The Firmaments of Wine, Contemporary Art and Stars

On Saturday 10 August 2024, the Umbrian city of Todi (Pg) will commemorate the DOC white wines of the location with the effort “The Skies of Red Wine, Contemporary Art and Stars” which will provide an intricate program of tasting and listening schedules in between oenology, food and white wine, modern art, nature and astronomy.

The occasion, now in its 3rd edition, promoted by the Town of Todi in cooperation with the Todi Terra di Vini Association, is arranged by ADD Comunicazione ed eventi and becomes part of the nationwide edition of “Calici di Stelle” 2024, the standard white wine occasion curated by the Movimento Turismo del Vino (MTV) with the assistance of the National Association of Cities of Red wine.

For the celebration, the young starred chef Giulio Gigli will exist in Todi, developer and creator of the UNE dining establishment job, based in Capodacqua di Foligno, which intends to protect the most genuine gastronomic custom of Umbria, however likewise informing it in the light of the experiences and understanding obtained by taking a trip the world and entering contact with various cultures. A concept of cooking as a cultural act, which the chef will show in Todi, and which is based upon 3 pillars: sustainability, attention to the seasonality of active ingredients and care of relationships with clients and manufacturers of the area.

The occasion “The Skies of Red Wine, Contemporary Art and Stars” will concentrate on the distinguished white wine production of the Todi location, which sticks out– thanks to its around 400 hectares of vineyards, twenty or two wineries and over 1.5 million bottles offered– as one of the most substantial white wine and white wine tourist truths in Umbria, consisting of numerous kinds of white wines that boast the DOC Todi, produced in 2010, consisting of Todi Bianco, Todi Rosso, Grechetto and Sangiovese.

At the exact same time, the day’s in-depth program, likewise proposing cultural and naturalistic schedules to find the abundant architectural, historic, creative and ecological heritage of the area, will commemorate the current candidateship of the town of Todi as “Italian Capital of Contemporary Art 2026” which, approving the occupation of the Umbrian city currently combined for over half a century and implanting itself onto a huge network of relationships with organizations, universities, academies, structures and associative truths of nationwide and worldwide scope, means to equate into a comprehensive job efficient in varying from the redevelopment of architectural areas to the awareness of big themed occasions.

Saturday 10 August will start with hiking and e-bike expeditions from the Ponte di Ferro Bailey, arranged from 8:00 to 13:00, which will consist of assisted tastings in the cellar (Details tel. 075/8956227 or compose to iat.todi@coopculture.it).

At night, beginning at 6:00 p.m., the effort “From Sundown to Night. In the locations of culture and modern art in the historical center of Todi” is arranged, a directed trip with white wine tastings. The whole trip and tasting will likewise be readily available in English so regarding be inclusive of foreign travelers and the “foreign neighborhood” living in Todi and its environments.

Amongst the stops on the schedule, specific focus will be offered to locations connected to modern art. Amongst these, the Beverly Pepper Park immersed in the plant within the city walls, the very first monothematic park of modern sculpture in Umbria and the very first produced by the American artist worldwide, with a course of 20 sculptures contributed by the author to Todi to inform the story of her remarkable creative profession; the Tower of the Palazzo dei Priori, a monolith going back to the 14th century which, after an intricate remediation, resumes to the general public with a brand-new function, that of home to the Museum of Contemporary Art of the city of Todi, and lastly the Painted Home, a work of art by the Irish artist Brian O’Doherty, who purchased it together with his partner Barbara Novak in 1975. The artist, who died in 2022, painted all the walls, ceilings, and stairs throughout the years, to the point of making your house a distinct work of modern art worldwide.

The trip will then consist of other substantial drop in the history of Todi, such as the Roman Cisterns, situated under the Piazza del Popolo, going back to the first century BC, which represent just a little part of the underground city and the grand works of hydraulic engineering, tanks now a museum area with the long-term setup by Fabrizio Plessi entitled “Secret Water”.

The assisted cultural schedule will end in the previous Convent of Lucrezie, where 2 food and white wine occasions will happen beginning at 8 pm (For info call 075/8956227 or compose to iat.todi@coopculture.it): inside the cloister of the Nido dell’ Aquila, the Sundown Aperitif, curated by chef Giulio Gigli (1 one Michelin star), accompanied by the establishing of a tasting stand of DOC Todi white wines curated by AIS Umbria; and at the Lower Balcony overhanging the Tiber Valley, the supper, once again curated by Giulio Gigli, among the chefs chosen by the Ass. Strada dell’ Olio evo Dop Umbria as “#Umbria Evoo Ambassador”– the circuit of the very best Umbrian dining establishments where you can taste meals that boost the quality Umbrian evo oil– which on this celebration will include the oils of the Todi location coupled with the meals available.

The supper will be accompanied by a show by the “Tritone Duo” which becomes part of the “Music amongst the Olive Trees and Abbeys in Umbria” celebration. PR– FESR 2021-2027 Concern 1– OS 1.3– Action 1.3.4 “Require assistance for tasks in the live home entertainment sector”.

The extreme program of the day will be crowned, beginning at 10.00 pm, by “A Glass under destiny”, a tasting of DOC Todi white wines by Strada dei Vini del Cantico, with huge observation led by the Paolo Maffei Astrophiles Association of Perugia, which will have as its background the Parco della Rocca and in specific the Colonne Beverly Pepper, a scenic point with works of modern art that serve as a counterpoint to the remains of the ancient fourteenth-century stronghold.