World of wine: Awards Great Cru of Italy for the best brands and the best Italian and international media.
As many as 400 journalists, national and international operators, authorities and members of the Committee Great Cru of Italy participated in the gala event that was held in the astonishing setting of the arena of Verona.
The award was organized by the Committee Great Cru of Italy, the prestigious association chaired by Vittorio Frescobaldi which brings together more than 100 producers of high quality, which since 20 years offer wines with the highest rating from newspapers, magazines and guides at the international level. Among them: Pietro Antinori, Francesca Argiolas, Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti del Pollenza, Donatella Cinelli Colombini, Matteo Lunelli of Cantine Ferrari, Chiara Lungarotti, Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta of Tenuta San Guido, Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga, Diego Planeta, Lucio Tasca d'Almerita, the Guicciardini Strozzi family, Maurizio Zanella of Ca 'del Bosco, Vittorio Moretti of Bellavista.
Here are the winners of the Committee Great Cru of Italy:
- Best Italian journalist Luciano Ferraro, Chief Editor Italian Chronicles Corriere della Sera / Corriere DiVini
- Best international journalist, the Japanese Isao Miyajima, The Winen Kingdom - Wands - Winart
- Best Italian media, Corriere della Sera (the award was received by the Director, Ferruccio de Bortoli)
- Best international media, Wine Spectator ex aequo La Revue du Vin de France
The evening of the Awards Great Cru of Italy 2013
On the stage, to lead the prestigious evening were the president Vittorio Frescobaldi and the executive vice president Paolo Panerai, journalist and publisher of the Class Group and producer of wine with Castellare di Castellina and Rocca of Frassinello.
During the evening the Great Cru were protagonists, presented by the sommelier of AIS Veneto and, to accompany, the dishes of Italy by Enrico and Roberto Ceres, Three Michelin Stars chef of the restaurant Da Vittorio, and dished of China by chef Guoqing Zhang of the restaurant Bon Wei, Milan.
China and Italy had a confront-encounter during the evening. To the participants in the evening the book Great Cru of Italy - Best Chinese Chefs, in English and in Chinese, was presented, which describes the 100 wines of the members of the Committee combined with the recipes of the 10 most famous Chinese chefs.
The TV channels LIFE Class, Class CNBC and Class MSNBC TV witnessed the evening filming all the international guest speakers.
The speakers were:
Tim Tse-TL (President of the largest winery and wine shop in China, The House of Roosevelt)
-Antonio Galloni
-Guglielmo Miani, President of the Association of Via Montenapoleone
-Giuseppe Sala, CEO Expo 2015, who explained the programs for the enhancement of quality wine.
Main Sponsor Intesa Sanpaolo with Agriventure.
Gala event organized in collaboration with Cattolica Assicurazioni.
Technical sponsor Land Rover
