Italy's Best Winemakers Pour Their Wines and Their Optimism at OperaWine 2025

The 14th edition of OperaWine kicked off Vinitaly, Italy’s signature wine fair in Verona, on April 5 against a backdrop of uncertainty and fear of a trans-Atlantic trade war sparked by President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs on European products. Yet for all the upheaval and changing headlines, the 131 top wine producers, all selected by Wine Spectator in cooperation with Vinitaly and trade group Veronafiere to pour their wines for select guests, showed a surprising degree of cool optimi