a special event in Palermo

For the very first time in Palermo – after 21 years of Celebration and 17 years of Awards – the Blues & Red Wine Celebration for the wonderful night of the Awards will propose an unique occasion on Friday 22 December 2023 at a special resort: Al Balhara in Monreale.

It will be possible to taste the 52 chosen white wines and the finalist oils, along with choose – throughout the gala night – the winners of the XVII Edition of the Blues & Red Wine Awards. Fantastic characters in the fields of red wine, culture, journalism, music and home entertainment and marketing will be rewarded. Together with Joe Castellano and atrioventricular bundle they will sing worldwide Gospel and Soul artists.

Amongst the lots of well-known winners, the well-known Sicilian starlet Maria Grazia Cucinotta will get among the 2 awards predicted for food and red wine interaction, while “Blues & Red Wine Character of the Year” will be the red wine manufacturer Alessio Planeta, currently crowned “finest manufacturer of the year on the planet” by the well-known American publication “White wine Lover”. The reporter and specialist Daniele Cernilli, developer of the web publication “Physician White wine”, will be rewarded for science and journalism in the red wine world.

The President and Artistic Director, Joe Castellano, chose finest artist of the soul/blues category in Italy by Radio1-RAI in 2003, states: “The Blues & White wine Celebration is mentioned in the most contemporary marketing texts as an example of a brand-new and incisive method to interact.” He includes: “my development was instantly christened by the creator of food and red wine– Luigi Veronelli– who caught the exclusivity of an occasion that for many years later on showed to be pioneering for red wine tourist in Italy.” He concludes: “it was among the best commercials for the promo and diffusion of the very best Italian white wines from north to south, providing the very best possible display.”