Certification

Customs Agency in the field in the certification of Vermouth and Grappa

Director Alesse: the Agency's activities to protect Italian-made food quality are manifold

by G.d.O.

14 April 2026

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2' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

The Customs Agency is also taking the field in the game of certifying quality Made in Italy food products. And it does so from the stage of Vinitaly in Verona, where the Director of the Agency, Roberto Alesse, took part in the meeting 'The Reform of the Tax System and the Wine Sector'.

The presence of the Agency's number one in Verona is part of the institutional communication campaign 'ADM-Cert: the certification that recognises Italian excellence', aimed at enhancing the role of the Customs and Monopolies Agency's certification body as a guarantee of Made in Italy.

Alesse: daily fraud prevention activities in wine

'The Agency,' explained Director Alesse, 'works daily to protect the wine sector through a variety of activities: from customs controls on imports and exports, to fraud prevention to protect 'Made in Italy' products and the health of consumers; from product certification to the application of excise regulations on alcoholic products. Each area of intervention contributes concretely to ensuring quality, safety and legality in the sector'.

But also public certification body

Alesse then took part with the Deputy Minister for the Economy and Finance, Maurizio Leo, in the inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony of the ADM stand, where a seminar was held in the afternoon on the role of the Agency as a public certification body for spirits and aromatised wines with Geographical Indication. In particular, the Customs Agency certifies Vermouth di Torino (a product whose rediscovery in recent years is enjoying great market success also thanks to the spread of Mixology) and Grappa Igp.

The seminar concluded with an experiential moment conducted by ADM's Chemical Laboratories. "With its presence at Vinitaly," Alesse concluded, "the Agency is sending out a clear message: we are at the side of the production chains and support the development of Italian excellence. In addition, we want to keep the public up-to-date through our communication campaigns, just like the one underway dedicated to ADM-Cert certification".

The Cases of Grappa and Vermouth in Turin

And on the Agency's stand at Vinitaly in Verona there are three information desks dedicated to the certification of grappa and Vermouth di Torino and the topic of alcohol-free wine, with a succession of mini-talks, technical-sensory demonstrations and guided tastings.

In Verona also in-depth meetings on the 'Wine Package'

Also held today in conjunction with Vinitaly at Villa Bresavola de Massa in Verona was the event entitled 'Promoting excellence. From the 'Wine Package' to the new trade agreements: a European perspective', organised by the Fratelli d'Italia-Ecr delegation to the European Parliament.

The meeting represented a moment of confrontation between European institutions, the Italian government and the main representatives of the wine sector, with the aim of analysing European wine policies, the prospects of the 'Wine Package' and the opportunities offered by the new international trade agreements. But also an in-depth look at the new proposal under discussion in the European Parliament on labelling, which is of deep concern to both the sector and the MEPs of Fratelli d'Italia.

The debate was introduced by Carlo Fidanza, head of delegation of Fratelli d'Italia-Ecr and ECR coordinator in AGRI, Daniele Polato, MEP of Fratelli d'Italia-Ecr and ECR coordinator in INTA, and the president of Veronafiere, Federico Bricolo.

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Luogo: Roma
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Argomenti: agricoltura, agroalimentare, made in Italy, vitinicoltura, olio
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