From the heart of Piedmont to the world stage, from 6 to 15 September Barbera d’Asti will be the protagonist on stage for ten days of exclusive events

With great enthusiasm, the Barbera d’Asti e Vini del Monferrato Consortium is pleased to announce the upcoming ” BARBERA D’ASTI WINE FESTIVAL “, a high-level event with a strong international flavor that will take place in Asti from 6 to 15 September. “ What we will present in detail at the next press conference in June – says Vitaliano Maccario , President of the Consortium – intends to be an event capable of further projecting our territory on the international stage. Our objective is in fact to strengthen and promote the identity and visibility of Barbera d’Asti and our denominations – 4 Docg and 10 Doc – raising its prestige on a global level. From this spirit the Barbera d’Asti Wine Festival was born, a ten-day festival where a program of exclusive events will be staged. It’s time to invite enthusiasts from all over the world to discover with their own eyes the beauty and riches of Monferrato .” Thanks to the prestigious collaboration of the media partners Corriere della Sera and Gazzetta dello Sport, the festival aims to involve leading professionals and operators in a series of meetings, talks and tastings of the highest level which promise to enliven and amaze all participants in the magical setting of the historic center of the city of Asti. “ The program we are finalizing aims to tell the thousand facets of our territory in a new, modern and engaging way also thanks to the participation of a prestigious audience of guests and a series of meetings that will range from wine, to art, to culture. Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration with La Gazzetta dello Sport, we want to celebrate the union between sport and the wine art of Monferrato, demonstrating the vitality and dynamism of our territory from all points of view. We therefore invite all wine enthusiasts, industry professionals and the media to mark these dates in their calendars ” concludes President Maccario. ” We look forward to welcoming you and making you part of this extraordinary event .”

Consorzio Vermouth di Torino relating to the 2024 edition of the Vermouth di Torino Week, scheduled from 23 to 30 June throughout the national territory.

The Vermouth di Torino Week is now a classic early summer event. The Turin Vermouth Consortium launches the new edition of an exciting week entirely dedicated to raising awareness of the quality, uniqueness and versatility of this Piedmontese excellence loved throughout the world . From 23 to 30 June , the Vermouth of Turin will be in the spotlight to show the charm of its long tradition and its appeal today as an increasingly strong symbol of an exclusive and original aperitif. Mixology experts, barmen, restaurateurs, chefs all of Italy participate in this event, promoting in a special way the different types of Vermouth of Turin, the only flavored wine recognized for its typicality and tradition as a PGI. Those who wish will be able to create new cocktail recipes. It will be possible to post both creative recipes with an indication of the types of Turin Vermouth used and the other ingredients, as well as photos of cocktails, evenings, presentations and events dedicated throughout the week to this intriguing and aromatic wine. The testimonials sent by those who join the initiative, together with the names of the venues participating in the Vermouth di Torino Week 2024 Edition, will be widely disseminated on the event website and on the social pages of the Consorzio del Vermouth di Torino.

Turin, 5 June 2024 – The Vermouth di Torino Week is now a classic early summer event. The Turin Vermouth Consortium launches the new edition of an exciting week entirely dedicated to raising awareness of the quality, uniqueness and versatility of this Piedmontese excellence loved throughout the world . From 23 to 30 June , the Vermouth of Turin will be in the spotlight to show the charm of its long tradition and its appeal today as an increasingly strong symbol of an exclusive and original aperitif.
Mixology experts, barmen, restaurateurs, chefs from all over Italy participate in this event, promoting in a special way the different types of Vermouth of Turin, the only flavored wine recognized for its typicality and tradition as a PGI. Those who wish will be able to create new cocktail recipes. It will be possible to post both creative recipes with an indication of the types of Turin Vermouth used and the other ingredients, as well as photos of cocktails, evenings, presentations and events dedicated throughout the week to this intriguing and aromatic wine. The testimonials sent by those who join the initiative, together with the names of the venues participating in the Vermouth di Torino Week 2024 Edition, will be widely disseminated on the event website and on the social pages of the Consorzio del Vermouth di Torino.
For this year’s edition, we highlight the collaboration with Vinarius, the important Association of Italian Wine Shops created to enhance the role of the wine shop and the wine shop as a place where the specialized trade in quality wine is carried out.

