Rome wine festival 2009, over 110 italian wine merchants

Opens today 9th may 2009 at the City of taste, the Roma Wine Festival, the two days of tasting over 500 wines from 110 italian wine merchants, 35% from Lazio. The initiative promoted by Publica and the Gambero Rosso, in collaboration with the Agricultural Development Agency Regional ARSIAL, give also the chance to discover French wines of the Rhone Valley, including organic and biodynamic, which today, in a tasting led by "Paolo Zaccaria" wine expert, will be compared to wines of the 5 provinces of Lazio. Last year Roma Wine Festival recorded 7 thousand visitors already qualified to the first edition, as outlined by the President of Grh Paolo Cuccia "the business card of the richness of Italian wine merchants." A much awaited by comparison "winelover" that may get into the big names of Italian wine merchants, from consortiums of Brunello di Montalcino and the protection of White Wine Custoza to Masciarelli, of Puglia and Sicily Conti Zecca Firriato and Donnafugata. Already passed with flying colors, at the regional enoteca Palatium, evidence of links between the regional cuisine, from pasta all'amatriciana all'agnello Viterbo with baked potatoes, and the noble French wine Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas. "We continue our activities as promotion of the wines of the Lazio - concluded the Commissioner of ARSIAL Pallottines Massimo - in an event that will bring together players with an audience of qualified consumers, rewarding Awards 2009 with the professionalism of the sector."