GUSTO DEI GUIDI - FESTIVAL OF WINE YEAR XIX

The old town of Poppi, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, will host also this year from August 21t to 23rd, "Il Gusto dei Guidi – Festival del Vino" ("The Taste of Guidi – Festival of Wine"), the great trade show of Tuscan wines and of traditional and organic products, now in its 19th edition. The Festival has been included among the "Feste Sagge" ("Wise Festivals"), the project promoted by the Union of the Casentino Mountain Municipalities and the Ecomuseum of Casentino in collaboration with the National Park of the Casentino Forests, "Oltreterra", Slow Food Tuscany and Emilia Romagna and Casentino Development and Tourism. To organize the event, the "Centro Storico Poppi" Pro Loco in collaboration with the Town of Poppi with the usual cooperation on a technical level of the delegation of Arezzo of AIS, the Italian Sommelier Association and the support of the Development and Tourism Casentino Consortium. In this edition, the collaboration with the Conduct of Slow Food Casentino continues, especially in view of promoting the small producers of organic and biodynamic wines. Confirmed for this 2015 edition, too: the presence of the Cortona Wines Consortium with many labels represented officially by the Cortona Wine Consortium and the Cortona Wine Road, set within an old wine cellar and that can be tasted along with the many Tuscan wines that will enrich also this edition. The event will pay as usual space to the wines of the Casentino area and of the whole Arezzo Province, going for the second consecutive year to discover those operating in the Municipality of Cavriglia, on the border with Chianti. And for the first time facing the great "stage" of Poppi, the Orcia Wine Consortium that with its 42 producers is emerging nationwide with many fine wines produced in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt corners of our Tuscany. Among the wineries guests, for the fourth consecutive year, those from Sicily and Puglia that are part of the "Libera Terra" association. The event, also this year boasts the brand of "EXPO MILANO 2015" granted by the Tuscany Region as a good practice in the public interest in keeping with the theme of Expo "FEEDING THE PLANET, ENERGY FOR LIFE" and for the contribution thus given to the development and promotion of the regional agriculture and food sectors. The event opens its doors in the afternoon of Friday, August 21st, with the opening ceremony in the hall on the 1st floor of Palazzo Giorgi, former District Court of Via Cesare Battisti, followed by the usual buffet based on typical products of Casentino served in pairing with wines of Casentino. To follow, the official opening of the stands, while on Saturday the opening of the wineries is scheduled at 5 pm and on Sunday at 4:30 pm. Among the novelties of this 19th edition, the Festival that becomes a kind of big "wine store" as the producers, that desire it, as well as to make taste can sell their wines at a special price reserved for the Taste of Guidi and then in terrace of Piazza Gramsci, above the post office, the best local products at are proposed by the "Bio–district of Casentino". In the three days together with wine, to enjoy the traditional cuisine offered in the food stand of Piazza Soldani. A very special program will accompany young people in the name of responsible drinking and among the side events the organization of the 2nd edition of the "Poppi Città del Gusto dei Guidi" photographic competition, sponsored by the Casentino Golf Club for the 8th "Trofeo Gusto dei Guidi", a 18–hole Stableford – 3rd cat. and the Poppi Sporting Group for the 10th "Gran Fondo del Casentino" road cycling race. In the context of this 19th edition, finally, the organization of the 10th award for the Tuscan IGT – Supertuscan Red – the only one at the regional level for this particular and appreciated type of wine – which will see its final stage on Saturday morning, August 22nd, in the core of the old town, in Palazzo Giorgi, with the latest selections made by the committee of tasters of AIS that will determine the winner wine of the 2015 edition, followed by the official award ceremony. "An event that every year – the comment of the Mayor of Poppi Carlo Toni is – enhances the already very rich calendar of summer events and launches not only Poppi, but the whole Casentino area, to the fore in this particular sector helping to raise awareness of the territory and its wine and food peculiarities to the general public in a sober and intelligent way". "It is a whole town and all its young people – Marco Seri, recently elected Chairman of the Centro Storico Poppi Pro Loco, adds – that every year allow us to organize a truly exceptional event that in our opinion still has room for growth thanks to the collaboration of the institutions and the support of the many sponsors who have always believed in the Festival, an unforgettable three–day set in the most beautiful corners of Poppi, in the "Taste of Guidi Town".

THE WINNERS OF THE PAST EDITIONS OF THE ROSSI DI TOSCANA I.G.T.AWARD


Year 2006 – Daino Bianco 2003 – Fattoria Castellina – Capraia e Limite (Fi) Year 2007 – Campo all’Albero 2004 –Az. Agricola La Sala – S. Casciano Val di Pesa (Fi) Year 2008 – Aleah 2004 –Villa Mangiacane – S. Casciano Val di Pesa (Fi) Year 2009 – Saletta 2005 – Fattoria Villa Saletta – Palaia (Pi) Year 2010 – Fontalloro 2007 – Azienda Felsina – Castelnuovo Berardenga (Si) Year 2011 – Fontalloro 2008 – Azienda Felsina – Castelnuovo Berardenga (Si) Year 2012 – Fontemerlano 2007 – Castello di Cacchiano – Gaiole in Chianti (Si) Year 2013 – Campolucci 2008 – Azienda Mannucci Droandi – Montevarchi (Ar) Year 2014 – Etrusco 2009 – Fattoria Montecchio – San Donato in Poggio (Fi)

Organizing secretary: Town of Poppi tel. 0575 502230 – poppi@casentino.toscana.it rilliana@casentino.toscana.it Pro Loco tel. 0575 520311 info@prolococentrostoricopoppi.it