Within one of the most famous world gourmet congresses which is held in Milan from 1st - 4th February, first preliminary discussions about including Istria into the specialist Touring Editore guides are taking place. These guides belong to the famous Italian national association  Touring Club Italiano.

The matter will be discussed with Mr. Alberto Dragone, director of all guide editions, and Mr. Luigi Cremona, respectable opinion maker and editor-in-chief of all editions. The subject of the discussions will be the inclusion of the best Istrian restaurants into their edition of the best gourmet addresses in Italy, and especially the inclusion of the best Istrian winemakers into prestigious guide VINI BUONI D'ITALIA 2011.

The said publication evaluates the Italian enological tradition, especially autochthonous wines of certain regions. The condition that has to be met in order to be included is that the wines have to be completely produced in the vineyards based on carefully selected grapes, the best wines are awarded a prestigious ''Crown'' or a ''Golden Star''. In order to be nominated and considered for the ''Crown'', a wine has to get at least 4 ''stars'' which result in the ''Golden Star''.

The reputation of these awards can be proven by the fact that in all of Italy only 216 wines have been awarded a ''Crown'' and only 187 a ''Golden Star''. The said results have been obtained upon tasting some 18.000 samples from which 4.000 excel in aroma, freshness, pleasure of drinking and the presentation of vineyard and the area where wines have been produced. The edition includes 1.070 wine producers.

Istrian County
Administrative Department for Tourism