The season of the long-awaited Dinner Shows by the chefs of Friuli Venezia Giulia Via dei Sapori is underway, the 25 stars of the restaurant industry who for 25 years have been staging the most refined dishes that Friuli Venezia Giulia has to offer in highly evocative locations. Along with the chefs, the refined Dinner Shows will be brought to life by excellent winemakers and agri-food producers: in all, a close-knit team of 72 top-level businesses, standard-bearers of the region’s food and wine excellence.

The first of the most glamorous events of the Friulian summer is Tuesday 17 June at the Castello di Spessa in Capriva del Friuli , among the hills of the Collio Goriziano. The event, which will be a tribute to spring cuisine , will be hosted in the historic park of the castle with its centuries-old trees, wisteria pergolas, and balconies overlooking the hills and the sunset. A dream setting for an appointment with haute cuisine that will not fail to amaze and that will take place with the usual successful format.

After the welcome at dusk with the excellent products of the 16 artisans of taste partners of the consortium, an extraordinary journey of taste in 26 stages will begin for those present, signed by the chefs of the restaurants of the group who will cook live in front of the public new dishes inspired by spring and its products: AB Osteria Contemporanea of Lavariano di Mortegliano, Ai Fiori of Trieste, Al Gallo of Pordenone, Al Grop of Tavagnacco, Al Paradiso of Pocenia, Al Ponte of Gradisca D’Isonzo, Alla Luna of Gorizia, All’Androna of Grado, Caffetteria Torinese of Palmanova, Campiello of San Giovanni al Natisone, Carnia of Venzone, Casa Valcellina of Montereale Valcellina, Costantini of Collalto of Tarcento, Da Alvise of Sutrio, Da Nando of Mortegliano, Da Toni of Gradiscutta of Varmo, Enoteca of Buttrio , La Torre of Spilimbergo, Le Fucine of Buttrio, Lokanda Devetak of Savogna d’Isonzo, Mandi Parentesi Friulana of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Mondschein of Sappada, San Michele of Fagagna, Tre Merli of Trieste, Vitello d’Oro of Udine. With them, the chef of Tavernetta al Castello , the restaurant of the location hosting the event. At each station, next to the chefs there will be a winemaker , who will offer tastings of their wines chosen as the best pairing with the proposed food and will be available to the public to answer questions and curiosities. In closing, each restaurant and the pastry chefs belonging to the consortium will present their very personal interpretation of the spring dessert, and stations for coffee and spirits will be set up.

The menu details will be available on the website www.friuliviadeisapori.it. The Dinner Show will start at 7:30 pm. The price is €90. Tickets can be purchased in the group’s restaurants, at the consortium secretariats (info@friuliviadeisapori.it, tel. 0432 530052 from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm) and at Castello di Spessa. In case of bad weather, the dinner will be held on June 18.

The next Dinner Show events will be on July 8th (when the Consortium will celebrate its 25th anniversary at Udine Castle with a big event, during which each restaurant will present its own iconic dish – which has survived intact through time and fashion – that best represents it) and on July 29th , when summer cuisine creations will take center stage on the beach at Grado , with the sea at sunset as a backdrop.

Applications are open until September 7th for producers from mountain, rugged and island territories. The awards ceremony will be held on November 23rd at Vins Extrêmes.

Registrations are now open for the 33rd Mondial des Vins Extrêmes , the only international wine competition reserved for wines from heroic viticulture and organized by CERVIM – Research, Studies, Safeguarding, Coordination and Promotion Center for Mountain Viticulture. Producers active in mountain areas, on steep, terraced land or located on small islands can register online by Sunday 7 September 2025 , while samples can be sent from Sunday 1 June to Friday 12 September. The tasting sessions of the samples received will take place on 20 and 21 September in Sarre (Aosta) and will be conducted by special commissions of winemakers, journalists and expert tasters from all over the world. The evaluation will be carried out according to the OIV – Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin rules, considering color, olfactory profile and taste , through a special computer system used for the first time in Italy at the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes . The scores assigned for each parameter will be added together, eliminating the highest and lowest values, to determine the final judgment . ​ ​The winners will be awarded on Sunday 23 November during the 4th edition of Vins Extrêmes , the international fair of wines from heroic viticulture, scheduled for 22 and 23 November at Forte di Bard (Aosta). The event will be open to the public and will include tasting stands, guided tastings, round tables and conferences to delve into the best expressions of extreme viticulture. “With the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes we want to recognize the commitment of hundreds of winemakers who work every day in difficult territories, where growing vines requires great dedication, skill and passion – says Nicola Abbrescia , President of CERVIM –. Furthermore, we are particularly pleased to return to Vins Extrêmes, an authoritative and representative context, ideal for hosting the awards ceremony of our competition dedicated to heroic wines. Events like this not only celebrate the production excellence of unique territories but also highlight the cultural, human and environmental value of heroic viticulture”. ​Alongside the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes, the 5th edition of the Extreme Spirits International Contest also returns, an international competition created to promote spirits from pomace, lees and wine from heroic territories. Registrations must be made on the website www.mondialvinsextremes.com and will close on Tuesday 2 September . Samples can be sent from Sunday 1 June to Thursday 11 September. All useful information – rules, participation methods and technical instructions for both competitions – can be found on the event website.

Mondial des Vins Extrêmes in brief: ​When: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2025 ​Where: Sarre (Aosta) ​Organizing Secretariat: CERVIM – Center for Research, Studies, Safeguarding, Coordination and Enhancement of Mountain Viticulture ​Località Ferriere, 9 – 11010 Aymavilles (AO) ​Tel. 39 335 7050965 ​Email: segreteria@cervim.it

i vini della denominazione protagonisti nelle grandi città italiane.

