Sannicandro di Bari The southern wine and oil show opens from 15.00 to 24.00

Roots of the South 2023 , the appointment with the eighteenth edition of the Southern Italy Wine and Oil Exhibition is approaching - 8-12 June, Norman-Swabian Castle of Sannicandro di Bari - and all the details of the event are further in focus.

For example, the list of the four international juries in charge of testing and evaluating the labels of wines and oils from 140 companies from Puglia, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Sardinia and Sicily is complete. These are two international and two national assemblies that will have the task of testing and evaluating the wines present from two different points of view: that of a broader perspective, that of a more "glocal" perspective.

The first international jury, Group 1 , is chaired by Luca Matarazzo (20italie.com), and includes among its members Anais Cancino (Wineteller, Mexico), Liz Palmer (wine journalist, author and influencer, Canada), Torge Thies ( TRCT MEDIEN GmbH, Germany), Anthony Rose (Decanter, freelance wine journalist and author, UK). The second jury, Group 2, is instead chaired by Richard Baudains (Decanter, United Kingdom), and is made up of Young Shi (TS Wine, www.tastespirit.com, United Kingdom), Robert McNulty (Wine Academy Italy, Usa ), Jeff Barrows (Food Wine Click, Usa), Ben Little (Thenativegrapes.com, Ireland).

As for the national juries, the first - Group 1 - is chaired by Maurizio Valeriani (Vinodabere.it), and composed of Franco Santini (Acquabuona.it), Luigi Salvo (Vinup.it) and the oenologists Francesco Fortunato and Salvatore Digiacomo; the second , which is led by Andrea Terraneo (President Vinarius), includes Francesco Bonfio (President AEPI) and Katarina Andersson (Grapevine Adventures), and oenologists Matteo Esposito and Tiziana Micelli.

The group of importers present at Salone 2023 was also large (and planetary): Alia Reniers (Abfoodwines, Texas), Inese Vicupa (Whitehousesrestaurant, Latvia), Jung Yong Cho (Curious Wine Seoul, South Korea), Marija Stramkale (Noblewine, Latvia ), Meiquin Kuang (Die Weingaleristen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Ryan Lewis (Hidden Vines UK, United Kingdom), Duy Tuan Nguyen Toan Quoc Trading and Service Import Export Company Limited (TopWine.Vietnam), Alessandro Furlan (Saper Divino Selections, Usa), Yuanjun Zhang (COMPTOIRS ET CIES SAS, China), Carlo Zuccherini (Chef wine truffles, Holland), Anders Bizzozero (Great Wines & Spirits, Sweden), Luigi Pucciano (Terre Lente, Holland)

An appointment, that of Radici del Sud, which for eighteen years has been telling the ampelographic field of Southern Italy to insiders and the press from all over the world, thanks to press tours and buyer tours in the territories of the Southern regions, but also thanks to the Salone at the Castello di Sannicandro di Bari, where the new vintages of wines and oils from companies from all over the South will be presented to the press, importers and the general public on Monday 12 June from 3 to 9 pm; there is also a food area where the protagonists will instead be the manufacturing and processing companies and the chefs from Southern Italy. From 9 pm onwards in the courtyard of the Castle, on the other hand, a big party animated by pizza chefs and chefs is scheduled and dedicated to the one hundred wines of Southern Italy that have won this year's competition.

However, it will also be an opportunity for a discussion between experts on current winemaking topics: Monday 12 June from 11 to 12.30, during the final conference which will reward the best wines selected by the four juries of the competition - which since last year has returned to the categories of natural sweet wines, raisin wines and oxidative wines - a lot will in fact be discussed among other things, with the contribution of the institutions and experts present, of the experiments adopted already thirty years ago by southern agriculture and today the subject of comparison also in the oenological Italy of the North due to the current climate crisis.

The event is realized thanks to the patronage of the Regional Council of the Agriculture Department and the Municipality of Sannicandro di Bari, and the collaboration of Assoenologi Pbc, Vinarius, AEPI, the technical partner AIS Puglia and the partners - sponsors: Mondelli Agrifarma, Caffè Cavaliere, Sistemi Taranto , Lgs Label, Tonnellerie Saref, Asfodelo, the Fieschi Pastry Shop, the Jesus Bakery, the Cecca Dairy and the SemeAntico artisanal pasta factory in Altamura, the “Il Pan… Zeun” Bakery in Sannicandro di Bari and the two “Lievita 72” pizzerias of Gallipoli and "Senti la pizza" of Bari and Trani.

Tasting kit including glass, glass holder bag and tasting book 20 euros; entrance to the Corte del Castello with about 100 wines for free tasting and tasting of dishes served buffet-style 20 euros; admission to the show and access to the final evening 35 euros. Info and reservations: info@radicidelsud.it / 39.338.5939322 or on www.radicidelsud.it.

