The appointment with the ranking of the best Italian wine companies drawn up by journalist Anna Di Martino and published by the italian newspaper Corriere della Sera returns. A ranking that this year saw 118 Italian wine companies overcome the “cut”. An indicative sample that includes in the ranking the main players in the sector, which are “worth” 64.9% of the total turnover of the sector, equal to 14.1 billion in 2023. Cantine Riunite & Civ is confirmed on the podium of the ranking of the greats of Italian wine, with a total turnover of 670.6 million euros, which sees Argea (449.5 million euros) and Italian Wine Brands (429.1 million euros) at a distance. The Top 10 includes the cooperatives Gruppo Caviro (423.1 million euros) and Cavit (267.1 million euros), the trio of private companies Gruppo Santa Margherita (255.1 million euros), Marchesi Antinori (245 million euros) and Fratelli Martini (233 million euros), then again a duo of cooperatives, La Marca Vini e Spumanti (225 million euros) and Gruppo Mezzacorona (217.7 million euros), to close.
Double-digit growth in the ranking of the best Italian wine companies
The ranking of the best Italian wine companies for 2023 includes 75 private companies and 43 cooperatives, for a total turnover of 9.1 billion, an export share that reached 5.2 billion and a growth of 2.7% of the overall turnover last year, compared to a development of exports of 3.6% and of the Italian market of 1.1%.
On the performance side, the Top 20 highlights include the leaps forward in turnover of Collis Veneto Wine Group (+64.86% and 11th place with a turnover of 209.4 million euros) and Terre Cevico (+17.1%, 12th place, 196.7 million euros in turnover in 2024), to which are added Mack & Schuhle Italia (+69.96%, 14th place, 172.4 million euros in turnover in 2024), Tenute Piccini (+52.73%, 16th place, 168 million euros in turnover in 2024) and Mionetto (+10.08%, 18th place, 153.5 million euros in turnover in 2024).
Among those rising, in the Top 50 we find Citra Vini (+20.31%, 45th place, 53.3 million euros in turnover in 2024) and Losito e Guarini (+15.66%, 49th place, 46.1 million euros in turnover in 2024). Also in double figures in 2024 in the ranking of the 100 largest Italian wine cellars are Toso (+25.34%, 52nd place, 45.5 million euros in turnover), Vinicola Decordi (+12.6%, 71st place, 28.6 million euros in turnover), Cantine 4 Valli (+43.89%, 81st place, 22.6 million euros in turnover) and Cantina Toblino (+12.58%, 97th place, 19.1 million euros in turnover).
New entries and profitability: who’s rising and who’s falling in Italian wine
If there are those who rise, there are also those who have fallen, for a variety of reasons. Disappointing in performance in 2023 in Italian wine, among the cooperatives, are the Emilian Cantina di Carpi e Sorbara (-19.91%, 84th place and turnover that goes from 27.2 million euros to 21.8), the Lombard Terre d’Oltrepò (-17.60%, 72nd place and turnover that goes from 34.4 million euros to 28.3) and the Sicilian Colomba Bianca (-13.97%, 66th place and turnover that goes from 34.7 million euros to 29.8). Among private companies, those paying the price in the last 12 months were Tinazzi (-27.78%, 94th place and turnover that went from 27 million euros to 19.5), Ruffino (-13.82%, 26th place and turnover that went from 124.2 million euros to 107.1) and, with an obvious asterisk dictated by the effects of the reorganization in the company ownership, Allegrini Wines (-12.32%, 86th place and turnover that went from 24.2 million euros to 21.2).
Looking at the profitability parameter, Tenuta San Guido climbs to the top step of the podium with an Ebitda of 60.16%, Jermann (57.4%) and Biserno (51.37%). Rounding out the Top 5 are two other well-known faces of Tuscan wine: Marchesi Antinori (50.2%) and Marchesi Frescobaldi (38.97%).
Finally, the new entries in the ranking of the largest Italian wine cellars, with 2023 seeing the entries into the ranking of Cantina di Conegliano e Vittorio Veneto (28th and 97 million euros in turnover), Terre d’Oltrepò (72nd place), Ruggeri & C. (90th with a turnover of 20.4 million euros), Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano (105th place with 16 million euros in turnover), Cantina Vignaioli di Morellino (106th in the ranking and a turnover of 15.5 million euros) and, after the family split, Allegrini Wines (86th place) and Gruppo Marilisa Allegrini (107th place with a turnover of 10.7 million euros).
