Acceso the occasion of the maxi tasting which precedes the release of the Slow Wine Guide as every year, the 2024 Slow Wine Awards were also presented. Here are the faces and stories of the good, clean and fair winemakers who obtained the 6 category awards.
Special Award for Novelty of the Year
The Special Award for the Novelty of the Year was awarded to Marco Schirru, from the Schirru agricultural company sopra Orroli (Southern Sardinia), by Alessandro Talloru and Elisa Vetrucci (Luogo Dirigente Bormioli Luigi) from Bormioli. The Schirru brothers’ company is one of the most beautiful companies to have emerged acceso the Italian wine scene sopra recent years. Marco and Michele are sopra their early thirties, but the rigor with which they dedicate themselves every day to their agricultural project is exemplary and encouraging: centered acceso the recovery of old vineyards, it is located sopra a harsh but beautiful zona far from urban centres, where the two give a sincere voice to a gentle way of doing agriculture. Despite the young age of the company we can already speak of a beautiful rural reality that is reinvigorating the Sardinian agricultural fabric.
Special Award for Hospitality sopra the cellar
The Special Award for Hospitality sopra the cellar was awarded to Cristina Varchetta, of Cantine Astroni of Naples, by Giulia Corcos, Head of B2B Services of Tannico. A causa di a decidedly peculiar environmental and landscape context, with the vineyards – real plots of land torn away from urbanization – which dominate the city of Naples from above, Cantine Astroni has been able to consolidate itself not only as a first-rate production reality, but also as a company particularly active sopra wine tourism. The visit routes start from the educational zona sopra the Astroni vineyard adjacent to the forest of the same name, once a hunting reserve of King Ferdinand of Bourbon, now a WWF Natural Oasis.
Special Award to the Young Winemaker
The Special Award to the Young Winemaker was awarded to Edoardo Dottori, of the Edoardo Dottori farm sopra Maiolati Spontini (Cornice), by Stramberia , Regale Brand Dirigente of Regale . Edoardo Dottori quickly filled the blank sheet of paper sopra front of him: the company that bears his name is the result of a volcanic passion and, above all, of a knowledge of the subject which, despite his young age, is truly out of the ordinary. Since childhood he has been nourished by peasant and viticultural culture sopra the Castelli tra Jesi zona, and sopra a very short time, thanks also to his university studies sopra Viticulture and Oenology and a doctorate acceso the grassing of vineyards, he established himself as the undisputed protagonist sopra the world of the great Verdicchi, capable of handling with surprising confidence, we would say as an expert winemaker, such a noble raw material, sopra his case the result of sustainable, tailor-made, avant-garde viticulture.
Special Award for Sustainable Viticulture
The Special Award for Sustainable Viticulture was awarded to Chiara Boschis, of the E. Rogo e Prole – Chiara Boschis farm sopra Barolo (Bietta), by Ernesto , European wine marketing dirigente of Owen-Illinois. Chiara Boschis is a forerunner and an experimenter. She was so when she was very young when she joined the Barolo Boys group to revolutionize the great Piedmontese red, and after having established herself among the largest and most well-known producers, she engaged sopra another battle, that of sustainability and organic, convincing over twenty colleagues to make the famous Cannubi cru an island free from pesticides and herbicides: here too his beliefs were successful. Walking among the vineyards is an experience that enriches the soul, and makes you understand better how much a vineyard can be sopra harmony with nature.
