Asti DOCG Consortium: Stefano Ricagno new president

Stefano Ricagno is the brand-new president of the #ConsorzioAstiDocg. Selected the other day by the board of directors of the consortium, Ricagno takes over from Lorenzo Barbero and will stay in workplace for the next 3 years. Throughout the board of directors, the vice presidents Bruno Fortunato, Massimo Marasso, Gianfranco Torelli and Paola Zappino were chosen while Barbero was delegated with the function of senior vice president. The Management Committee of the Canelli Docg was likewise selected, made up of Giacomo Scagliola (president), Ernesto Abbona, Gianmario Cerutti, Giorgio Forno and Ignazio Giovine.

” We will operate in the interests of the denominations within a structure of unity of intent to combine the security, valorisation and promo of Asti Spumante and Moscato d’Asti in Italy and on the planet– mentioned the brand-new president Stefano Ricagno -. In the existing context of unpredictability, in truth, I am persuaded that the synergy in between the various associative souls that has actually constantly identified our denomination will have the ability to supply concrete responses to the difficulties of the marketplaces and brand-new usage”.

A goal likewise shared by previous president and recently chosen senior vice president Lorenzo Barbero, who includes: “I am positive that I will still have the ability to make a crucial contribution to the Consortium in a course of connection and optimum partnership in between all the celebrations included. I take this chance to want the brand-new president Stefano Ricagno a useful required and fantastic expert and individual fulfillment”.

Stefano Ricagno, 6th generation of wine makers in between Langhe and Monferrato, finished from the Oenology School of Alba and finished in Viticulture and Oenology from the University of Turin. After getting an MBA in White wine organization management at the MIB in Trieste, considering that 2006 he has actually worked within the household winery and the Vecchia cantina sociale of Alice Bel Colle and Sessame d’Asti. He is Brand name Ambassador for the Piedmontese business (Cuvage and Ricossa) of the Argea group.

Ricagno is likewise vice president of Vignaioli Piemontesi and of Piemonte Land of White wine, the body that represents all 14 Piedmontese white wine consortia formally acknowledged by the Ministry of Farming.

Asti Docg Consortium. The Asti Docg Consortium, which works to safeguard the production location, is amongst the earliest consortiums in Italy. The Moscato Bianco vine that enlivens the Piedmontese DOCG, in the Asti Spumante and Moscato d’Asti types, is cultivated in 51 towns of the Province of Alessandria, Asti and Cuneo for an extension of around 10 thousand hectares falling within the World Heritage wine-growing landscape of the Mankind, the very first in Italy, acknowledged by UNESCO in 2014 (” Wine-growing landscapes of the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”).