ROME – Great quality and shower of medals at the 22nd edition of the International Wine Competition Città del Vino and Grappa Award, which saw the participation of over 1,300 participating wine samples, of which 80% were Italian and 20% from 11 countries around the world the world.
There were 48 Grand Gold Medals, of which 38 were awarded by Italy and 10 by foreign wines, while there were 318 Gold Medals, of which 269 were Italian and 49 from other nations. 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 (An).
This, in summary, is what emerged from the 2024 edition of the International Wine Competition Città del Vino, whose selections took place in recent days in Gorizia, the splendid City of Wine, in an original location such as the nineteenth-century gymnasium of the Union Goriziana Gymnastics, in the historic center.
The awards ceremony will be held in Rome in the Capitoline Hill in the Giulio Cesare Hall of the Rome City Council on 8 July.
“An important edition of the international Città del Vino competition, now in its 22nd edition – highlights the president of Città del Vino, Angelo Radica – which is confirmed for the quality of the winemaking territories and production and for attracting wineries from all over the world. I would like to highlight the excellent performances of new participating countries such as Lebanon and Israel and the good participation of Chile and Mexico, also participating for the first time. Successes for Italian wines, from the North, Center and South: in the Città del Vino selections the merit of evaluating the wines not only from a technical point of view (for their objective quality), but above all for their link with the territory, for their ability to excite and to reiterate the value of the relationship between companies and municipalities. Being a City of Wine is an added value for wineries throughout Italy.”
“Edition of the Competition which saw the logistical organization of the Friuli Venezia Giulia regional coordination of Città del Vino – adds the director Città del Vino, Paolo Corbini – a great commitment and good visibility, also in view of the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica-Gorizia in 2025”.
For Italy 38 Grand Gold Medals were awarded: 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. 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.
Between Foreign countries, 10 Grand Gold Medals were awarded: 4 went to Portugal, 2 to Croatia and Moldova and 1 to Lebanon and Romania. There were 49 Gold Medals: 18 for Portugal, 17 for Moldova, 7 for Croatia, 2 for Israel, Germany and Romania and 1 for Slovenia.
The results in detail at this link: https://concorsoenologicocittadelvino.it/risultati-della-xxii-editore-del-concorso-enologico-2024-gorizia/
SPECIAL PRIZES
For the category City of Organic Award 3 Grand Gold Medals were awarded (Tuscany, Trentino-Alto Adige, Abruzzo); 53 Gold Medals (Tuscany 11, Sicily and Abruzzo 8, Veneto 6, Puglia 5, Campania and Lazio 4, Emilia-Romagna 3, Piedmont 2, Marche 1). The Silver Medals awarded were 59: 11 for Tuscany, 10 Sicily, 9 Emila Romagna, 8 Lazio, 6 Abruzzo, 3 Veneto, Piedmont and Campania, 1 Marche, Calabria, Liguria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Basilicata, Portugal ).
In the category Nebbiolo World 2 Grand Gold Medals were awarded (Piedmont); 11 Gold Medals all for Piedmont, 15 Silver Medals (2 Sardinia, 1 Valle d’Aosta, 11 Piedmont).
For the category Special prize for best Vermentino, 1 Grand Gold Medal (Tuscany); 29 Gold Medals (17 Sardinia; 5 Tuscany and Lazio, 2 Liguria) and 19 Silver Medals (11 Sardinia, 6 Liguria 1 Tuscany and Lazio).
For the category Sparkling Wine Forum 114 Gold Medals were awarded (72 Veneto); 4 (Trentino-Alto Adige), 1 (Basilicata and Liguria), 13 (Emila – Romagna), 6 (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), 3 (Sicily), 4 (Lazio), 2 (Lombardy), 3 (Sardinia), 1 (Germany), 5 (Republic of Moldova), 2 (Piedmont), 1 (Campania). 92 Silver Medals 54 (Veneto), 11 (Emila Romagna), 4 (Piedmont), 3 (Tuscany, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Republic of Moldova, Germany), 2 (Lazio, Trentino-Alto Adige, Portugal), 1 ( Campania, Sicily, Croatia, Puglia, Chile),
For the category Special Volcanic Wines Awardthe competition jury awarded 1 Grand Gold Medal (Piedmont) and 48 Gold Medals (Lazio 27, Campania 12, Veneto 11, Piedmont and Umbria 3, Basilicata 2, Tuscany 1, Sicily 1).
For the category Mondo Merlot special prize 23 Gold Medals were awarded: 6 Veneto, 4 Friuli Venezia Giulia and Lazio, 3 Tuscany, 1 Sicily, Trentino Alto Adige, Campania, Lombardy, Moldavia and Slovenia. 13 Silver Medals: 4 Friuli Venezia Giulia, 2 Trentino Alto Adige and Tuscany, 1 Veneto, Marche, Croatia, Moldova, Mexico.
For the category Iter Vitis special award 10 Grand Gold Medals: 4 Portugal, 2 Moldova and Croatia, 1 Romania and Lebanon. 74 Gold Medals: 32 Moldova, 23 Portugal, 10 Croatia, 4 Germany, 2 Israel and Romania, 1 Slovenia. 44 Silver Medals: 17 Moldova, 10 Portugal, 7 Croatia, 4 Germany, 2 Mexico, 1 Chile, Israel, Romania, Slovenia.
The Competition has been organized by the National Association of Wine Cities since its conception in 2001, authorized by Masaf (Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry) and with the scientific support of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine ).
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