Southern 2020 roots towards the record of participating companies

A record edition of Radici del Sud 2020 is expected. The fifteenth Salone dei Vini e Oli del Meridione , scheduled in Sannicandro di Bari (BA) from 10 to 15 June 2020 , has already reached and exceeded one hundred adhesions , with an advance of more than a month compared to previous editions. This year's news also includes greater public involvement, to which limited number of events and guided tastings will be dedicated on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June. “Roots of the South 2020 is a bet that we are winning - explains Nicola Campanile , organizer of the event - The producers are responding with great enthusiasm both to the novelties proposed for this edition, and to the new collaborations that we have established and we are convinced that the public will also be even more intrigued and satisfied by the offer of master classes and scheduled appointments, all dedicated to the discovery of the territories and wines of the southern regions protagonists of the Salone ". Among the novelties of the fifteenth edition of Radici del Sud there is a slimmer format for Monday, to make contact between the public and producers easier, the presence of companies from Abruzzo , Sardinia and Molise (as well as Puglia , Basilicata , Campania , Calabria and Sicily ), an extension of the pavilion dedicated to artisan wines and four completely renewed juries composed of national and international journalists and influencers. For the foreign press, the names of Liza Zimmermann (Forbes), Deborah Grossman (Wine Enthusiast, Decanter) and Zachary Susan (punch-drunk.com) from the United States, Renè Langdahl Jørgensen (renelangdahl.com) from Denmark have already been confirmed. Madeleine Stenwreth MW (thedrinksbusiness.com) from Sweden, Elizabeth Gabay (elizabethgabay.com) from the United Kingdom, Jung Yong Cho (freelence and author) from Korea, Mar Galvan Romero (La Gaceta del Vino) from Spain, Marlene Del Olmo (Wine Mots) and Omar Hernandez Barbosa (Wine Mots) from Mexico and Piotr Widowiak (Wine O'Clock) from Poland. Next to them will be the Italians Luigi Salvo (newspapervinocibo.com), Franco Santini (Acquabuona), Antonio Paolini (Gambero Rosso), Enrico Malgi (LucianoPignatarowineblog), Jenny Viant Gomez (President of Abruzzo Women of Wine), Maurizio Gily (MilleVigne) , Maurizio Valeriani (Wine to drink), Antonio Tomacelli (Intravino), Jacopo Cossater (Intravino), Antonella Amodio (DoctorWine, LucianoPignatarowineblog), Leonardo Romanelli (leonardoromanelli.it), Giacomo Alberto Manzo (Egnews, Sicilianotizie) Francesco Muci (Slow Wine ), Andrea Terraneo (President of Vinarius), Francesco Bonfio (President of AEPI) and Roberto Ripa (Unione Sarda). Among the buyers present there will be Jessica Luongo (AmoVino Wine Spirits) and Stephanie Guth (The Living Vine) from Canada, King Chang Mo (PNK Trading) and Hong Dongmyung (VinoVino) from South Korea, Christian Boettger (Sintonia Lab) and Ole Udsen (Estrup & Udsen Vin ApS) from Denmark, Olga Sokolova (Fortwine) and Yana Savelyeva (Wine State) from Russia, Pawel Swierczek (www.rafa-wino.pl) and Dariusz Kopiczko (G-wine) from Poland, Gavin Davis (Cellar Door) from Myanmar, Aleksandar Thiel (castelcosimo.de) from Germany and Rob Seddon (jacksonandseddon.com) from the United Kingdom. The event will be held in collaboration with Assoenologi, Slow-wine, Vinarius, AEPI, AIS Puglia, Vinodabere, Intravino and LucianoPignatarowineblog. The updated list of producers and the Roots of the South 2020 program are available and updated on the website www.radicidelsud.it