The aim of the “Week” is to promote the culture around the Vermouth of Turin and the Ora del Vermouth® (now a registered trademark of the Vermouth of Turin Consortium). It is an invitation to discover all its types, the best combinations with food and the different uses pure and mixed.
The Vermouth di Torino Week will also be particularly important because on this occasion, the convocation of the States General of the Vermouth of Turin will be held on 28 June at the Banca del Vino di Pollenzo . All the members of the Consortium will meet to talk about the current reality, production, marketing, protection and promotion aspects, as well as the numerous future projects.
On the afternoon of June 28th, at 2.30 pm, again in Pollenzo, there will be another eagerly awaited event reserved for the press : the guided tasting of the Vermouth of Turin and the appointment of the new Ambassadors of the Vermouth of Turin, recognized as such for their knowledge, their professionalism, the qualified promotion and dissemination activities of this product.

SATURDAY 15 JUNE PIAZZA FERRUCCI RADDA IN CHIANTI (SIENA)

On Saturday 15 June at 7.30 pm, in the historic Piazza Ferrucci of Radda in Chianti (Siena), “La Cena” dei Vignaioli di Radda 2024 will take place. The occasion will be the preview presentation of the 2020 vintage of “53017” – the wine of Radda winemakers. The dinner will be accompanied by the most prestigious wines of the 25 members.

Francesco Berardinelli , chef of the ‘Barlèsh’ restaurant in Montevarchi (Arezzo), will sign the menu for this year’s dinner. Barlèsh does ‘Cucina Improvvisa’, shy and spontaneous cuisine, far from fashion, attentive to the traditions of the territory and the people who live it every day.

Francesco Berardinelli does not have a Tuscan accent: his mother is Venetian, his father Molisano. He was born in Piedmont, on Lake Maggiore and arrived in Tuscany with his parents in the seventies. After hotel school he left for New York and went to work at the ‘San Domenico’. Upon returning to Italy, he opened his first restaurant, ‘L’Osteria di Rendola’. The articles arrived, journalists noticed him and his work and in 2000 he opened the second restaurant, ‘Beccofino’ in Florence and with him he landed the cover of ‘Wine Spectator’. From that moment everything changes: chefs arrive from all over the world to taste and discover what Francesco Berardinelli cooks. Heston Blumenthal from London, Ferran Adrià from Spain and Alain Ducasse from Paris. He receives invitations, participates in the most important festivals and cooks everywhere. “I did everything as a chef, I achieved what I wanted and I am now in the right place, what was already in my head, I returned to Barlèsh” says Berardinelli.

The wine of the winemakers of Radda “53017”

One Territory, 25 winemakers, one soul.

25 cellars, 25 lands, 25 shades of Sangiovese from the municipality of Radda in Chianti have given life to a wine of excellence, balanced and representative of the territory.

An iconic bottle, created to express the collaboration between the producers of the Radda Winemakers Association and at the same time promote their bond with the Territory.

To carry out this special project, each “Winemaker” selected and shared 27 liters of their best Sangiovese, considered the main grape variety of Chianti Classico, and combined it with that of the other winemakers to produce the “53017”, the Sangiovese of the Winemakers of Radda. The name of the wine is dedicated to the postal code of Radda in Chianti. A unique project, a blend that then rests in the depths of the cellars of Castello di Albola before seeing the light in the special Magnum bottle format. Each bottle is numbered by hand to enhance its exclusivity and uniqueness.

THE WINEMAKERS OF RADDA

The “Vignaioli di Radda” association has as its main aim the diffusion of the wine culture of Radda in Chianti, developing projects, in-depth meetings and events that support and spread excellent viticulture, with particular attention to organic cultivation and production and biodynamic.

The member companies are (2024):

Arillo in Terrabianca, Borgo la Stella, Borgo Salcetino, Brancaia, Caparsa, Albola Castle, Monterinaldi Castle, Radda Castle, Volpaia Castle, Castelvecchi, Colle Bereto, Cortedomina, Fattoria di Montemaggio, Istine, L’Erta di Radda, Montevertine, Podere Capaccia, Podere Terreno, Poggerino, Pruneto, Tenuta di Carleone, Tenute Selvolini, Val delle Corti, Via L’Inverno, Vignavecchia.