BOLZANO WINES EXHIBITION 2012: FOR TASTING 350 REGIONAL WINE LABELS

From 4th to 7th March in the charming halls of Castel Maretsch back the traditional event dedicated to winemaking in South Tyrol open to professionals and enthusiasts

The wonderful location of Castel Mareccio will be also this year the house of the Bolzano Wines Exhibition, which comes in 2015 to its 93rd edition. From 4 to 7 March, there will be wide–ranging meetings and tastings, with the aim of offering a focused and deep look within the composite and fascinating scenery of South Tyrolean viticulture.

There will be 59 local companies that will participate in the event, proposing for tasting 350 wines selected among the best of their wineries: from the most recent years to reserves, from sparkling to sweet wines. A crucial opportunity for both professional and traders – oenologists, sommeliers, specialized press – and fans, to photograph the wine production of one of the most suited and original areas within the national scene.

The high aromatic expressiveness of white wines, as well as their ability to evolve and improve over time, represent one of the distinctive characteristics of the South Tyrol terroir: rich in character and differences, it is nestled in an alpine setting with unique climate characteristics, leaving their unmistakable imprint on the wines that result. But the subtlety and delicacy of white wines, South Tyrol is able to combine also a range of red wines, whether derived from native rather than alien grapes, ranging from younger and drinkable vintages to the most demanding ones, needing time and patience to be appreciated to the fullest. The vineyards, located at the foot of the Alps, also offer quality sparkling wines able to seize with great naturalness of those qualities of freshness and minerality sought after by connoisseurs and lovers of the "bubbles" planet. And finally, the little big world of sweet wines in South Tyrol, that always looks for the best balance of tastes.

The program is rich and varied. It starts on Wednesday, 4 March, with the "Gala Night of South Tyrol Wine": delicious culinary creations and a pleasant musical entertainment will be the worthy corollary to a wine list with 350 labels of South Tyrol. On Thursday, 5 March, we enter, instead, into the heart of the event: from 2 to 8 p.m., all the companies, with the producers present, will put for tasting a selection of their finest wines and, always in the afternoon of the same day, a seminar will be held in collaboration with the Unione Albergatori e Pubblici Esercenti HGV.

Friday 6 and Saturda 7 March, in addition to the comparative tasting, seminars and vertical tastings will come on stage: a rich and articulated program, which will explore the characteristics of some varieties that in South Tyrol have found an ideal habitat, as well as their large capacity to travel back in time, with monographic tastings able to reveal the incredible aging potential of both red and white wines.



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