L'Apertitvo Italiano

Sabatino Sorrentino was born in 1976 in Pagani (SA) and grew up in Sant’Egidio del Monte Albino, a small medieval village in the province of Salerno. The turning point in his life occurred in 1997 when he moved to Albinea in the hills of Reggio Emilia. Since 2012, he has been the president of Gurus srl, a food and wine consultancy firm, and from 2013, the owner and curator of the Guida Salumi d’Italia, the first Italian guide to the charcuterie sector. In 2014, he received the DIRE, FARE, SOGNARE award that celebrates the food and wine culture of Emilia-Romagna. In 2016, he was a member of the scientific committee for the book Il Sommelier Contemporaneo by Andrea Grignaffini (italiangourmet). In May 2017, during the Tuttofood fair in Milan, he invented the first “Tasting Theatre” with a collection of the best Italian cured meats. In the same year, he was co-curator of the guide Restaurants, wines and cured meats of Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2017 published by L’Espresso as part of their Guide series. From 2017 to 2020, he was co-author of the Guide to Wines by L’Espresso, and in 2021 he created the Gurus Lab space in Via Crocioni in Albinea, a wine lounge dedicated to wine pairing.

Foreword Marco Bizzarri; Fingers Creator Davide Di Fabio; Photography Lido Vannucchi; Photo Set Dalla Gioconda, Gabicce Monte (PU).