The first steps of the National Wine Committee at Mipaaf

The new National Wine Committee officially took office on Tuesday 3 April.

The head of department Giuseppe Serino and the general manager Giovanni Piero Sanna were also present at the first meeting in the Cavour room of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies .

The Committee was appointed on February 29 by the Minister Mario Catania, and is the highest consultative and proposing body of the Ministry in the field of wine.

The new team is led by the President Giuseppe Martel li, and is made up of 18 members instead of the 39 of the previous one. The Committee has the functions established by Legislative Decree 61/2010.


The vice-presidency was entrusted to Michele Zanardo and during the meeting the central commissions "General affairs" and "Technical-normative" chaired respectively by the presidency Gabriella Ammassari and Paolo Castelletti were appointed.

Eight local representatives with their alternate members were also appointed.

Here is the list of the territorial areas alongside the names of the designated contact person and alternate:


Piedmont / Aosta Valley / Liguria Defilippi Emilio / Liberatore Giuseppe,
Lombardy / Emilia Romagna Cagiano de Azevedo Ottavio / Bosso Antonella
Veneto Trentino AA / Friuli VG Esposito Palma / Liberatore Giuseppe,
Tuscany / Umbria Pelissetti Ezio / Bursi Giuseppe,
Lazio / Campania Battistuzzi Giuseppe / Bursi Giuseppe,
Marche / Abruzzo / Molise Favro Francesco / Bosso Antonella,
Apulia / Basilicata / Calabria Bosco Domenico / Bux Nicola,
Sicily / Sardinia Mastrogiovanni Domenico / Bux Nicola.


On this occasion, the Committee approved a new internal regulation which replaces the one that remained in force for over 45 years.