Il racconto del Roero in giro per l’Italia ha inizio: il Consorzio Tutela Roero lancia un tour itinerante alla scoperta della denominazione sui più importanti scenari del vino tricolore. Un’iniziativa nata dal desiderio di valorizzare i vini di questo splendido territorio, la loro storia e le persone che stanno dietro a questa produzione, tra le più sorprendenti del panorama enologico tricolore, all’interno di incontri esclusivi in alcune delle principali città italiane.

Un’occasione unica per scoprire la versatilità della denominazione, profondamente salda nelle proprie radici ma al tempo stesso in continua evoluzione, che valorizza al meglio due dei vitigni autoctoni più identitari della regione. Sono infatti il Nebbiolo e l’Arneis i due ambasciatori di questo territorio, un’eccellenza del vino italiano che conta oltre 1345 ettari vitati in 19 comuni incastonati tra Langhe e Monferrato, nel cuore delle colline del vino. Il tutto per una produzione che supera gli 8 milioni di bottiglie, il 60% destinato ai mercati esteri.

“I vini del Roero sono espressione di autenticità, passione ed eccellenza – sottolinea Massimo Damonte, Presidente del Consorzio Tutela Roero – eppure, molto spesso, il nostro territorio e la nostra storia restano ancora sconosciuti al grande pubblico italiano. Questo tour ha proprio l’obiettivo di portare, in una serie di tappe lungo lo Stivale, a conoscenza la ricchezza e la versatilità dei nostri vini, capaci di coniugare un’identità forte e riconoscibile e una piacevolezza di gusto, in grado di parlare a tutti. Sarà anche interessante vedere come i nostri vini si sposano alla perfezione con le cucine di altre regioni, con combinazioni talvolta sorprendenti”.

Un percorso di valorizzazione enologica e territoriale che non poteva non iniziare da Roma: la Capitale rappresenta infatti il palcoscenico ideale per dare il via al calendario di eventi che da maggio si concluderà in autunno. Napoli, Milano e Bologna: queste le località che ospiteranno i produttori del Consorzio in una serie di eventi esclusivi. Dopo la Capitale, è in programma per giugno l’incontro nel capoluogo partenopeo, per mettere in luce i vini della DOCG nella città punto di riferimento per il settore enologico del centro-sud Italia. Nella stagione autunnale sarà invece la volta di Milano, una delle grandi vetrine del vino italiano a livello internazionale e quindi di Bologna, con le sue grandi eccellenze e piatti territoriali che flirteranno alla perfezione con i vini roerini.

In questo tour si inseriranno iniziative e attività che permettono l’incontro tra la denominazione e il pubblico di appassionati e occasioni di networking per gli addetti ai lavori. Il 2025 ha già dato prova di grande vitalità delle cantine con il successo di “Piacere Roero”, l’iniziativa realizzata in collaborazione con i locali del circuito Mangébin per raccontare la denominazione attraverso il legame con la tradizione culinaria piemontese. Dall’8 al 29 maggio, infatti, le cantine del Consorzio sono state protagoniste di degustazioni e cene d’autore all’interno delle enoteche e dei ristoranti di Torino e provincia che hanno dato la possibilità di approfondire ogni vino attraverso il racconto dei produttori e l’abbinamento con i grandi classici della tradizione.

Saturday 21 June the event dedicated to the lively native Euganean bubbles returns, with the preview presentation of the new version on the lees.

On Saturday 21 June , from 4pm to 10pm, Serprino dei Colli Euganei will celebrate the beginning of summer at the Abbazia di Praglia (Teolo, PD) with the second edition of “Vulcanico Serprino” . The great tasting of Serprino dei Colli Euganei will be hosted in the hall of the conference centre of one of the symbolic places of the Padua area, full of religious and wine history. Twenty-five companies will be present with their stands, which will offer visitors a total of more than forty interpretations of Serprino for tasting, offering a wide panorama of the typical Euganean bubbles in the semi-sparkling and sparkling types , as well as in the experimental version Sui Lieviti , recently approved by the Assembly of Members of the Consortium for the Protection of Colli Euganei Wines and in the process of being introduced into the production regulations. There will be a refreshment point for the public and masterclasses dedicated to this volcanic, distinctive and lively wine will be organised, as well as cooking shows based on the pairing of Serprino with summer dishes based on some of the Euganean agricultural and food excellences, such as melon and Veneto Berico-Euganeo ham .

Serprino dei Colli Euganei is the only native wine with a controlled designation of origin in Veneto specializing in the sparkling type. This product is able to be transversal to all consumer groups thanks to its bubbles and notes of apple, pear, peach, which make it ideal both for an aperitif and for a summer dinner. Obtained from the grape of the same name, Serprino is one of the riches of the biodiversity of the Euganean Hills, protected as a Regional Park and recently recognized as a UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve , and represents one of the souls of the savoir faire of local winemakers, who over the centuries have perfected the art of producing fine and persistent, versatile sparkling wines, characterized by very fine bubbles.

Access to “Vulcanico Serprino” is free. Tastings are available at the producers’ stands upon purchase of the tasting kit, available at the entrance.

Vulcanico Serprino is organized by the Consorzio Tutela Vini Colli Euganei , as part of the initiatives foreseen by the strategic plan to launch Serprino dei Colli Euganei.