Roots of the South 2023 , the appointment with the eighteenth edition of the Southern Italy Wine and Oil Exhibition is approaching - 8-12 June, Norman-Swabian Castle of Sannicandro di Bari - and all the details of the event are further in focus.

For example, the list of the four international juries in charge of testing and evaluating the labels of wines and oils from 140 companies from Puglia, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Sardinia and Sicily is complete. These are two international and two national assemblies that will have the task of testing and evaluating the wines present from two different points of view: that of a broader perspective, that of a more "glocal" perspective.

The first international jury, Group 1 , is chaired by Luca Matarazzo (20italie.com), and includes among its members Anais Cancino (Wineteller, Mexico), Liz Palmer (wine journalist, author and influencer, Canada), Torge Thies ( TRCT MEDIEN GmbH, Germany), Anthony Rose (Decanter, freelance wine journalist and author, UK). The second jury, Group 2, is instead chaired by Richard Baudains (Decanter, United Kingdom), and is made up of Young Shi (TS Wine, www.tastespirit.com, United Kingdom), Robert McNulty (Wine Academy Italy, Usa ), Jeff Barrows (Food Wine Click, Usa), Ben Little (Thenativegrapes.com, Ireland).

As for the national juries, the first - Group 1 - is chaired by Maurizio Valeriani (Vinodabere.it), and composed of Franco Santini (Acquabuona.it), Luigi Salvo (Vinup.it) and the oenologists Francesco Fortunato and Salvatore Digiacomo; the second , which is led by Andrea Terraneo (President Vinarius), includes Francesco Bonfio (President AEPI) and Katarina Andersson (Grapevine Adventures), and oenologists Matteo Esposito and Tiziana Micelli.

The group of importers present at Salone 2023 was also large (and planetary): Alia Reniers (Abfoodwines, Texas), Inese Vicupa (Whitehousesrestaurant, Latvia), Jung Yong Cho (Curious Wine Seoul, South Korea), Marija Stramkale (Noblewine, Latvia ), Meiquin Kuang (Die Weingaleristen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Ryan Lewis (Hidden Vines UK, United Kingdom), Duy Tuan Nguyen Toan Quoc Trading and Service Import Export Company Limited (TopWine.Vietnam), Alessandro Furlan (Saper Divino Selections, Usa), Yuanjun Zhang (COMPTOIRS ET CIES SAS, China), Carlo Zuccherini (Chef wine truffles, Holland), Anders Bizzozero (Great Wines & Spirits, Sweden), Luigi Pucciano (Terre Lente, Holland)

An appointment, that of Radici del Sud, which for eighteen years has been telling the ampelographic field of Southern Italy to insiders and the press from all over the world, thanks to press tours and buyer tours in the territories of the Southern regions, but also thanks to the Salone at the Castello di Sannicandro di Bari, where the new vintages of wines and oils from companies from all over the South will be presented to the press, importers and the general public on Monday 12 June from 3 to 9 pm; there is also a food area where the protagonists will instead be the manufacturing and processing companies and the chefs from Southern Italy. From 9 pm onwards in the courtyard of the Castle, on the other hand, a big party animated by pizza chefs and chefs is scheduled and dedicated to the one hundred wines of Southern Italy that have won this year's competition.

However, it will also be an opportunity for a discussion between experts on current winemaking topics: Monday 12 June from 11 to 12.30, during the final conference which will reward the best wines selected by the four juries of the competition - which since last year has returned to the categories of natural sweet wines, raisin wines and oxidative wines - a lot will in fact be discussed among other things, with the contribution of the institutions and experts present, of the experiments adopted already thirty years ago by southern agriculture and today the subject of comparison also in the oenological Italy of the North due to the current climate crisis.

The event is realized thanks to the patronage of the Regional Council of the Agriculture Department and the Municipality of Sannicandro di Bari, and the collaboration of Assoenologi Pbc, Vinarius, AEPI, the technical partner AIS Puglia and the partners - sponsors: Mondelli Agrifarma, Caffè Cavaliere, Sistemi Taranto , Lgs Label, Tonnellerie Saref, Asfodelo, the Fieschi Pastry Shop, the Jesus Bakery, the Cecca Dairy and the SemeAntico artisanal pasta factory in Altamura, the “Il Pan… Zeun” Bakery in Sannicandro di Bari and the two “Lievita 72” pizzerias of Gallipoli and "Senti la pizza" of Bari and Trani.

Tasting kit including glass, glass holder bag and tasting book 20 euros; entrance to the Corte del Castello with about 100 wines for free tasting and tasting of dishes served buffet-style 20 euros; admission to the show and access to the final evening 35 euros. Info and reservations: info@radicidelsud.it / 39.338.5939322 or on www.radicidelsud.it.