The smell of salt, the cry of seagulls in flight and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore will be the idyllic setting for the first edition of the event, promoted byassociation of traders of Via della Torre Clementina and Historic Centrewith the patronage of the Lazio Region he was born in Municipality of Fiumicino and organized by RistorAgencywhich will involve the general public for two evenings by the sea entirely dedicated to good food, Lazio wine, art and live music.
La Via del Gusto – Wine, food, art and music on the streetthis is the name of the event scheduled in Fiumicino in via della Torre Clementina and piazza Grassi Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2024 (6pm/midnight), will open the doors to the summer season involving practically all the restaurants in the street in a real tasting journey in stages with tastings from the restaurants combined with excellent glasses of wine (but there is also a craft beer), strictly from Lazio.
The Via del Gusto will therefore be a great widespread event, which will give all participants the opportunity, upon purchase of the “kit” including glass, special pocket and tokens for tastings (15 euros), to walk through a real and indeed a “food district”, for a tasting to be enjoyed together with family and friends, in an atmosphere of conviviality and carefreeness with an eye towards the sunset and the sea, accompanied by background music.
The event will open with the classic ribbon cutting, in the presence of the mayor of Fiumicino Mario Bacciniof the councilor for sport and culture Federica Poggio and the councilor for commerce and productive activities Raffaello Biselli.
“We are thrilled to present the first edition of LA VIA DEL GUSTO, an event that celebrates the best of our food and wine tradition – declared the mayor Mario Baccini – A strategic event that not only represents an opportunity to taste excellent wines and foods, but also a way to enhance local restaurant activities and promote culture and art in our community. We expect a large turnout and invite all citizens and tourists to participate.”
Councilor Biselli is on the same line. “The main objective of LA VIA DEL GUSTO is to promote the restaurant activities of Fiumicino. In a period in which the restaurant sector has faced many challenges, events like this are fundamental to support businesses and attract visitors.”
“We are particularly proud of the innovative and itinerant format of this event – continues Biselli – and thanks to the coupling between restaurateurs and wineries, we guarantee a dynamic and varied experience for participants, who will be able to discover new combinations of flavors and appreciate the art and music along the way.”
There will be 54 businesses involved in the event: 27 catering businesses (including restaurants, bistros, taverns, pizzerias, bars and pastry shops), 26 wineries and 1 brewery. Along the street, from 6.00pm to 12.00am, the special gazebos set up for the occasion will therefore offer customers small tastings of their most iconic dishes, as well as wines from the associated companies, coming from all over Lazio, in an ideal “pairing”. These food-wine pairings will also continue in participating restaurants, for both days.
“We thought we’d organize an event that would promote not only our restaurants, but all the restaurant businesses on the street, from the tower to the pier, without excluding anyone.” The event promoters and restaurant owners explain Follis and Sky – “Via della Torre Clementina represents a unicum, not only for Fiumicino, and this is the right opportunity to enhance it and make it known even more. We thank you Fabio Carnevali and Stefano Albano for helping us organize the event in the best possible way.”
Restaurant-Winery Pairings
Starting from the tower, at the beginning of the street, up to the end of the pier, the following combinations will take place between restaurant activities and wineries from all over Lazio:
Fish Take Away – Dino Limiti;
Le Mokò – Gaffino Winery;
Bastianelli since 1929 – Castel De Paolis;
Valadier living room – La Luna del Casale;
A Place in the Sun – Cantine Volpetti;
The hardware store Bistro – Parvus Ager;
Ge.pa.gi. – Tre D cellar;
Osteria dell’Orologio – Tellenae;
Patrizi Pastry Shop – Cantine Silvestri;
L’Incannucciata – Cantina Sant’Andrea;
Mare Bistrot – Marco Carpineti;
La Marina – Casale del Giglio;
Youth Café – Tenuta Le Quinte;
Pescheria Scarci – Vin Viandante;
Follis – Cantine De Sanctis;
Sky – Cotarella family;
Clementina – Women of Vico;
Golden Italy – Tenuta Santa Lucia;
Al Chiosco – Mostoitaliano Agricultural Brewery;
Port Front – Medevì The Craft of Wine;
From Giorgio – Marco Mergé;
Restaurant Café Tarumbo – Valle Marina;
Mec Fish – House of Divine Providence;
Damiano Sushi Y Tacos – La Rasenna;
Tiber 41 – Solis Terrae;
Casa Gusto Molo 302 – House Mergé;
At the Pier – Cincinnatus.
Live music
To best accompany the tastings, good entertainment music could not be missing. To compose the soundtrack of the event in 4 different spaces along the route there will be musical groups, mostly duos and trios, to make the experience even more unforgettable, immersive and evocative.
This is the program prepared by the artistic director Alessandro Brogli.
Saturday 15 June (from 6pm to midnight)
Acoustic Mood Trio Pop (Soul, R’N’B) – Piazza Grassi
The Uku Band (Folk rock, Pop) – Spazio Cielo
Less Is More Trio (Soul, Pop, Jazz) – Spazio Tiber
Rock Inc. Duo Acoustic Version (Acoustic rock) – Spazio Molo
Sunday 16 June (from 6pm to midnight)
Acoustic Mood Trio Pop (Soul, R’N’B) – Piazza Grassi
Sarahjane Olog Trio (Pop, Soul, R’N’B) – Spazio Cielo
Akira (Folk, Pop, Soul) – Tiber Space
Es Deux (Pop, Gothic Folk) – Spazio Molo
Artistic Award “La Via del Gusto”
La Via del Gusto is also the name of an art prize, which will see 32 painters and sculptors at work, coordinated by the artistic director Othello Romani.
In fact, along the entire route, with free access for all two days, 27 gazebos will be set up, conceived as small art galleries, where it will be possible to admire the creations of the competing artists. Their works will be viewed and evaluated by a competent jury as follows: Prof. Stefano Alessandrini (president of the jury), Maestro Lucio Trojano, Maestro Lanfranco Finocchioli, Maestro Giuseppe Mancuso, Maestro Carlo Solazzi. The first three classified will receive the same number of cash prizes, respectively 500 euros for the first classified, 300 euros for the second and 200 euros for the third.
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