Italian Fine Wine Encounter

On 4 June, nearly 100 of Italy’s top wine producers came together at the Landmark Hotel in London to pour their wines for more than 600 enthusiastic guests, who were able to discover and taste great wines from around the country

Ian D’Agata, Decanter World Wine Awards Chair for Regional Italy, guided the masterclass audience through a selection of boutique wines grown in the volcanic soils of Etna Paolo de Marchi from Isole e Olena, Tuscany

Masterclass speakers, from left: Roberto Bruno, CEO of Fontanafredda, Piedmont; Marilisa Allegrini, president of Allegrini, Veneto; Alessio Planeta, co-owner of Planeta, Sicily; Antonio Capaldo, chairman of Feudi di San Gregorio, Campania; Lamberto Frescobaldi, president of Frescobaldi, Tuscany; Diva Moretti Polegato of Villa Sandi, Veneto; Marco Caprai, president of Arnaldo Caprai, Montefalco Albiera Antinori, vice-president of Marchesi Antinori in Tuscany, is introduced by Decanter managing director Sarah Kemp at the beginning of the Antinori masterclass, which included a line-up of vintages from 1999-2013 of Antinori’s Tignanello estate wine Andrea Lonardi of Bertani Domains, Veneto Umberto Cosmo of Bellenda, Veneto

Andrea Pieropan of Pieropan, Veneto Federico Dal Bianco of Masottina, Veneto Lorenzo Palla of Loredan Gasparini Venegazzù, Veneto At its pop-up bar, specialist retailer Vini Italiani served fresh prosciutto from Dok Dall’Ava and wines from Primosic in Friuli Fine Wine Encounter guests enjoy the wines on offer at the stands in the Ballroom at London’s Landmark Hotel

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