It will be an excellent vintage for the Lazio wine, despite the inevitable repercussions that the health emergency will have on the harvest that has just begun. In order to confirm the forecasts also in terms of quantity, the trend of the grape harvest will depend a lot, as well as on the month of August, also on that of September. In Italy a production of Made in Italy wine is estimated at around 45 million hectoliters, down by about 5% compared to last year, with the French cousins ​​head to head for the world record.

It will be an excellent vintage for the Lazio wine, despite the inevitable repercussions that the health emergency will have on the harvest that has just begun. In order to confirm the forecasts also in terms of quantity, the trend of the grape harvest will depend a lot, as well as on the month of August, also on that of September. In Italy a production of Made in Italy wine is estimated at around 45 million hectoliters, down by about 5% compared to last year, with the French cousins ​​head to head for the world record.

“This is the first harvest marked by the effects of the world pandemic – explains the president of Coldiretti Lazio, David Granieri – with the threat of duties and Brexit, with the exit from the European Union of Great Britain, which has been for a long time , the main customer of Prosecco, the most exported Italian wine in the world. This year the shortage of skilled labor for the blocking of borders with the Covid risk will also weigh. In this regard, it is essential to extend the tampons upon arrival in Italy for foreign workers in the fields coming from abroad. This will allow them to carry out collection activities with Coldiretti, which has launched a communication campaign aimed at companies and workers themselves to ensure compliance with the rules and protect public health ”.

Even in Lazio, the lockdown halved wine sales due to the effects of the pandemic, which led to the forced closure of restaurants, hotels, bars and pubs, for over two months, causing a sharp decline in turnover.

“The difficulties recorded by almost 4 out of 10 Italian wineries, equal to 39 percent, due to the health emergency – adds the president of Coldiretti Lazio, David Granieri – show how essential it is to intervene urgently to support exports, lighten stocks, reduce costs and cut red tape.

Wine Experience Across is the new wine tourism project of Mondodelvino, a holding company of wineries in Italy founded in Forlì in 1991 and then taking up residence in Priocca (Cuneo) in 2002. MGM in Priocca is part of it for the aging of classic Piedmontese wines, Cuvage sparkling wine house in Acqui Terme, Ricossa in Castel Boglione in the heart of Nizza, Podere dal Nespoli in Romagna and Barone Montalto in Sicily.

The group, after having inaugurated Wine Experience in the spring of 2019, launched its e-commerce on the company’s portal, implementing it with a series of itineraries designed for wine & food lovers. Ideal starting point from Wine Experience, an emotional, interactive, educational and cognitive path, the first of its kind in Italy, a thousand square meters, easy language,

The story begins with a movie, the screenplay edited by the Sicilian writer Davide Enia, projected on a large screen in which Ulysses, as a guide, introduces the visitor to the world of wine. We continue from room to room to discover the territories and vines told by the oenologists of the four regions in which the holding operates. In the room of methodologies we talk about winemaking and a virtual vat allows adults and children to play with the pressing phase until filling a stylized bottle.

The MdView room, acronym for Mondodelvino Vineyard Industrial Ecology Wine, summarizes their entire philosophy made up of values, quality and sustainability. In the room dedicated to the senses, six copper funnels give the visitor the opportunity to go and recognize the primary, secondary and tertiary aromas of wine.

The itinerary ends with the section of wine / food combinations through an interactive dialogue between chef and sommelier. Guided by three chefs Elide Mollo, starred restaurant Il Centro di Priocca, Paolo Teverini of the starred restaurant of the same name in Bagno di Romagna, and Joseph Micieli of the Scjabica restaurant in Punta Secca, Sicily. You can continue the experience and become a winemaker for a day, thanks to an experiential workshop that sees the participants try their hand at recognizing and creating a wine.