RADICI DEL SUD 2025, Southern Wine and Oil Show, native grape wines, southern Italian oils.

Less than a month to go until Radici del Sud, the multi-event dedicated to the promotion of wines from native vines of Southern Italy that will be held in Gioia del Colle from 4 to 9 June 2025 with the patronage and contribution of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari, Navita, Acqua Orsini and the collaboration of Vinarius, Aepi and Ais Puglia . The international interest in the event is now consolidated with the presence of importers and journalists from foreign countries who will form the four juries of the competition, in addition to Italian journalists and wine merchants. Here is the full list of guests of the XX edition: Roger Liggenstorfer , Switzerland – importer, Maria Roginska , France – Journalist, Håkan Rantakeisu , Sweden – Importer, Gwendolyn Alley , United States – Journalist, Matthew Steeves , Canada – Wine -Consultant, Michael Godel , Canada – Journalist, Hervé Lalau , Belgium – Journalist, Sandro D’Annibale , Canada – Importer, Ryan Lewis , United Kingdom – importer, Paola Westbeek , Netherlands – Journalist, Jelena Sakic , Belgium – Importer, Knut Håvard Jøllanger , Norway – Importer, Duy Tuan Nguyen , Vietnam – Importer, Joakin Jensen , Denmark – importer, Mehemet Adanir , Denmark – importer, Nicole Dikerson, USA – importer, Richard Baudains , UK – journalist, Antonia Caserta , Italy – journalist, Katarina Andersson , Sweden – journalist, Bonnie Reinwald , Denmark – journalist, Luca Matarazzo , Italy – journalist, Maurizio Valeriani , Italy – journalist, Alessia Canarino , Italy – journalist, Giuliano Rossi , Italy – Winemaker, Alessio Menoni, Italy – Winemaker, Andrea Gaviglio , Italy – Winemaker, Cosimo Chisena , Italy – Winemaker, Alfredo Pinto , Italy – Winemaker, Filippo Gastaldi , Italy – Winemaker. This year the 4 tasting groups will be led by 2 foreigners and 2 Italians who are experts in Southern wines: Richard Baudains (journalist – Decanter), Hervè Lalau (journalist – Les 5 du Vin), Luca Matarazzo (Journalist – 20Italie) and Maurizio Valeriani (journalist – Vinodabere.it). The main function of the blind tasting is to promote and introduce, especially to the international public, those wines from native Southern vines that are still little known outside the national borders. Each year, the task of transferring their most identifying characteristics to Italian and international journalists or wine experts who are well acquainted with the wine-growing panorama of Southern Italy is entrusted to them. “ The competition tool, like all the other activities of Radici del Sud – says Nicola Campanile, organizer of the event – has always offered all operators a more immediate reading of the territories and wines of the South because the added value of the event is precisely the formula of comparison that has allowed the event to become a point of reference and a place of exchange for journalists, bloggers, tasters, Masters of Wine, operators and importers from all over the world. There are hundreds of authoritative representatives of the world of wine who in recent years have been involved in the twentieth editions of the event” After the press tours, the meetings between buyers and producers and the competition of blind wines on June 9th in the Ex Distilleria Paolo Cassano from 11.00 to 13.00 the winning wines will be awarded during the conference where national and international journalists, bloggers, importers, wine merchants and wine producers will speak. (open to the public). The program: – Wine trends in 2025: what to expect from today onwards for the regions of Southern Italy – The future of wine without or with US duties what changes: new trends and opportunities for wines from the South. – Sustainability: Love and respect for wine and oil will never be out of fashion

– Award Ceremony for the Winning Wines From 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM , the Wine and Oil Show will be open to the public, with over 70 exhibitors including wine and oil producers and gastronomic products from the South. Here, enthusiasts and professionals will be able to taste all the wines and oils presented by the various companies and the gastronomic specialties offered by the food exhibitors. From 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM , the day will end in the food area and in the Winning Wines Room, where a buffet dinner will be served, including 4 tastings prepared and served by two renowned chefs: Giammichele Pagone (Plebiscito 7 restaurant – Casamassima) and Ottavio Surico (Borgo Antico restaurant – Gioia Del Colle).

From 18 to 20 May, three days of study dedicated to the food and wine and cultural excellence of Trentino.

Following the assignment of the 10th Territory Award promoted by Vinarius – Associazione Enoteche Italiane , an in-depth trip is scheduled from 18 to 20 May that will take Vinarius members directly to the winning territory: Trentino . Last February, in fact, during a ceremony at the Senate of the Republic in Rome, the now historic award was conferred to the “ Montagne e Valli Trentine ”, a testimony to the important ability of this territory to combine high-quality wine production with a sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyle model.

