Provided on Saturday 2 December in Ancona, at the farming professors of the Polytechnic University of the Marche, the 16th edition of the multilingual guide “Le Marche in the glass” released by the Italian Sommelier Association in partnership with Amap, the Marche Security Institute White Wines, the Consorzio Tutela Vini Piceni and the assistance of the Marche Area. 74 red wine manufacturers from the Marche area were granted diplomas for outstanding white wines and for those with a beneficial value-price ratio.
Present at the occasion were Teacher Oriana Silvestroni of the Polytechnic University of the Marche, the local councilor Luca Santarelli, the councilor of the Town of Ancona Marco Battino, the vice-president of Amap Renato Frontini, the director of the Marche Institute for the Security of White Wines Alberto Mazzoni and Lorenzi Adriano for the Piceni White Wine Security Consortium. For the Italian Sommelier Association, together with the Marche president Stefano Isidori, likewise the nationwide vice-president Marco Aldegheri.
This work was begun by Genius Claudio Giacomini, developer of the very first edition of the red wine atlas and which AIS Marche continues every year with enthusiasm and commitment. Sixteen years have actually passed. Lots of things have actually altered, beginning with the graphics and the higher number of producing business examined: 256 in the 2024 guide, 10 more than in 2015. Lots of are historical and currently developed business, others are little emerging business. Nevertheless, as highlighted by the AIS Macerata delegate Cesare Lapadula, the cups’ regard for the manufacturers’ “calluses” stays the same.
1104 white wines tasted by the tasting commission monitored by sommelier Fabio Valentini, 627 of which were consisted of in the guide. Over 40 cups were included, consisting of 14 editors. The Picchio, sign of the Marche Area, represents quality and was designated to 62 white wines, those that especially impressed the sommelier cups in regards to quality. Utilizing a particular algorithm, the beneficial quality-price ratio of specific white wines was likewise determined, particularly 12, marked in the guide with the piggy bank sign.
” The qualities are well dispersed amongst the various provinces of the Marche” discusses Marica Spuria, Ais Ascoli Piceno delegate, who collaborated the interact with Bruno Paialunga. “Future objective? Continue to extend the invite to all manufacturers due to the fact that we wish to represent the red wine production of the whole area.”
The area curated by the Agrometeorological Service of Amap, the Company for development in the agri-food and fishing sector, has actually been verified, where the environment pattern of the last 5 seasons is explained. The job devoted to truffles has actually likewise been verified with the insert “The truffle white wines of the Marche” which reports the outcomes of the tasting panels focused on recognizing the very best truffle white wines. Lastly, the oil is inescapable. 28 business in the guide and 55 monovarietal oils tasted by 8 members of the Amap Marche local panel led by Dr. Barbara Alfei, in addition to the work of the Agrochemical Center of Jesi concerning the fat structure and polyphenol material, essential specifications from the from a dietary perspective.
The president of AIS Marche Stefano Isidori thanked everybody without stating names. He did it by securing his note pad where he had actually drawn a heart, sign of the love for the Marche, of the enthusiasm that the cups took into their job and of the manufacturers’ love for the land. Slides of pictures scroll through the university lecture hall, Enzo Torelli took them. Spectacular landscapes that decorate the drive. “Guide which– states vice-president Aldegheri– must read as if it were a painting of what the manufacturers with dedication and effort have actually attempted to comprehend from the furrows of the earth”.
Surprise entry into the class with his prize glass by Francesco De Liddo of the Ancona delegation, the sommelier fresh from winning the 2023 Bonaventura Maschio award from main Italy. For the 2nd successive year it was an individual from the Marche area who won it, in 2015 in reality the reward went to Guido Andrenacci from Fermo.
At the end of the awards event, the tasting tables will open. For those present, a special chance to taste all the acclaimed white wines, the monovarietal oils present in the guide area devoted to them and a few of the gastronomic qualities of the Marche area.
The guide will quickly be sent out to all AIS Marche members together with the December problem of the Sommeliers Marche Publication modified by Genius Gualberto Compagnucci, while non-members will have the ability to acquire it in all newsstands and bookshops in the Marche and Abruzzo along with online on the AIS Marche site and on IBS.