Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

Study trip 10-15 July 2013

FRANCE (ALSACE) – GERMANY (RHINE) – SWITZERLAND (CANTON TICINO)

The Regional Institute of Wines and Oils of Sicily, as part of the activities aimed at training the human capital of those employed in the wine sector, is organizing a study trip to France, Germany and Switzerland in the wine-growing areas in the period from 10 to 15 July. of great image and quality (Alsace – Reno – Canton Ticino). The trip has an educational and training purpose and therefore includes guided visits to public bodies and wine-growing facilities of great technical, historical, cultural and scientific importance.

In particular, meetings are planned with officials and technicians of bodies in the wine sector, such as the Maison des Vin d'Alsace, an excellent observatory of Alsatian oenology, visits to large cooperative structures and small producers, guided tastings of prestigious Alsatian white wines, German and Swiss (Riesling, Pinot gris, Gewurtraminer, etc.), visits to organic and biodynamic wine producers and also educational visits to museums and wine routes and other important wineries in Alsace, the Rhine and the Canton of Ticino.

France and Germany, countries with a great wine-growing tradition, producers of prestigious white wines, points of reference for professionals in this type of wine, are the objective of the trip: where on the one hand you want to get to know the most famous wine-growing areas in the world , with their landscapes, wine routes, wine tourism aspects and on the other hand we want to delve deeper into the quality of their white wines, research, experiments and their transformation processes from grapes to wine.

Technicians, operators and wine entrepreneurs will be able to participate in the trip at the discretion of the individual Sicilian companies that are currently affiliated with the IRVO, who will be able to indicate a maximum of two names, one of which in a reserve position, which will be accepted based on the number of memberships that will arrive.

Please note that there is a preferential per capita participation fee of approximately €600.00 in a double room excluding drinks with meals and personal extras, which Registrations will be limited and will be accepted in chronological order, therefore interested companies must send an expression of interest, complete with the names of the trip participants to the following e-mail address [email protected]

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Nb:for further information contact Enol. Gianni Giardina tel. 091-6278254 cell. 330-692321 email [email protected]

Those who join will receive further instructions for confirming the names of participants and to formalize everything.