CITIES OF WINE SPRING CONVENTION 2013

Spring Convention: the Cities of Wine of Italy meet in Abruzzo from 21st to 23rd June.
Forum on the roads of wine and the food and wine districts


Among the main events, the Forum on the theme "Roads of Wine and Food and Wine Districts", that will take place on Saturday, 22nd June, at Chiesti Scalo starting from 9:30 am at the Chamber of Commerce of Chieti, at the Foro Boario (area of Chiesti Scalo), during which the progress of the activities of the Cities of Wine Association in this specific sector will be analysed, with the aim of creating immediately after a "white paper" of wine tourism, where the strengths and weaknesses of the sector will be listed, together with the concrete proposals that the Association intends to pursue with both the Minister for Agriculture Nunzia De Girolamo, and the Minister for Heritage and Cultural Activities Massimo Bray. "Tourism, agriculture and culture - Pietro Iadanza says, president of Cities of Wine - must develop a common strategy for the promotion of Made in Italy, because the beautiful and the good of Italy need to be supported and to be known abroad, even more than has been done to date, communicating the quality of both products and territories".
Sunday morning, at 10 am, National Assembly of the Cities of Wine in Orsogna, at the Teatro Comunale.

PROGRAM OF THE SPRING CONVENTION OF THE CITIES OF WINE 2013
Friday, 21st June
12:00 - Arrival of participants to the town of Rocca San Giovanni, greetings of the authorities and visit to the Coast of Trabocchi.
3:00 pm - Departure for Ortona. Visit of the town and the Regional Winehouse.
5:30 pm - Visit of the Citra Winery and wine tasting.
8:00 pm - Dinner in the cellar of the Citra Winery.
9:30 pm - Open Air Theatre of Tollo, concert of Argentine music "Tango Loco"

Saturday, 22nd June
9:30 am - Forum "Roads of Wine and Food and Wine Districts". Chamber of Commerce of Chieti. Foro Boario. Via Ottorino Pomilio snc - Madonna delle Piane Place - 66013 Chieti Scalo.
9:30 am - Departure from the Chamber of Commerce, tour with guides, visit the town of Chieti (Cathedral of San Giustino, La Civitella, Museo Barbella).
1:30 pm - Lunch - Chamber of Commerce of Chieti
6:00 pm - Visit to the Cantina Tollo with guided tasting. Return to the hotels.
8:30 - Dinner at the Green Village Restaurant.

Sunday, 23rd June
9:30 am - National Assembly "Cities of Wine" - Teatro Comunale of Orsogna.
9:30 am - Departure from Orsogna, with guides, tour of the town of Lanciano (Eucharistic Miracle, underground archaeological pathway, Santa Maria Maggiore).
1:00 pm - Meeting with the community and the authorities of Canosa Sannita, aperitif.
1:30 pm - Lunch at the restaurant "La Dimora di Bacco" in Canosa Sannita.



Rocca San Giovanni, Ortona, Tollo, Chieti, Orsogna, Lanciano, Canosa Sannita are the Cities of Wine in Abruzzo protagonists of the Spring Convention, that will take place from 21st to 23rd June in the wine lands of the province of Chieti.