Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

Vinitaly 2015, the events of Sicily's wine

The events in Sicily at Vinitaly 2015 start tomorrow, March 23rd.

 

MONDAY 23: (SALIERI room)

11.30am PRESS CONFERENCE AGRICULTURE COUNCILOR

Speakers: Nino Caleca, councilor for Agriculture – Antonino Di Giacomo, extraordinary commissioner of IRVO – Dario Cartabellotta, sole manager of the BioMediterranean Cluster Expo 2015 – Linda Vancheri, regional councilor for Productive Activities – Rosaria Barresi, general manager of the regional Department of Agriculture – Antonio Rallo, Doc Sicilia – Francesco Ferreri, Assovini – Tiziana Funaro, Pro.Vi.Di councilor

Moderated by Fabrizio Carrera, director of Cronachedigusto.it

 

h. 1.00pm PRESENTATION OF SICILY EN PRIMEUR

Speakers: Francesco Ferreri, AssoVini – Nino Caleca, Councilor for Agriculture – Marino Breganza, Banca Nuova  

 

h. 3.00 pm PRESENTATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK “Wine and people of Etna” by Armando Rotoletti, photojournalist and collaborator of "Sette" of Corriere della Sera

(The text includes documentary images of the extraordinary landscape of Etna in a viticultural perspective, texts written by illustrious figures from the area, including Leonardo Sciascia, and a part dedicated to Etna's producers with presentation sheets in Italian and English)

Presented by Marisa Fumagalli, journalist from Corriere della Sera, and Carlo Ottaviano, former director of Gambero Rosso

The author will speak

 

4.00 pm TEXT PRESENTATION “Sicily-Island and the Mediterranean, history of loves and wines” by Andrea Zanfi

(Editorial, interactive and multimedia project for an emotional journey through the Sicilian terroirs)

Presented by Fabrizio Carrera, director of Cronachedigusto.it

The author and councilor Nino Caleca intervene

 

h. 5.00pm PRESENTATION OF THE XX EDITION OF INYCON in MENFI (19-21 June in Menfi)

This year's theme is the valorisation of local food and wine traditions in connection with Expo 2015.

(Important Sicilian event linked to the world of wine and quality food and wine)

The meeting, which will take place as part of the Vinitaly program, will be moderated by Fede & Tinto, the duo from the Decanter program on Rai Radio2. 

 

Speakers: Vincenzo Lotà, mayor of Menfi – Marilena Barbera, president of the Terre Sicane wine route – Roberta Urso, public relations manager of Settesoli – Diego Planeta, owner of the winery of the same name

 

 

TUESDAY 24: (VIVALDI room)

 

h. 09.30 LAUNCH OF ENOVITIS IN CAMPO 2015 – Marsala

(Presentation of a technical volume on Sicilian agriculture published by Agrisicilia and coordinated by Professor Di Lorenzo of the University of Palermo)

 

Speakers: Massimo Mirabella, monthly director of AGRISICILIA and editor of the text – Nino Pisciotta, University of Palermo – Massimo Bestetti, marketing manager of Chimiberg

 

h. 10.30 DELIVERY OF THE “SEICENTOQUARANTA” PROJECT RECOGNITION, the Nero d'Avola which takes its name from the road that is being built, the 640 Ag/Cl. – CMC –

(Solidarity project linked to the territories of Agrigento and Caltanissetta. The proceeds from sales are intended for voluntary, social and cultural associations that are committed to the growth of Sicily)

Speakers: Massimiliano Centorbi (Valley of the Temples Tourist District) – Pierfrancesco Paglini (Cmc of Ravenna)

 

h. 11.30 AGRICULTURE IS WOMAN

(First edition of an award entirely conceived and dedicated to the women of the Sicilian agricultural world: to reward all those who contribute with their commitment to social, cultural and economic growth. The award ceremony took place in Palermo at the Ars. An entrepreneur received the award , Maria Pia Piricò Gioia and an agronomist, Angela Mascari)

Speakers: Salvatore Fiore, president of the Palermo Agronomists and Forestry Order
– Silvia Martinico – Ivana Calabrese, councilor of the Palermo Agronomists and Forestry Order

 

h. 12.00 “HEROIC PLACES OF EXCELLENCE” from Pantelleria, Cinque Terre, Valle d'Aosta, Valtellina, Friuli, Trentino, Amalfi Coast. Between landscapes, quality productions and economic value.

“Heroic viticulture plays, more than any other, a fundamental role in the environmental and cultural protection of the territories it belongs to”.

 

Speakers: head of the Department of the Ministry of Agricultural and Food Resources and Fisheries and quality production, Luca Bianchi – councilor for Agricultural, Food Resources and Fisheries of the Sicily Region, Nino Caleca – president of CERVIM, Roberto Gaudio – mayor of Pantelleria, Salvatore G. Gabriele – president of the Cinque Terre National Park, Vittorio Alessandro

Moderated by Fernanda Roggero, journalist from Il Sole 24ore

Representatives of other Italian territories will also be present