MONTEFALCO, the Sagrantino Museum inaugurated. Wine, territory, art and wine culture

An appealing immersive and sensorial journey

The Sagrantino Museum is born in MontefalcoSan Francesco Museum Complex, Montefalco

After mindful architectural healing and setup work, the Sagrantino Museum was inaugurated on Saturday 20 April within the museum complex of San Francesco di Montefalco. Red wine, area and red wine culture are informed in the restored area committed to Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, the grape that offers its name to the red wine produced solely in the sloping location of Montefalco and partially in the towns of Bevagna, Castel Ritaldi, Giano dell’ Umbria and Gualdo Cattaneo. The see to the Sagrantino Museum is a visual and sensorial experience. Secret styles of the brand-new museum are: grape range, red wine, area, custom, culture. The go to begins with the ancient Franciscan cellars, currently established with things from the regional peasant custom thanks to the cooperation of the prof. Luigi Gambacurta and Giulia Rotoloni, as much as today day. It continues with the discovery of this historical wine-growing custom amongst the vineyards and little towns of the location, currently superbly informed by Benozzo Gozzoli in 1452 in his frescoes which brighten the apse of the church of San Francesco, today an unusual gem of a Renaissance and real pictorial cycle historic file on the farming landscape and the city of Montefalco. The schedule shows products from the 18th and 19th centuries connected to the processing of grapes and production in the cellar, along with files, photos and illustrative videos. The Sagrantino Museum therefore ends up being an entrance to the discovery of the area. The Sagrantino Museum is the outcome of a winning synergy in between public and personal: it is promoted by the Town of Montefalco with the assistance of the Umbria Area and the cooperation of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Montefalco and La Strada del Sagrantino; the growth works were performed thanks to the POR FESR 2007-2013, Activity 2.2.2. and PAR FSC 2007-2013. Action 3.5.2 °. Financial redefinition Regional program described in DGR n. 126/2010, n. 848/2011 and n. 35/2012, the works management is by the designer Bruno Gori, the setup of Tractis by Stefano Mosconi in cooperation with the designer Michele Giuseppe Onali and contents modified by Maggioli Cultura e Turismo.

” The Sagrantino Museum– describes the Councilor for Tourist Daniela Settimi– was a task in which the community administration operated in a cautious and sensible way to go back to the San Francesco Museum Complex an area committed to Sagrantino efficient in showing its long history. A psychological story comprised of statements of the area, expressive images and videos that will immerse the visitor in the appealing environment of the history of our Sagrantino, the undeniable king of the area. It was a terrific synergy that included the technical workplace of the Town of Montefalco, the supervisor Maggioli Cultura e Turismo, with in specific the supervisor of the Serena Marianelli Museum, the designer Gori, the Strada del Sagrantino, the Consorzio Tutela Vini Montefalco and the Association “Research study and research study of Umbrian popular customs Marco Gambacurta” to whom we owe sincere thanks for the assistance and care of the areas committed to the Franciscan cellars”. “Sagrantino– includes Serena Marinelli, supervisor of the San Francesco museum complex in Montefalco– is our primary item which, in time, has actually had the ability to place the Montefalco location and the whole Sagrantino location at a worldwide level. Having currently had actually an area committed to the ancient Franciscan cellars considering that 2006, with this museum we wished to inform the history of this vine and what it is today, how essential it is for the area and just how much it determines it. Sagrantino is not simply an outstanding red wine, however an item that informs the story, the custom, the charm of this land and we wish to offer the visitor this analysis.”

Couple of red wines in Umbria have the ability to represent the idea of terroir like Montefalco Sagrantino, a native range of the location. The Museum reinforces the identity relationship of this vine with the area of “La Strada del Sagrantino” and ends up being a deeply representative experience to offer included worth to the marketing activity for the whole socio-economic system of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Montefalco.Non just Sagrantino, however. Montefalco Rosso DOC, Montefalco Grechetto DOC and Trebbiano Spoletino DOC Montefalco are likewise born in these lands, which today is among the most asked for glasses on the nationwide red wine scene. They are red wines that stay in the heart, due to the fact that they include love, devotion, intelligence and stubbornness.

In the museum, a tactile landscape comes to life, never ever the exact same, which over the centuries has actually acted as the background to the paintings of Benozzo Gozzoli, Perugino and Pinturicchio. It is a handful of kilometers overruning with charm, to be found action by action in between Montefalco, Bevagna, Gualdo Cattaneo, Castel Ritaldi and Giano dell’ Umbria. The Sagrantino Museum integrates organization, culture and area, to “taste” the most genuine nature of this land.

For info: tel. museomontefalco– www.museomontefalco.it