World symposium MASTERS OF WINE in Italy!

The next Master of wine symposium will be elected in Italy, Antinori applauds: "Italy is not just a productive superpower. Partnership with Master of Wine to count more"

The 304 Masters of Wine or the world wine gurus come from 28 countries and will come to Italy next year. From 15 to 18 May 2014, Florence will host the 8th World Wine Symposium of the Institute of Masters of Wine, thanks to the collaboration with the Grandi Marchi Institute which includes the 19 icon companies of made in Italy enology.

"Italy today cannot only be a wine production superpower - said the president of the Grandi Marchi, Piero Antinori - but must also establish itself more as an opinion leader in the sector. The Masters of Wine are, thanks to a deep knowledge of international products and the influence on all the outlet channels of the supply chain, from horeca to the main media, from auctions to distributors and importers all over the world, starting from the markets. emerging ".

"Identity, innovation and imagination" will be the keywords of the four-year symposium that will be held for the first time in Italy after Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Vienna, Perth and Oxford.
"There is a lot of anticipation for our first Italian event - said the president of the organizing committee (and past president) of the Institute of Masters of Wine, Lynne Sherriff -. Our academy boasts an increasingly global profile and it is important for us to intensify relations with one of the world's epicenters of wine. In Florence - concluded Sherriff - we will start from the analysis of the roots of the places and of the winemaking processes to discover the secrets of a planetary success of a product that has become a symbol of lifestyle on a planetary level ".