(ANSA) – ROME, JUNE 07 – There were 48 Grand Gold Medals – 38 awarded by Italy and 10 by foreign wines – and 318 Gold Medals – of which 269 Italian and 49 from other nations – at the 22nd edition of the International Wine Competition Città del Vino and Grappa Award. Over 1,300 wine samples participated, 80% of which were Italian and 20% from 11 countries around the world. The highest score ever was obtained by a wine from Portugal, the Caves Santa Marta Porto 20 Anos from Caves Santa Marta; while the first Italian wine was a Marche Rosso Igt Passito, from the Stefano Mancinelli farm in Morro d’Alba (Ancona). The 38 Grand Gold Medals awarded to Italy are distributed as follows: 6 to Friuli Venezia Giulia; 5 for Campania; 4 for Calabria, Piedmont and Tuscany; 3 for Puglia and Veneto; 2 for Abruzzo, Trentino Alto Adige and Sardinia; 1 for Lombardy and Marche. Instead, there were 209 Gold Medals: Veneto in the lead with 51 gold medals; followed by Sardinia 32, Campania 24, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Lazio with 21 gold; then Piedmont and Puglia at 20. There were 17 gold medals for Sicily, Tuscany at 13, Calabria 10; 9 Emilia Romagna and Trentino Alto Adige; 7 Abruzzo; 5 Liguria; 3 Basilicata and Lombardy; 2 for Valle d’Aosta and 1 gold medal for Marche and Molise.
“An important edition of the Città del Vino international competition, now in its 22nd edition – comments the president of Città del Vino, Angelo Radica – which is confirmed for the quality of the wine territories and productions and for attracting wine companies from all over the world”. “I want to underline – he added – the excellent performances of new participating countries such as Lebanon and Israel and the good participation of Chile and Mexico who are also participating for the first time. Successes for Italian wines, from the North, Center and South”. (HANDLE).
