L’AQUILA – Wine tourism, the facets of Trebbiano, the identity of Pecorino, the versatility of Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, the potential of white wines, the longevity of Montepulciano and the characteristics of sparkling wines from Abruzzo. Then the organic, the natural, the sustainable. The adaptation of international vines to the regional territory. And obviously the pairings between wine and cheese.
The conference program of Vinaria is rich, the wine and cheese festival promoted by Blunel to bring producers together directly with consumers, scheduled from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th May, in Piazza Duomo in L’Aquila.
In addition to the exhibition of 34 wineries and 7 cheesemakers, every day, from 6pm to 10.30pm, conferences, masterclasses and in-depth studies will take place, each lasting an hour, to discover these two worlds which intertwine perfectly in taste .
The activities will be organized by Ais Abruzzo, Città del Vino and the food and wine journalist Franco Santini.
It starts on Thursday 16 May with a conference on wine tourism in which, from 6pm to 7pm, the results of the national observatory on wine tourism trends will be illustrated. Speakers will be Angelo Radicapresident of the Città del Vino Italia association, ed Elisa Colella, AIS Sulmona delegate and restaurateur. You moderate the food and wine journalist Franco Santini. From 7.30pm to 8.30pm, Massimo Iafrate speaker Ais Abruzzo will lead a tasting of wines and cheeses entitled “Better a day as a sheep… than a teetotal cow! Don’t make it that easy! Cow’s milk full of surprises…”. Afterwards, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm and then from 9.30pm to 10.30pm Santini will lead two masterclasses: the first on the facets of Trebbiano and the second on “Pecorino, the identity of an evolving wine”.
Friday we start again at 6.00 pm with the regional president Ais Abruzzo, Angela Di Lello who will talk about wine as emotion, experience and sharing, and then present the course for aspiring Ais sommeliers.
From 7.30pm to 8.30pm Massimo Iafrate will lead another tasting to pair wine with sheep’s cheeses. For the Sorsi d’Abruzzo series, Franco Santini’s masterclass, at 8.30 pm Cerasuolo will be the protagonist, and at 9.30 pm “White people, children of a minor god?”.
On Saturday the conference session will open at 6.00 pm, with “Wine and Health” curated by Angelo Radica. Speaker Mauro Maccarrone, full professor of Biochemistry and AIS sommelier. From 7.30pm to 8.30pm Guerino Pescara oenologist and speaker Ais Abruzzo will talk about “Sparkling wines from Abruzzo: characteristics and potential of effervescent wines from Abruzzo between the classic method and the Italian method”. Santini’s masterclasses start again from 8.30pm. Both will be dedicated to Montepulciano.
On Sunday, the conferences begin with Guerino Pescara who at 6.00 pm will talk about tradition and trends in the Abruzzo rosé wine market. From 7.30pm to 8.30pm Tonino Scardone speaker Ais Abruzzo will lead a tasting combined between wine and cheese. Finally, Santini’s Sorsi d’Abruzzo series closes with “Organic, natural, sustainable… but are they always good?”, at 8.30pm and 9.30pm “Foreign vines ask for hospitality”.
The largest business to consumer event of its kind in Abruzzo enjoys the patronage of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Abruzzo, Movimento Turismo Vino Italia, Città del Vino Italia, Chamber of Commerce Chieti-Pescara, Chamber of Commerce of Gran Sasso, Confartigianato Abruzzo, Regione Abruzzo, Municipality of L’Aquila and Ais Abruzzo.
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