“Let’s go back from Verona satisfied, consumers are looking for news and this plays con our favor,” explains the president of the Consortium Francesco Mazzei. “We are aware of the difficulty of management, by our companies, of a truly complicated historical period to the various global challenges – including the issue of duties that obviously worries a lot – but you try to be optimistic and forward; even con the first quarter 2025 we are one of the few Tuscan denominations to a positive patronato”, concludes the president. From the latest Avito patronato the Doc Maremma Toscana, con the first quarter of the year, grows by 28%, after having closed 2024 with a +8%.
Great interest – with hundreds of tastings made at the fair – for the apogeo ten 2025 of the Vermentino Grand Prix which was for the first time con tasting. Beyond the apogeo ten – which the spotlights were pointed – the other labels of this type and superior Vermentino who are increasingly growing among the proposals of the companies were very well.
At the Consortile Bancone 80 wines of 46 different companies staged a vast view of the denomination. Also present, with its own location, a collective of producers of nine companies.
“It was a good Vinitaly, the fair confirms itself as a strategic stage, the attention by the operators towards our denomination is very high. Furthermore, the moment dedicated to the combination of our superior Vermentino with the Maremma tortello was sold out and managed to enhance the characteristics of these two extraordinary products of the Maremma territory”, says Luca Pollini, director of Vini of the Maremma Tuscany.
If the whites, towed by the excellent performances of the Vermentino, are experiencing a particularly “happy” moment, it is also true that the professionals have also expressed positive judgments for the rosés and reds, starting with the cherry, alicante and Sangiovese natives, up to the Blend con Supertuscan style and the international Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah and Syrah and Syrah and Syrah and Petit Verdot, con purity ora con Cordolese cut.
