VitignoItalia – Foodmakers.it starts in Naples

From Sunday 2 to Tuesday 4 June at the Maritime Station of Naples, Molo Angioino

1500 labels from over 300 business representing the whole Italian white wine scene. 30 purchasers from all over the world. The calendar of occasions is really abundant, consisting of master classes, book discussions and leading level tastings

VitignoItalia 2024 starts today, arranged from Sunday second to Tuesday fourth June, for the very first time at the Stazione Marittima, an unmissable occasion for specialists and fans of quality white wine which this year too will make Naples the capital of white wine promo Italy of Red wine. An edition, number 18, which assures to be really intriguing with a program devoted to the interaction in between white wine and different cultural expressions, which integrates tasting with understanding and commemorates the richness of the Italian white wine heritage.

” We are approaching twenty years of history– highlights Maurizio Teti, Director of VitignoItalia– a crucial turning point that we mean to commemorate in the very best possible method. We have more raised the bar by focusing much more, thanks to the cooperation with ICE, on a certified existence of operators from all continents. And likewise with a calendar of really high level efforts where we likewise wished to have fun with the principle of contamination in between our world, that of white wine, and locations such as art and culture”.

With more than 1500 labels and 300 business from each area, VitignoItalia validates itself as an occasion efficient in finest explaining the most remarkable white wine truths of the Peninsula, with a terrific involvement both in numbers and in regards to range of the areas included. A parterre of high-level wineries in addition to the masterclasses, for a tasting journey that will use an introduction of both the terrific denominations present and essential truths and styles of the sector.

Level departure on Sunday 2 June, at 3.00 pm, with the sensorial experience amongst the banks of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Docg, a roundup of the very best expressions of the popular denomination, performed by Diego Tomasi, director of the Consortium. At 4.30 pm Angelo Peretti provides “Spiritual workouts for white wine drinkers”, with Luciano Pignataro, Francesco Continisio, Lucio Monte and “I Rossi di Sicilia”, a choice of the island’s terrific reds. This will be followed at 6.00 pm by the masterclass of Umani Ronchi, chose winery of the year 2024, with a vertical discussion of the very best vintages of the Plenio Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio DOCG Classico Riserva, curated by Monica Ippoliti and Francesco Continisio.

On Monday 3 June at 11.30 the terrific occasion “Red wine and the sea: underWATERwines”, an unmatched seminar-tasting, performed by Luca Grippo, including the very best red wines of the void, to dive much deeper into undersea improvement and making use of sea water; a discussion in between science and wine making method, with the involvement of manufacturers, specialists from the Zoological Station of Naples and other specialists in the sector. At 3.00 pm there will be area for the masterclass “Doc Friuli – More than a white wine: history, art, nature” to find the most representative vines and cellars of the Consortium, through the story of Luciano Pignataro.

Tuesday 4 June, 11.00 am, it will be the turn of “The volcanic whites that defy time”, with Luciano Pignataro and Tommaso Luongo, to find the very best aging gewurztraminers on the Peninsula. This will be followed at 3.00 pm by the masterclass on Sicilian whites and champagnes with Adele Granieri.

Closing in design, Tuesday fourth at 6.00 pm, with “50 Insoliti Noti”, the extremely prepared for conference arranged by Corriere del Mezzogiorno which will concentrate on the discussion of the guide which explains 50 red wines of terrific conventional and territorial character. The round table will see the involvement of Tommaso Luongo (President of AIS Campania), Franco Continisio (President of the European Sommelier School), Vincenzo Mercurio (Oenologist) and the developer of the guide, reporter and food and white wine critic of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno, Gimmo Cuomo. The discussion of the guide will be preceded by a thorough research study devoted to the state of health and potential customers of the Campania white wine sector with information modified by Nomisma, which will see the involvement of Ferdinando Natali, Regional Supervisor South of Unicredit and Alessandro Tosi, Agribusiness-corporate contact individual of Unicredit. Both consultations will be moderated by Simona Brandolini, author for Corriere del Mezzogiorno.

Not least the cultural occasions at the Agorà: Monday at 5pm concentrate on the combining with “Calici & Spicchi. The best consistency in between pizza and white wine”, the discussion of the very first book that unlocks to the remarkable journey in between white wine and the queen of dough, with Luciano Pignataro and the author Antonella Amodio. At 6.30 pm it will then be the turn of the discussion of the 100 Finest Italian Rosé, the 4th edition of the guide devoted to the very best rosés in Italy, released by LucianoPignataroWineBlog and exposed solely at VitignoItalia 2024, followed by a tasting of the acclaimed labels. On Tuesday at 4.30 pm, likewise arranged inside the Agora, the discussion of “Verso del Vino, Verso Divino”, the brand-new volume by Marianna Ferri and Ottavio Costa for a dialogue-tasting with the authors.

” For many years, VitignoItalia has actually truly gotten in the list of essential occasions on the nationwide scene– concludes Teti– with a difficult core of wineries that have actually followed us given that the start and with constant additions, amongst which I like to highlight those comprised of consortiums and territorial such as Friuli DOC, Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG, Roma DOC, Regional Institute of Red Wine and Oil. Without forgetting the valuable cooperation with the Farming Department of the Campania Area, in addition to the synergy with FEAMPA (European Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) and Unicredit. With all of them we have actually constructed an occasion which, I am happy to highlight, has actually contributed in some method to “structure”, here in Naples, a minimum of a number of generations of lovers who have actually matured with us. And we with them.”

VITIGNOITALIA, XVIII Exhibit of Italian red wines and wine-growing territoriesStazione Marittima, Molo Angioino, 80133 NaplesSunday second from 2.00 pm to 9.00 pmMonday 3rd from 1.00 pm to 9.00 pmTuesday fourth June– from 1.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Entryway: EUR30 www.vitignoitalia.it– Tel. 0814104533– segreteria@vitignoitalia.eu