'Experiences of Vitae': the top wines of Romagna, Emilia, Marche, Umbria: Cesena Fiera Saturday 25 March

Romagna, Emilia, Marche and this year also Umbria : a poker of regions with excellent enology, together for a great event dedicated to wine. After the success of the 'premiere' at the Palazzo del Turismo in Riccione in 2022, ' Esperienze di Vitae' , the grand gala dedicated to the top wines awarded by the Vitae Guide , will be back in Cesena on 25 March in the events pavilion of the city fair. the Bible of wine according to the Italian Sommelier Association (Ais). The day will be dedicated from the morning to the awarding of the best wineries of the four territories and, from the afternoon, open to wine lovers from all over Central Italy, as well as of course to Ais members and professionals in the sector, for a whirlwind of tastings.

That it is an event reserved for excellence is demonstrated by the wines and cellars that are the protagonists of the event. In fact, the best of the wine production of the four territories will be available for tasting, certified by the presence of the wineries that have obtained the Quattro Viti in the national guide Vitae 2023 , one of the most authoritative publications dedicated to wine on the national scene. Rigidly blind, the wines were evaluated by the Regional Tasting Commissions made up of sommeliers from Ais Romagna, Emilia, Marche and Umbria for their respective territories. A painstaking work of tasting and narration with the tasting of hundreds of wines and the mapping of the main cellars, which saw the assignment of the Quattro Viti to 116 excellent labels , divided as follows: 33 in Romagna, 31 in Emilia, 30 in the Marche and 22 in Umbria . And these wines all together will be tasted by the public and insiders for a 360-degree excursus on the four territories.

In short, a union of excellence, which relaunches the synergy between wine territories in the name of Ais and which, thanks to the position of the Cesena Fair, a stone's throw from the A14 tollbooth and the E45 exits, favors the flow of winelovers, Ais members and industry professionals, from all over Central Italy.

The program

The day of Saturday 25 March will live on two moments . The first is scheduled in the morning (10.30) and is reserved for the top wineries of the four territories with the awarding of the Quattro Viti assigned to a total of 116 wines that will receive the diploma of excellence from the hands of their respective Ais presidents.

In the afternoon, from 14.00 (until 19.30), space for the audience of enthusiasts, winelovers Ais members and professionals in the sector, with the opening of the tasting counters of award-winning wines, served and told by Ais sommeliers. Inside the room it will be possible to taste the wines divided by type and territory, presented by sommeliers from the service group of the region to which they belong. The cellars will only present the awarded wines or, alternatively if the wine is no longer available, the same wine but from a different vintage.

For food and wine pairings there will be some themed food trucks outside with the territories of the wines represented: among the proposals for tasting, Passatelli from Romagna, tigelle from Modena and Olive Ascolane.

Statements by the Ais Presidents

Adolfo Treggiari president of Ais Romagna: "Experiences of Vitae is a format adopted at national level. Together with the presidents of the other regions involved, we believe it is more useful to bring the awarding of the wines of excellence of our national guide to the individual territories, so we feel closer to producers and, at the same time, we make it easier for consumers to participate in the tastings.Last year's success in Riccione spurred us to continue along the path we had taken, extending the event to include the excellences of Umbria as well and moving the event to a more capacious and functional place, also from a logistical point of view, such as that of the Cesena Fair, which we thank for the opportunity offered. For the next few years there is already an agreement with the other presidents to make the event itinerant so that all the producers have visibility in other regions as well".

Luca Manfredi president of Ais Emilia : "For the second year we offer our members and winelovers a unique opportunity to taste together the excellence of several territories. After last year's success in Riccione, the Sommelier Associations of Emilia, Romagna, Marche and Umbria come together again in a format with an even wider offer and present their oenological pearls. A unique opportunity for us ambassadors of our territories to share history and culture with the public through the narration of a glass of wine. presence on the territory is widespread and sharing our passion naturally leads us to be a trait d'union between consumers and producers".

Stefano Isidori, president of Ais Marche : "Esperienze di Vitae is now a format adopted at a national level. For the second year we bring the winemaking excellences of the Marche region awarded in the national guide Vitae to the Romagna region, thus allowing our wines and our producers to present themselves to a wider and more varied public of enthusiasts.The meeting of Umbria, Romagna and Emilia also allows us to offer members, who wish to join us, a wider selection of labels that these neighboring lands offer, also with a view to professional growth. A great commitment for the 'four musketeers' of central Italy with the aim of putting the peculiarities of the individual territories under the spotlight. Given the results of the last edition, we all agreed to continue management by moving the event in a more capacious and functional place like that of the Cesena Fair".

Pietro Marchi, president of Ais Umbria . "The great work done in the tastings of the Vitae guide in our region has always found its concretization first in the paper publication and finally in the planning of related events such as Experiences of Vitae. Up to now AIS Umbria had organized promotional activities for its members of driving within their own territorial areas. The proposal to join forces with Romagna, Emilia and Marche was welcomed with absolute enthusiasm and opened up new scenarios. The enlarged participation with more regions makes it possible to supply producers, who represent the excellence, greater visibility and public participation. Furthermore, a greater number of producers present will inevitably create a better comparison between them in an event that will become itinerant and more structured. In fact, the idea is to move the venue from time to time organization in the different regions in order to allow external companies to deal with better to go beyond one's own borders".

Info Experiences of Vitae

Cesena Fiera Events Pavilion, via Dismano 3848

Open to the public: 2.00pm-7.30pm

Cost: €25 (Ais members €15).

Free parking.