(Apr. 6) – “In vino veritas” says a Latin phrase: in wine there is the truth. Today the truth is in numbers and one bottle of wine out of five is Italian. The latest success comes from Los Angeles, where a delegation of wineries from Friuli Venezia Giulia has participated in the WSWA, largest fair of American wine distributors. The international show has seen the presence of Italian companies under the aegis of Friuli Future Wines II, the Ati and the Chamber of Commerce of Udine. The delegation was composed by forty companies, combined to promote their products on the American, Russian and Chinese market. The Friulian firms participated to the competition organized during the event and four of them have been recognized with eight medals: a silver medal went to the company Attimis Maniago and its Pignolo, while Bidoli won the prize ‘Best of the show’ with the Pinot Grigio, which also took the ‘double gold’ ward. The gold medal went, ex aequo, to the Refosco of Antonutti, the Sauvignon blanc of the company Aquila Del Torre and again to Attimis Maniago for the Vignaricco, who also won a ‘double gold’ and a ‘Best of the show’ for the Ronco Brolio. It confirms the good results for the region of Friuli in an international context attended by over 2000 industry players. (Gil/Peg)
