SlowWine 2021 rewards Spinello dei Falconi and all Cupertinum wines

SlowWine 2021 rewards Spinello dei Falconi and all Cupertinum wines for the value for money!
The SlowWine 2021 Guide awarded the “TopWine / Vino Quotidiano” award to the Spinello dei Falconi Rosato Igt Salento from Cupertinum, a historic winery in Copertino. The wines awarded with the qualification “TopWine / Daily Wines” are the “Excellent wines under the organoleptic profile with an advantageous quality-price ratio”. In addition, the SlowFood guide assigns the “Coin” to all the wines of the winery again for the quality-price ratio. Francesco Trono, president of the winery: “SlowFood supports the criteria of ‘good, fair and clean’ and our winery also pays attention to the social and environmental dimension. We are happy with this recognition – which is assigned to us for the second consecutive year – also for our many contributing members, our strength, who in these days are facing the fatigue and joy of the harvest”. Happy with the news, the oenologist Giuseppe Pizzolante Leuzzi also declares: “The awards are always a pleasure, they confirm that the work of revaluing the wines of the winery, begun ten years ago, is bearing fruit for the whole territory and for the Copertino Doc. We are sure of the overall quality project of the winery and we believe that the members of the cooperative will always have greater satisfaction”.

For several decades, international magazines such as Decanter and WineSpectator and all the Italian guides have recognized Cupertinum as a qualitative project of great commitment.

“I see confirmation and surprises in the new 2026 wine guides for our wines. With these awards, Cupertinum confirms its status as a company of excellence, reliable over time, dynamic in identifying new goals and achieving them,” says Francesco Trono, president of Cupertinum. Winemaker Giuseppe Pizzolante Leuzzi, now accustomed to the awards that come flooding in year after year, is also satisfied: “The focus on quality and modern winemaking that respects tradition is understood and rewarded. These awards reward the members, the winery’s workers, and the territory.”

 Here is a brief list of recent awards and prizes received by Cupertinum wines:

  • Cupertinum has been included among the best Italian wineries in Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book guide to wines from around the world. The renowned guide, edited by Margaret Rand, recommends: Copertino Riserva, Settantacinque, Spinello dei Falconi, and Negroamaro!
  • Danielle Callegari of Wine Enthusiast award: 92 points to Copertino Riserva DOC; 91 points to Primitivo Salento IGT: “two fantastic deals from this winery that confirm the high quality of the company’s labels.”
  • Wine Spectator awards Copertino Riserva DOC 2015: 89 points and Aldieri Primitivo Salento IGT 2021: 89 points (“well-elevated reds, medium-bodied, with light tannins,” says expert Eric Guido).
  • As far as international recognition is concerned, another great result is worth mentioning: the Gold Medal at the International Wine & Spirits Awards for COPERTINO RISERVA and POGGIANI Negroamaro.
  • Guida essenziale ai vini d’Italia (DoctorWine Daniele Cernilli )awards Copertino Riserva 92 points and Spibello dei Falconi 90 points.
  • The VITAE guide published by the Sommelier Association awards 4 VITI to Settantacinque Copertino and 3 VITI to Copertino Doc, Copertino Riserva, Poggiani Negroamaro, and Spinello dei Falconi. The sommeliers write: “wines of recognized and appreciated quality; the Negroamaro, in its various forms, represents the jewel in the crown.”
  • SlowWine: Cupertinum is featured in the SlowFood guide with the TopWine award for Spinello dei Falconi and a beautiful description that highlights the advantageous quality/price ratio, with accurate and complimentary organoleptic descriptions of all the wines.
  • The Touring Club’s Vinibuoni d’Italia guide awards our wines 4 stars to Copertino DOC Riserva, Copertino DOC and Spinello dei Falconi and 3 stars to Squarciafico Rosato and Settantacinque.
  • Bibenda, the guide published by the Italian Sommelier Foundation, awards Settantacinque, Copertino DOC Riserva, Aldieri Primitivo, and Poggiani Negroamaro with 4 Grappoli.
  • The Veronelli Guide awards 3 Red Stars to Settantacinque Copertino DOC and 2 Stars to all wines, with special mention to Spinello dei Falconi and all Copertino DOC wines.
  • The Il Golosario guide by Gatti/Massobrio names Primitivo as a Top Wine.

“Wine is the song of the earth to the sky” wrote the master of food and wine criticism Luigi Veronelli. It is worth repeating this for the awards given to Cupertinum wines!