast award: 92 Points to the 2015 Copertino Riserva Doc; 91 Points to the 2020 Primitivo Salento Igt: “two fantastic bargains from this winery that confirms the high level of quality.” # Wine Spectator awards Copertino Riserva Doc 2015: 89 Points and Primitivo Salento Igt 2021: 87 Points (“well elevated, medium-bodied reds with light tannins”).
- Gambero Rosso: 2 Bicchieri to Copertino Doc and 2 to Spinello dei Falconi Rosato. Marks also for Glykós and Copertino Doc Riserva. “Well made Copertino Rosso, which shows notes of plum and undergrowth on the nose, while on the palate it is fresh and with good sapidity, and Spinello dei Falconi, a rosé from Negroamaro grapes, with tones of busco fruit and Mediterranean scrub, smooth and immediate,” write the editors.
- The Sommelier Association’s Vitae guide rewards Glykós and Spinello dei Falconi with the 4 Viti excellence and with 3 Viti the Settantacinque Copertino Doc and the Cigliano Chardonnay Salento Igt.
- DiWineTaste awards: Settantacinque and Copertino Riserva: 4 Diamonds and 1 Star; 4 Diamonds to Primitivo, Negroamaro and Copertino Doc.
- Spinello dei Falconi Rosato Salento Igt was awarded by Joe Bastianich and Tiziano Gaia, in “Il grande racconto del Vino italiano” they list it among the best wines.
- SlowWine: Cupertinum is featured with a nice card pointing out the advantageous quality/price ratio, with timely and laudatory organoleptic descriptions of all the wines.
- The Touring Club’s Vinibuoni d’Italia guide rewards our wines with 4 Stars to Copertino Doc and Spinello dei Falconi and 3 Stars to Squarciafico Rosato.
- Luca Maroni’s guide Migliori vini italiani awards: 94 points to Negroamaro; 93 to Giortì and Spinello dei Falconi; 92 to Copertino Doc, Squarciafico Bianco and Squarciafico Rosato.
- Bibenda, a guide of the Italian Sommelier Foundation, awards Settantacinque, Glykós with 4 Grappoli; Copertino doc, Cigliano and Giortì with 3 Grappoli.
- The Veronelli Guide assigns 2 Stars to all the wines with a note of merit to Spinello dei Falconi and Copertino Doc wines
- Gatti/Massobrio’s Il Golosario Guide reports Primitivo as TopWine.
- Finally, Le Viole grappa wins the Silver Medal at the Premio Alambicco d’Oro (Golden Alembic Award) organized by the ANAG Associazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Grappa e Acquaviti (National Association of Grappa and Spirit Tasters). Le Viole – also awarded in the three previous editions – is distilled from Negroamaro pomace from the Copertino doc area.
A crackling list of awards, it almost seems like a battery of fireworks, recognizing the quality of the wines and the renewal put in place over the past decade by the historic Copertino winery. Prosit!