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Waiting for Terroir Vino:
GWC
Garage Wine Contest - First meeting for amateur vintners
Sunday, June 6, 2010 - Villa Spinola, Genoa
During the Vinix Unplugged Dinner, from 8 pm
The
contest will take place at Vinix Unplugged dinner
When my friend Luca
Risso launched Vino
in Garage column we really didn't know how it would be
received. But it took only a few months to realize that there
was actually a fair number of fellow wine enthusiasts and,
in a short time a stimulating debate about sharing responsibilities
had begun. We don't really understand why "garage wine" sounds
so funny in Italian, when the same term in France - "Vins
du Garage" - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garagistes)
indicates a specific category of wines considered rare and
valuable. For them the important thing is not as much where
the wine is made, but how: nurtured and cuddled with the maniacal
care for which these micro-vintners are renowned. Certainly
we didn't want to go that far; after all the French "garagistes"
movement is actually composed of real producers with real
(albeit small) farms.
Here is the amateur vintner ("garagista") we have
in mind:
a) he/she is a true amateur
b) is a non profit wine producers
c) has no tax code number and is not backed by a commercial
vinery
How it works
Terroir Vino, along with Vinix Unplugged is an event characterized
by the ability to involve the majority of the Italian wine
& food blogosphere. It's a tasting moment of course, but it
is also an opportunity to make direct comparisons and to establish
relationships between the various actors in the industry.
Thus we decided to create a little "contest" for amateur vintners
to coincide with our Vinix Unplugged Dinner and preceding
Terroir Vino 2010. All interested amateur vintners can submit
their samples to the TigullioVino Commission (the same one
that selects wines for Terroir Vino), which will then select
the best ones. The amateur vintners selected by the Commission
will be asked to participate in person at the Vinix Unplugged
Dinner (Sunday, June 6th, 2010, the day before TerroirVino)
where all the bloggers, producers and wine lovers can taste
them. In the same spirit of utmost informality that characterizes
the event, the winner will be determined by "acclamation,"
The winners will be awarded with a free exhibition stand at
Terroir Vino 2010 (Monday June 7th), where they will have
the honor (and the burden) of facing the opinions of bloggers
and wine lovers, alongside with the professional producers.
All candidates should follow these rules:
- 1. Applications are already open: just send an e-mail
to: gwc@tigulliovino.it
- 2. Wines for GWC must reach the Commission no later than
May 9, 2010
- Given the small amounts produced by amateur vintners,
they should guarantee a minimum of 1 bottle for TigullioVino.it
tasting panel (capped with silicone plug to avoid bad surprises),
at least 4 to 6 bottles for Vinix Unplugged Tasting Dinner
and at least 6 bottles for Terroir Vino 2010.
Amateur vintners, don't be afraid, you're all invited!
Garage Wines Contest info:
Filippo Ronco and Luca Risso
Web: http://www.terroirvino.it
E-mail: gwc@tigulliovino.it
Cel. +39 347 2119450 Fax +39 06 233 220 684
Skype: filippo.ronco
Twitter: http://twitter.com/filipporonco
(Tags: terroirvino #, # vuu, # gwc)
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