Italian wines at Il Vittoriano: tomorrow, opening of the exhibition

Tomorrow a special exhibition at the Vittoriano in Rome opens. The exhibition is entitled “Verso il 2015. La Cultura del Vino in Italia” (Towards 2015: the Culture of Wine in Italy).

This exhibition in the heart of Rome aims to celebrate the wine production of Italy, waiting for Expo 2015. “Verso il 2015. La Cultura del Vino in Italia” is divided into six sections and tells wine and its surroundings, from the Mesopotamia period to the present day, through paintings, sculptures, tools, posters, books and video.

“Il vino tra mito e religione” (Wine between myth and religion), “Alla scoperta dei territori” (To the discovery of territories), “Dalla terra al bicchiere” (From the land to the glass), “Vino e letteratura” (Wine and literature), “Le eccellenze. I grandi Cru d'Italia” (The excellences. The great Cru of Italy) and “Vino e cinema” (Wine and cinema): these are the sections of the exhibition organized by Professor Massimo Montanari, Food Historian, one of the most influential in the world. Among the contributors to the realization of “Verso il 2015. La Cultura del Vino in Italia”, there are Prof. Yann Grappe, Professor of History of Wine at the University of Pollenzo and Prof. Louis Godart, Councillor for the Preservation of Artistic Heritage of the President of the Italian Republic.