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14-17 April

In Verona the world around a goblet: all set for the Vinitaly event

At Veronafiere for wine professionals and, in the city's most beautiful squares, for all wine lovers, it is time to discover the season's new wines.

by Barbara Sgarzi

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It starts as per tradition with OperaWine, the event that anticipates the debut of Vinitaly by 24 hours. More than one hundred top Italian producers selected by Wine Spectator and unveiled at the Mercatali Galleries on 13 April 2024. This year, only three new entries and six returns, with 8 exclusions of wineries present in 2023.

As far as the official event is concerned, apart from wandering around the stands (4,000 exhibiting companies, 65 participating countries) with your glass outstretched and your eyes open, here are our highlights for the 56th edition: admission tickets and events at the Fair are purchasable on the website, where you can also find the times and locations of the proposed tastings, and for the city side on Vinitalyandthecity.it..

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Top appointments

Not to be missed on Sunday 14 is the comparison 'Blindfold with the masters', with MWs Andrea Lonardi, Gabriele Gorelli and Pietro Russo. Guest of the event is wine educator Cristina Mercuri, who is soon to become Italy's first female MW. On the same day, myth and history meet in the goblet with "Italian History and Myth in a wine glass" by Professor Attilio Scienza.

On Monday 15 April, the focus is on Italian bubbles with 'Cool under Pressure: Italy's sparkling world", together with MW Gabriele Gorelli, while "The great native Italian wines" are the protagonists of a tasting with oenologist Riccardo Cotarella. Celebrations on Sunday 14 for two milestones in wine communication with the Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri 2023 walk around tasting and the first five decades of Civiltà del Bere in the tasting "50 years of Civiltà del Bere: witnesses of a Renaissance".

The world in a glass

Again Wine Spectator will curate four workshops with senior editors Alison Napjus and Bruce Sanderson (14 and 15 April). We fly to South Africa with "A Taste of Terroir: South Africans Whites Uncorked" with Master of Wine Richard Kershaw (14 April). Also on 14 April, Italy-France will be compared with Master of Wine Andrea Lonardi in "Vineyard Visions: Bordeaux Blancs vs. Italian whites" and with "Champagne cheers, Franciacorta Finesse: a tasting Extravaganza", a match between bubbles from the Alps and Lombardy with Alison Napjus. Look East with "Italy - China: back and forth, a journey to discover new worlds of wine", curated by Ian d'Agata (17 April). Other international events in the International Wine Hall: the numerous tastings in the Orchidea Hall of Palaexpo, with wines from Georgia, Slovenia, Serbia, Armenia, South Africa, France, China and Hungary and a focus on Champagne.

Space Italy  

Focus on Italian wines with Ian D'Agata's Micro Mega Wines Masterclasses, tastings starting on Sunday 14 April and ranging from Cannonau to sparkling wines, passing through indigenous and rare grapes. Italian wines for investment with 'Classification of Italy's Grand Crus. The evolution of Italian wines in the panorama of international auctions', by Gelardini & Romani wine auction.

Technology and innovation

The influence of artificial intelligence in the industry is the focus of 'A discussion on how artificial intelligence will change the ways we work in the wine business' on 14 April with MW Felicity Carter. The growing trend of alcohol-free wines will be on stage on 15 April with 'Wine without alcohol - changes and tastes'. A fascinating project, "Amphora Revolution", the result of the collaboration between the Merano WineFestival and Vinitaly, is scheduled to take place in Verona on 7 and 8 June and will be presented during the Verona fair with a masterclass led by The WineHunter Helmuth Köcher, to present a wine-making technique that originated in Georgia 6.000-8,000 years ago.

A tour of Verona

Piazza dei Signori will host a Lounge for the public at Vinitaly and the City, an experience space between art and wine, for tasting immersed in the history of the ancient city. A toast will also be made on the panoramic terrace of the Torre dei Lamberti, 84 metres above sea level, with postcard views. In the Cortile del Mercato Vecchio there will be a wine tasting itinerary, while food tastings will be in the Cortile del Tribunale.

 

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