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WARNING: IN ORDER TO ATTEND THIS TASTING, BEFORE BUYING THE TICKET, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ENTRY PASS FOR THE EXHIBITION VINITALY 2023 VALID FOR THE DAY IN WHICH THE TASTING TAKES PLACE.

That no man is an island may well be true, but it is just as true that Italy boasts myriad men and women that make exceptional wines from its many islands. And it could not be otherwise, given that the country boasts over 800 different islands and nine archipelagos, where native grapes grow and that are not found anywhere else in the world. What follows is a bevy of unique wines from Veneto to Sardinia, from Tuscany to Sicily, thanks to grapes such as Aleatico, Biancolella, Bovale Sardo, Carricante, Dorona, Fiano, Malvasia di Lipari, the Nerelli of Siciy, Nero d’Avola, Vernaccia di Oristano and Zibibbo (also known as Muscat of Alexandria) and many more, a wealth of viticultural biodiversity like that of no other country that Italy needs to defend, preserve, and communicate through the exciting wines made with each.

Ian D’Agata, internationally known expert of Italian native grapes and author of four different award-winning books on the subject has organized a masterclass exclusively for Vinitaly that will broach Italy’s island grapes and territories in the company of the producers who make what are not just great island wines, but some of Italy’s most interesting and best wines of all.

Wine list

1. D’Ambra 2022 Biancolella Tenuta Frassitelli (ISCHIA-CAMPANIA)
2. Vinisola 2022 Pantelleria Bianco Frizzante Amanolibera (SICILIA)
3. Antiche Cantine Migliaccio 2021 Fieno di Ponza Lazio Bianco (PONZA-LAZIO)
4. Argiolas 2021 Nasco Iselis Nasco di Cagliari (SARDEGNA)
5. Planeta 2021 Cometa (SICILIA)
6. Benanti 2018 Pietra Marina Etna Bianco Superiore (SICILIA)
7. Venissa 2017 Bianco Venissa (ISOLA MAZZORBO-VENETO)
8. Caruso e Minini 2020 Perricone Terre Siciliane (SICILIA)
9. Pala 2020 Bovale Essentija Isola dei Nuraghi (SARDEGNA)
10. Dettori 2017 Cannonau (Retagliadu Nieddu biotype) Romangia (SARDEGNA)
11. Mamojà 2020 Cannonau Ghirada Garaunele Barbagia Rosso (SARDEGNA)
12. Feudi Montoni Nero d’Avola Vrucara (SICILIA)
13. Contini 1997 Vernaccia di Oristano Riserva (SARDEGNA)
14. Caravaglio 2021 Malvasia delle Lipari Passito (ISOLE LIPARI-SICILIA)
15. Donnafugata 2016 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye’ (PANTELLERIA-SICILIA)

Event languages: Italiano, English

How to participate: Paid event

Speakers

Ian D'Agata

Ian D’Agata is a multiaward winning author who has been speaking and writing about wine for thirty years. His books (Native Wine Grapes of Italy, Italy’s Native Wine Grape Terroirs and Italy’s Grapes and Wines: The definitive Compendium Region by Region) are considered the bibles of Italian wine and have received numerous prestigious awards such as the Louis Roederer International Wine Awards Book of the Year. Ian is also the author and/or the co-author of the Italy and Alsace sections in Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Book of Wine, the world’s best- selling wine guide with 45 editions to date and over 12 Million copies sold all over the world. He is the former staff writer at Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, Contributing Editor of Decanter, Senior Editor of Vinous and is currently the Chief Scientific Officer and President of the TerroirSense Wine Academy and Wine Education programs, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the TerroirSense Wine Review. He ahs been working as a scientific consultant for Vinitaly for the past eight years and is the creator and curator of MicromegaWines, the Vinitaly pavillon dedicated to small, high quality Italian wineries. Intensely devoted to the research and study of native wine grapes, Ian was officially named in 2015 to Italy’s prestigious Accademia della Vite e del Vino (Italy’s official association of wine academicians, researchers, and university professors). Contatti: Instagram: @iandagata_vino; Instagram 2: @terroirsense; Email: iandomenicodagata@outlook.it  e  iandagata2@gmail.com

 

Location

Argento room - Palaexpo, entrance A2 (level -1)

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Organizers

Vinitaly