Italy at Vinitaly - Marche

OVERVIEW

The Marches: an exciting economy
At the centre of Italy, facing the Adriatic Sea, the Marches joins “know-how” and the entrepreneurial spirit to artistic genius.
A competitive region, open to the challenge of the future, that thinks big and is able to render modern its historical tradition. The Marches, precious geographic link in world markets, boasts an economic development system known throughout the world, able to join economic growth with enhancing the value of the territory and safeguarding the environment, technological research and respect for cultural traditions.
A region that reinvents itself continually, developing creativity and innovation.

The territory, harmony and quality
The Marches, the only region in Italy with a plural name, reveal a multiform and, at the same time, unique heart. 5 provinces (Ancona, Pesaro-Urbino, Macerata, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo) and 246 local administrations at human level reveal a truly variegated territory.
The Marches are a real and proper widespread museum where culture integrates well with the tourism offer that combines the sea, mountains, art-cities, spiritual places, and so on.
180 km of surprising coast and beach, 26 towns that face the Adriatic Sea, 13 Blue Flags that bear witness to the quality of the waters, a maritime port and 9 tourist ports, 2 national and 4 regional parks, 5 nature reserves, more than 100 florist areas, 15 state forests and numerous centres of environmental education.
More than 100 cities rich in history and art, 500 splendid squares and more than 1,000 significant monuments.
A region in which history is continually discovered and treasured: 7 archaeological parks, 34 sites and 44 museums, 183 sanctuaries, 33 bastions, 106 castles, 15 fortresses, 170 towers, and more than 40 conserved abbeys. The greatest density, in Italy, of museums and art galleries: 344 in 246 municipalities.
The Marches, yesteryear’s mother of a genius with many souls: Leopardi, Raffaello, Rossini, Pergolesi, Spontini, Gentile da Fabriano, Federico II, Padre Matteo Ricci.
Today, all the others.

The economy of taste and flavour
Heart and soul at the table, starting from a nature that dialogues with production.
In catering, the flavours of the hinterland join the fascination of seafood gastronomy.
Pleasure respecting health: a range of wines able to satisfy every palate and combination, extra virgin olive oil, cereals, pastas. honey, sweets, milk and derivatives, eggs, fruit and vegetables. Variety and tradition exported throughout the world with affirmed and recognised trademarks. Seventeen certified DOC, DOCG and IGT wines, five DOP and IGP productions, 93 products recognised in the national list of traditional products.
The Marches, a region that boasts logistics bases among the most important in Europe for working and conserving fish, deep-freezing and stocking. And a new sensitivity, organic, which delineates the flavour of a culture.