MondoMerlot

MondoMerlot, for its sixteenth edition taking place from 23rd to 25th October, will be presented with a new dress, thanks to a partially renovated working group, which has set itself the goal of enhancing the consolidated and appreciated program of one of the most important wine exhibitions in Italy, while seeking to involve more the community of Aldeno. To achieve these goals, the new mayor of the Municipality of Right Adige Nicola Fioretti and his staff have therefore decided to adopt for the event a retrained organization concept, trying to add some exciting initiatives in the program.

«The Italian Merlot Exhibition – Fioretti explains – as well as the National Competition in recent years have carved out an important prestige in Italy and abroad, so much so that in addition to the official recognition by the Ministry of Agriculture, every year manage to attracts oenologists, sommeliers, winemakers and journalists from all over Italy and even abroad. What was missing, from our point of view, was the complicity and participation of the whole community of Aldeno. The new project path – the mayor continues – has as goal the involvement of the country and of the associations working in the municipal area, seeking a further improvement of the event through some strategic initiatives, so as MondoMerlot can become an event of attraction for the whole Trentino and beyond. The most important change concerns the creation of a Bacchus’ Path, which is a wine and food journey through the streets of the town center with departure at the Cooperative Winery and arrival at the Theatre, which will be developed in two different ways. In effect, an aspect linked to the territory and to the tradition will be showcased along Via Roma, which will be set up with houses inside which craftsmen and small businesses will find their space, with the opportunity to enhance their typicality, the other proposal, instead, includes the animation of some courts with Bacchus’ Inns, this year run by some associations of Aldeno, where there will be moments of music and art, but especially where you will appreciate the food and wine offers, consuming local dishes and traditional products with a common denominator: Merlot». A further opportunity to enhance the Italian Merlot Exhibition, whose program includes both the traditional dinner at the Cooperative Winery, called Bacchanalia, and the appointment of Sunday at lunch with haute cuisine, as well as the National Competition for which the procedures of registration of important Italian labels will operate, which will be judged on 9th October and awarded on Friday, 23rd October, at the Geremia Palace, at the official opening of the event. For the new working team those are weeks of hectic work, aimed at defining in detail the final program of MondoMerlot, which will be made official in the coming days.