After the summer success, the Gin Fest returns to Cervia in a winter edition. The event dedicated to artisanal Gin will take place on Friday 1 December at Officine del Sale , a stone's throw from Torre San Michele where this summer the Craft Gin Summer Fest attracted over 500 participants for an evening of celebration, music and top tastings .
Location - As in July, the event is concentrated in a single day, Friday 1 December from 4.00 pm until night , and hosts around twenty artisan producers from all over Italy , inside the Officine del Sale, an ancient artefact born from the recovery of a former storage warehouse from the end of the 17th century, which today, after a masterful renovation, has become a fashionable space dedicated to catering and entertainment.
Format - During the event each producer has their own station available, where they can taste the Gins pure or combined with prestigious tonics, taking into account the rules of conscious drinking. A large counter instead is set up by the Enoteca Regionale dell'Emilia Romagna which brings products from regional companies for tasting, especially gin and vermouth, to be tasted in cocktail format also with bubbles.
Food tastings from local producers, certified foods, shopping at the counters, live music with the band The Chargers Acustic Rock-PoP Duo, and cultural interludes complete a day of tastings and product knowledge.
Access rules - The ginlover accesses the event with the purchase of a booklet at the price of 20 euros including 3 coupons that can be spent for the tasting of 3 gin and tonics, gin tastings at the producers' stands and food tastings. For Horeca operators, entry is free upon accreditation.
The masterclasses - To enrich the program there will also be two Masterclasses which will tell and combine, according to the principles of food pairing, some selected gins with intriguing food tastings. The first Masterclass ' Gin and Crudités ' is scheduled for 7.00 pm, the second ' Gin and cheeses from Romagna ' at 8.30 pm. Places are very limited, the cost is €10 and reservations are required directly at the cash desk.
The Site - Il Craft Gin uses a brand new site craftginfest.it , created by the Origami Agency, to give producers a voice, telling events, activities and stories of the on-made archipelago of Italian gin.
The partners - Organized in synergy between Officine del Sale, Sale Dolce, and the PrimaPagina Agency, the Craft Gin Fest has gained the collaboration of the Origami agency and prestigious local and national sponsors, including Alpex, the patronage of the Emilia Romagna Region and that of the Municipality of Cervia with which agreements have already been made to propose the event again next summer in Milano Marittima.
