The First Two IWFS Award Certificates for Wine!
The IWFS Berkshire Branch has set a new direction for IWFS by gaining agreement from the EAC Committee to present IWFS Award Certificates for exceptional Wine Presentations and Tastings. When 17 members of the Berkshire Branch members went to Lake Garda (see "An Italian Experience" in the December 2008 issue), the programme included visits to four local vineyards. Two of these visits were indeed exceptional and a detailed report on the winemaking techniques employed at these vineyards was published in the March edition of Food & Wine.When the Branch Secretary, Julie Graham and her husband Chris visited Italy's premier event for Italian wines, the Vinitaly Wine Fair in Verona in April this year, she presented the Certificates to Fabio Zenato of Valerio Zenato (Lugana) and Alessandro Castellani of Ca' La Bionda (Valpolicella). Both Fabio and Alessandro were delighted and very proud to have been recognised by the IWFS.
Perhaps we can hope that in this way the aims of the IWFS can become better understood in Italy and that one day we will have branches in this country where food & wine are so deeply embedded in the culture.
Fabio Zenato of Valerio Zenato (Lugana) |
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Alessandro Castellani of Ca' La Bionda (Valpolicella) |
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