Italy’s new wave of natural wine fairs
If like me you have a deep-seated passion for all things amber-hued, and consecrated to the Great Mother of Unholy Macerations, you surely know of the major natural wine fairs in Italy and you may have been a more or less frequent visitor. I’m speaking here of stalwarts like Vini Veri, the oldest natural wine fair and among the oldest associations; or Vinnatur, born of a schism from Vini Veri, organised by probably the largest association of natural vignerons in Europe and boasting the first natural wine charter overseen by government-approved regulators.
These are undeniably wonderful events, brimming with great vignerons who have in many cases become cult names from Tokyo to Copenhagen, despite their humble demeanour. They are now solid institutions of the natural wine world and beyond, established and well known.
However, if I want to feel once more like a young Padawan just initiated into the Orange Arts and still discovering the Force, I turn my attention to newer horizons. Don’t g…
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