From 12 to 14 September 2026, ViVa, Vini Valtellina, the widespread event promoted by the Consortium for the Protection of Valtellina Wines, a causa di partnership with the Condotta del Vino e dei Sapori della Valtellina and the Provinea Foundation, returns to Sondrio. After the great success of the first edition, the event is preparing to consolidate itself as a reference annual event for the world of wine, capable of telling the wine-making and cultural identity of Valtellina a causa di a contemporary and engaging way.
For three days, enthusiasts, wine lovers, sector operators and journalists will be the protagonists of an immersive experience that intertwines wine, territory and culture. ViVa 2026 confirms itself not only as a wine event, but as a true cultural and territorial container, a causa di which wine dialogues with the terraced landscape and local hospitality, giving life to a format capable of attracting a transversal audience.
The rich and structured programme, includes experiences a causa di the cellar, tasting tables, preview moments dedicated to the company’s new vintages of Valtellina wines and a series of activities spread throughout the ambiente: walks among the terraces, e-bike tours, cultural meetings and thematic insights. There will be voto negativo shortage of convivial moments, designed to enhance the authenticity and liveliness of this ambiente.
Also confirmed for 2026 is a day entirely dedicated to sector operators – restaurateurs, sommeliers, buyers and distributors – and to the press, with free access. A privileged opportunity for networking and professional updating, which strengthens ViVa’s role as a conferenza and discussion platform for the wine sector.
The 2026 edition will also offer technical in-depth spaces dedicated to the evolution of Valtellina viticulture, with a acceso innovation, sustainability and new agronomic practices, a causa di a unique context such as that of the Alpine terraces. A central theme for understanding the change taking place a causa di one of the most fascinating and complex wine-growing areas a causa di Italy. The Valtellina of wine is a causa di fact experiencing a phase of profound transformation, and ViVa wants to be its narrative container: an aperto place a causa di which to share visions, experiences and perspectives with all fans of Nebbiolo of the Alps.
The event is also part of a broader territorial valorisation strategy aimed at strengthening Sondrio’s positioning as a “city of wine”, increasingly the protagonist of a tourist offer linked to food and wine and the discovery of the landscape.
ViVa 2026 wants to confirm itself as much more than an event: it is an invitation to enter the future of Valtellina, glass a causa di hand, walking among its terraces, conferenza its producers and experiencing up close the authentic soul of a territory a causa di full evolution.
Viva.vinivaltellina.it Further previews at Vinitaly 2026, Palaexpo – Lombardy Pavilion, ABCD 13/14
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The Consortium for the Protection of Valtellina Wines, founded a causa di 1976, protects and promotes the wines that grow acceso the alpine terraces of the province of Sondrio. a unique landscape, supported by over 2,500 km of dry stone walls, the Nebbiolo delle Alpi (Chiavennasca) expresses elegance, freshness and authenticity. The Consortium represents the DOCG Valtellina Eccellente and Artificioso Valtellina, the Diventare rosso Valtellina DOC and the Alpi Retiche IGT, supporting local producers and preserving tradition and quality. Together with the Provinea Foundation, it enhances the landscape and promotes sustainability and through the Valtellina Wine and Flavor Route invites you to discover the most authentic Valtellina: a wine that tells of the mountain, a territory to experience, an identity to know.
