"CANTINE APERTE" 2015 PUGLIA

Sunday, May 31st, the whole Puglia goes to the winery with the "1 cork 2 reasons" and the campaign "I am with #gliulividipuglia"

Great excitement for the preparations for the 23rd edition of Cantine Aperte, the wine festival organized by the Wine Tourism Movement throughout Italy also this year, as is always in the program on the last Sunday of the month.

Sunday, May 31st, then, in Puglia the appointment will be with about fifty wineries of excellence distributed throughout the region to visit its cellars and discover its wines, as well as local products, told in first person by tenants who, with passion and constant commitment, give shape to the regional winemaking.

«Cantine Aperte is the event that gave birth to the Wine Tourism Movement – Sebastiano de Corato, Chairman of the Wine Tourism Movement Puglia, says – and that combined a thousand Italian winemakers of excellence protagonists in interpreting and promoting their territory, as well as demonstrating a great welcoming culture. So the offer was created to the demand of knowledge that stems from conscious consumers, who have become wine tourists and who, on this day, but not limited to, invade festively the cellars. Sunday, May 31st, the wineries of Puglia will be part of this great celebration».

From morning to night there will be hundreds of labels for tasting, from historic vintages and latest products on the market, vintage tastings, workshops and mini–courses led by winemakers and sommeliers. To enrich the day, as every year, a large program of recreational activities, games, music shows and wine/art combinations.

For an insight into the list of the participating wineries and all the programs at the companies, just visit the website www.mtvpuglia.it or follow the social accounts (Facebook and Twitter) MTV Puglia. In particular, this year the Wine Tourism Movement Puglia on the occasion of Cantine Aperte, promotes the ecological initiative "1 glass, 2 reasons", siding in favour of environmental protection and the protection of the Puglia olive tree, "partner" cultivation in the agricultural and cultural heritage of the region recently threatened in his precious integrity. The project is aimed in the first instance to thousands of wine tourists visiting the wineries on this day, inviting them to "deliver", on the purchase of the glass, the corks collected in the previous weeks.

This simple action will have a double and important goal: to give new life to the cork itself, which will be awarded to a company specialized in re–use, and contribute to the campaign in favour of the Puglia olive tree "I am with #gliulividipuglia" which will start the next day at Cantine Aperte and will be entrusted to major spokesmen of extra virgin olive oil among consumers: the restaurant owners of Puglia.

And again, to reinforce the importance of the extra virgin olive oil alongside the protagonists wines of Puglia on this special day, the wineries will host tasting tables of producers partners of the Wine Tourism Movement of Oil, which will offer tastings of fine oils and canned productions. Winelovers can choose to reach the Wineries by car (individually) or bicycle (with the FIAB Ruotalibera Bari and Cicloamici Brindisi/Mesagne and Lecce). Cantine Aperte is a trademark owned by the Wine Tourism Movement, registered and legally protected to counter any abuse/imitation and guarantee to consumers quality and professionalism in hospitality, distinctive features of the wineries of the Wine Tourism Movement.

The event is organized in collaboration with the Puglia Region – Policies for Rural Development Area and in partnership Vinitaly International, the official representative of Italian wine at Expo 2015.