“Less is more” is the password of Micro Mega Wines, the new Vinitaly event showcasing some of Italy’s highest quality estates devoted to unique grape varieties and/or terroirs and characterized by small volume wine productions.
From Piedmont in the North to Sicily and Sardinia in the South, from Freisa to Tazzelenghe to Dorona to Maceratino to Susumaniello to Zibibbo and much more; and from the Langhe to the Friuli Eastern Hills to Venice and its lagoon to Bolgheri to Gioia del Colle to Pantelleria, Ian D’Agata, together with Michele Longo, will lead you in the discovery of some of the world’s most unique wines and the people who make them.
Italy is uniquely blessed with an incredibly large number of native wine grapes and a just as amazing wealth of different terroirs in which these grapes can express themselves in absolutely unique fashion. MicroMegaWines is the new section of Vinitaly created with the intent of showcasing the work of some of the country’s best wine estates, big and small, that, through their passion and hard work help to safeguard and promote both the quality of rare native grape varieties that have called Italy home for millennia, as well as that of international grape varieties that express the uniqueness of specific Italian terroirs with their wines. From Piedmont in the North to Sicily and Sardinia in the South, from Freisa to Tazzelenghe to Maceratino to Susumaniello to Zibibbo and much more; and from the Langhe to the Friuli Colli Orientali to Bolgheri to Pantelleria, Ian D’Agata together with Michele Longo, will lead you in the discovery of some of the world’s most unique wines and the people who make them.