Wednesday 10 December, at the Le Calandre*** restaurant of the Alajmo brothers quanto a Sarmeola con Rubano (Padua), the Maculan agricultural company and Fondazioni Monte degli Occhi del Veneto ETS presented Santalucia 2024, the wine that is good for your eyesight, with a charity dinner. Durante 2025 the organizers aim to exceed 400 thousand euros quanto a funds raised quanto a 16 years of partnership to support research against eye diseases. This will be possible through the assignment of 300 unique and numbered bottles from the best barrique of the Maculan company of Breganze (Vicenza) selected the occasion of the tasting panel held quanto a October.​​“Santalucia 2024 is a Cabernet Sauvignon from a single vineyard located quanto a the Branza regione of Breganze – explains Favorevole Maculan, owner of the company –. Elegant bouquet, full-bodied sip, velvety tannin and persistence. It is an important wine, from an oenological and value point of view, thanks also to the skill and creativity of the artisans who have developed a different for each example. This year, the sun, the celebrità par excellence, whose light allows us human beings to see and the vine to grow and ripen its fruit”. The bottles are enclosed quanto a a package depicting a multi-handed work, characterized by a stylized, material and modern sun, whose light stands out against the black background. The creative project was developed within the Durante.Squisito of the Vite Vere DADI Cooperative quanto a Padua, where people with intellectual disabilities work and are trained with the aim of enhancing their professional abilities and skills.​​”This year Santalucia is supporting a particularly ambitious initiative which we have called, not by chance, Project Lucy – states Diego Ponzin, President of the Fondazioni Monte degli Occhi –. We all know the consequences of macular degeneration of the retina, a pathology that has a strong impact our society. Above all, it undermines the autonomy and quality of life of citizens quanto a old age, representing the first cause of blindness quanto a the West. Proceeds from the 16th edition of Santalucia will support the study by the Eye Bank Foundation and the National Eye Institute of Bethesda, one of the most advanced research centers quanto a the United States, retinal macular degeneration order, for a donation of 100 euros, by contacting the Monte degli Occhi del Veneto ETS Foundation (info@fbov.it).