Vinarius wine merchants will therefore be able to discover and learn more about the territory thanks to a varied program developed in collaboration with the Consorzio Vini del Trentino , which is divided into three days dedicated to discovering the territory through its food and wine excellences and the beauty of the places. It begins on Sunday 18 with the arrival in Trento and a visit to the Consorzio Vini del Trentino and the Istituto Tutela Grappa, accompanied by a tasting of grappa and local cheeses, followed by dinner in the hotel.

Monday 19th is all about wine: in the morning we visit Palazzo Roccabruna, home of the Provincial Wine Shop, for a guided tasting. After lunch in Mezzolombardo, the afternoon is dedicated to the Edmund Mach Foundation for a technical meeting and a visit with tasting. The day ends with a gala dinner at Locanda Margon and the “Montagne e Valli Trentine” awards ceremony.

Tuesday 20th is dedicated to oil and landscape: we start with a trek on the Sentiero dell’Olivo in Arco, followed by a tasting of DOP Garda Trentino oil and wines at the Cantina Agraria Riva del Garda. The final lunch is held at the Cantina Madonna delle Vittorie, before returning.

Reaching the milestone of its tenth edition, the Vinarius Territory Award has established itself as a prestigious recognition, established by Vinarius to identify and celebrate those Italian geographical areas that, thanks to the work of their communities, manage to combine the production of high-quality wines with respect for the environment, cultural identity and the promotion of wine tourism. During the trip , two awards will be given to local figures who have best promoted and highlighted the excellence of the territory.

“It is in the nature of Vinarius to be deeply rooted in the territories, and initiatives like this represent a concrete expression of that vocation. – says Andrea Terraneo , President of Vinarius – We wanted to offer our members a high-profile educational and cultural experience, capable of combining direct knowledge of food and wine excellence with an in-depth comparison with production realities of international importance. This itinerary certainly represents an added value to the delivery of the award to the Territory, always designed to recognize and enhance the virtuous link between production quality and territorial identity”.

“For us, welcoming Vinarius means not only celebrating an award, but above all offering a concrete and lived narration of our wine-growing territory – he declared   Albino Zenatti, President of the Consorzio Vini del Trentino –. This is a precious opportunity: wine shops are a fundamental link in the wine supply chain, true ambassadors of our work in the territory. Their story, their expertise and the direct relationship with the final consumer make each bottle a conscious experience. Allowing our guests to experience first-hand the places, people and values that give rise to our wines means investing in authentic and lasting promotion, capable of creating deep links between quality production and distribution”.

A new trip is planned for October for other Vinarius wine shops, and on this occasion two other personalities who contribute to the promotion of the Trentino region will be awarded. VINARIUS Vinarius is the Association of Italian Wine Shops and represents over 120 members (whose total turnover is close to 50 million euros) covering the entire national territory. The association, currently chaired by Andrea Terraneo, was founded in 1981 and has as its social purpose the promotion, promotion and protection of wine shops as commercial activities specialized in the proposal of quality wine. The association deals with the training of wine merchants, their collaborators and employees, professional updates, identifying and implementing a whole series of activities that range from the organization of study trips to in-depth internships in the various production sites, actively participating in conferences, exhibitions, fairs, events of various kinds. Every two years Vinarius organizes and promotes the Vinarius Territory Award. Furthermore, it maintains important relations with the two major French counterpart associations. It periodically conducts surveys among its members to monitor trends, consumer demands, and market trends.

How Puglia is able to express its vocation for rosé wines in 52 different ways The story of the ONAV Tasters Monday 19 May, Trani.

“Rosati al Tramonto 2025” will be held on Monday 19 May 2025 , starting at 7:00 pm , an event organised by the ONAV BAT delegation (Barletta – Andria – Trani), in collaboration with Gabriele Renda of “Palazzo Filisio Hotel Regia Ristorante ”. With the suggestive view of the sunset over the sea, in the shadow of the majestic Cathedral of Trani, the evening will be entirely dedicated to a type of wine that deserves more attention and which has always been part of the Apulian identity.

Rosé wines are considered among the protagonists of aperitifs and meals in every season and the production of rosé wines in Italy has been constantly and significantly growing in recent years. In Puglia, a region historically dedicated to this production, in parallel with the DOC versions, the DOCG rosé labels are increasing. This means that the growth is not only quantitative, but also qualitative. The practice of bleeding, the removal of the must during the production of red wines to make rosé wines, has been abandoned almost everywhere in favor of a vinification with a brief contact with the skins. Rosé wines are now born already in the countryside, with the choice of vineyards that can provide the most suitable grapes and with slightly early harvests to preserve the necessary freshness.

