Gambero Rosso is the leading and most influential Italian wine rating journal.
The Gambero Rosso wine ratings are built on the number of glasses (bicchieri) awarded to a wine, which is indicated in the wine guide with a number of stylized glasses next to the wine's name. The highest rating is three glasses (Tre Bicchieri),nand the wine guide only includes wines which are seen by the editors as "above average". The ratings are based upon blind tastings by independent experts. The guide is published in Italian, English and German.
Three glasses indicate "extraordinary wines".
Two red glasses indicates a wine which was selected as a candidate for three glasses (which far from all wines with two glasses are), but did not make it all the way. This feature was introduced in the 2002 edition.
Two glasses indicate "very good wines".
One glass indicates "good wines".