For these reasons ONAV BAT has decided to organize the event that will be open to all interested with a ticket of € 20 (10 tasting tickets 2 food tickets). Entrance with mandatory reservation via the link: https://forms.gle/hHfq1S77pREAfEwX7

The cellars present:

Felline Farm, Alberto Longo Farm, Pietraventosa Farm, Antica Enotria, Antico Palmento, Apollonio, Conte Spagnoletti Zeuli Farm, Luca Attanasio Farm, Mazzone Farm, San Ruggiero Farm, Santa Lucia Farm, Cantele Winery, Rivera Winery, Borgo Turrito, Botromagno Vineyards and Cellars, Caiaffa Wines, Ariano Winery, Terribile Winery, Carpentiere Cellars, Colle Petrito Cellars, Due Palme Cellars, Pallotta Cellars, Paololeo Cellars, Soloperto Cellars, Spelonga Cellars, Teanum Cellars, Torrevento Cellars, Tre Pini Cellars, Cardone Wines, Casaltrinità, Castello Monaci, Conti Zecca, Crifo, D’Alfonso Del Sordo, Garofano Vineyards and Cellars, Giancarlo Ceci Agrinatura, Giovanni Aiello, I Parieti, Menhir Salento, Michele Calò & Sons, Montemarcuccio, Otto Raggi, Producers of Manduria, Acquario Selections, Manduano Estates, Rubino Estates, Tinazzi Cantina San Giorgio, Varvaglione Vigne & Vini, Vespa Winemakers for Passion, Vignaflora, Villa Schinosa and Vinicola Palamà.

The program of the Delegate, Francesca de Leonardis, and of the entire Provincial Council of the BAT Section of the National Organization of Wine Tasters, after the summer break, includes educational visits to the cellars of the territory, aimed at learning about new wine-making realities, as part of a continuous professional updating of the members and a new 1st level course, open to anyone who is curious to learn about the interesting and vast world of wine even if they have no experience in the sector. The exciting path of progressive growth of the BAT Delegation will be confirmed by the intervention of the National President of the Organization, Dr. Vito Intini , next June, on the occasion of the diploma delivery ceremony to the new tasters who are completing the 13th 1st level course.

The ONAV BAT training program was already enriched, this season, by an important seminar, divided into three lessons, on the Champagne region and one on Burgundy. In the near future, other interesting seminars are planned on some famous single-varietal wines, both national and international.

“Envisioning2035 Wine (R)evolution – Strategic Plan for Italian Wine” is the title of the morning study that will be held on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at the Terrazza Belvedere of Palazzo Regione Lombardia in Milan.

WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE from 10.00 to 13.00 at Terrazza Belvedere piazza Città di Lombardia, 1 – Milan.

This is a Summit with two stated objectives. To promote a discussion at the sector level on the critical issues that slow down the competitiveness of the Italian wine system by advancing proposals for action. And to become an annual event to analyze and re-orient, in the broadest and most shared way possible, the competitive strategies of the country system.

Envisioning2035 aims to be a moment of discussion that involves all the actors operating in the wine world to gather analyses, experiences and reflections on the current moment, but above all to project into the near future in order to define a development strategy for the Italian wine system. During the morning, the “Envisioning2035 Manifesto” will be presented, from which the interventions of the panelists will derive.

It will therefore be an opportunity to take stock of the entire wine sector from various angles, together with some of the most important players in the sector, including: Danny Brager (alcoholic beverage consultant “Brager Beverage”); Gabriele Castelli (head of the legal-administrative area of Federvini); Roberta Crivellaro (Managing partner Withers World-Wide); Luca Ferrari (corporate lawyer Withers World-Wide); Vladi Finotto (Director of the Master’s Degree in Agri-food Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice); Edoardo Freddi (exporter and CEO FreedL Group); Roberta Garibaldi (president of the Italian Association of Food and Wine Tourism); Priscilla Hennekam (wine influencer and consumer expert); Robert Joseph (Journalist and wine expert); Christine Mauracher (Director of the Master’s Degree in Food and Wine at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and President of the Society of Agri-food Economics); Alessandro Mutinelli (CEO Italian Wine Brands); Ettore Nicoletto (Industry Expert); Denis Pantini (Nomisma\Wine Monitor) and Fabio Piccoli (Director of the Wine Meridian publishing group).

There will be other experts who will join the group of contributors later, so as to make the work even more complete and, consequently, the “Envisioning2035 Manifesto” more relevant and interesting for the entire wine sector.

“I decided to promote, through FreedL Group, this Summit together with Ettore Nicoletto because I feel, first of all as a person deeply involved in this sector, the need to open a space for real dialogue. Italian wine needs a structured moment of collective reflection. As entrepreneurs, we feel the responsibility to facilitate discussion and stimulate a shared vision, which looks beyond individual companies and aims at the competitive strengthening of our country system. This is only the first step of a path that we want to make continuous and increasingly inclusive”, comments Edoardo Freddi, one of the main organizers of this initiative.

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