The summer event to promote the most representative wines of the Cirò and Melissa Protection Consortium is enriched with many proposals organized by the wineries that will animate the area from 1 to 8 August.
A glass drunk at sunset among the vineyards overlooking the sea, wine tours in the cellars tasting the most representative productions of the companies that for centuries have handed down an ancient winemaking tradition that has made Calabria great in the Italian wine scene. But also tastings, aperitifs, dinners in suggestive locations in the heart of the Cirotano wine production, enriched by music and typical cuisine to enjoy the slow time of the Calabrian winemaking land par excellence while the vineyards shine with ripe fruits, ready for the harvest which will already begin at the end of the month. It is just a taste of the many widespread experiences that the ‘A Vita, Baroni Capoano wineries; Brigante Vigneti and Cantina Campana, Cantine Malena, Caparra & Siciliani, Cerminara, De Mare, Du Cropio, Enotria, Esposito Vini, Fezzigna Vignaioli, Garruba, Giuseppe Pipita Vini, Ippolito 1845, L’Arciglione, La Pizzuta del Principe, Librandi, Maddalona del Casato, Mimmo Vinci, Salvatore Caparra Vini, Santa Venere, Scala, Senatore Vini, Sergio Arcuri, Tenuta del Conte, Tenuta Lonetti, Tenuta Renda, Tenuta Santoro, Vigneti Ferraro, Vigneti Vumbaca, Zito adhering to the “Consortium for the protection and valorisation of Cirò Doc and Melissa Doc wines” organized from 1 to 8 August, animating the area awaiting the key days of the Cirò Doc summer wine event which ends, like every year, with the final party in Madonna di Mare on 10 August in tasting stands and the local food offered by Lagost. The “CWF – Off” route is a sort of preview to be experienced by immersing yourself in the history, culture and tradition of the village of sailors and winemakers. A widespread proposal that transforms Cirò into a great capital of Calabrian wine where you are spoiled for choice. The events to learn about and learn more about the stories of the vignerons, the historic cellars, the young producers and the artisan realities start with the dinners proposed by Lagust – a wine shop with kitchen in the heart of Cirò Marina – dedicated to the tasting of Librandi wines (1 August) , Ippolito 1845 (2 August) and Romano & Adamo (3 August) combined with a seven-course dinner including hot, cold and fried dishes of the local tradition and a first course of your choice. On August 2nd, “Calici in vigna” is Tenuta Santoro ‘s proposal with a guided tour of the vineyards and cellar, paired with three wines from the cellar and typical traditional dishes. An appointment that will also be repeated on Friday 9 August, always in the same format.
At La Pizzuta del Principe , on August 3rd there will be space for the rediscovery of tradition with an experiential workshop on summer preserves and Aunt Mena’s recipes, accompanied by three wines from the Strongoli company and traditional dishes. On Wednesday 7 August the first Pool wine party proposed by the Fezzigna winery at the Agriturismo Santa Maria in the Marinetto district of Melissa: a tasting with buffet dinner, live music with the wines of Fattoria Santa Maria, Salvatore Caparra Vini, Zito, Maddalona del Casato, Garrubba, De Luca, Tenuta Lonetti, Vulcano. Repeat event the following evening (8 August) with the Fezzigna Vignaioli dal 1957 wines, the Arciglione di Cataldo Calabretta, Vigneti Vumbaca, Tenuta del Conte, ‘A Vita, Fratelli Dell’Aquila, Rocco Pirito, Ceminara – Fratelli di Cirò, Sergio Arcuri and Cote de Franze. A night at the Vi.te.s museum. instead it is the Librandi experience for August 7th with departure from the cellar at 5.30 pm and then arriving at the splendid Rosaneti estate where wine lovers will experience the pick-up tour in the vineyards with a welcome aperitif on the hills of ” Vigna Megonio”, walk through biodiversity, reinforced aperitif and wine tasting, night visit to the Vi.te. Museum and musical entertainment. On August 8, ‘ A vita’ offers the tasting of 4 different historical vintages of the company’s Gaglioppo rosé in the cellar, while Baroni Capoano meets at the Cantinetta Capoano Hotel Napoleon for an aperitif with free tasting of local wines. The activities in the cellar continue on August 9th with the wine tour of the Senatore Vini cellar and estate starting from 5pm with a special tasting of the company’s wines, while at the Baroni Capoano cellar starting from 7pm :30 an evening with dinner and show cooking awaits you, for tasting you will find wines from various companies in the Cirò area. Also on the same evening in Borgo Saverona the Cirò Doc event in the village comes alive with various moments of show cooking, tastings of local wines and a live concert by Neo Groove. Instead, the Terrazza Saracena is the evocative space where you can get to know the wines of Cantina Campana with an aperitif featuring dishes from A Casalura and live music. A program of collateral events to discover and get to know the whole world of Cirò up close, meet producers, farmers, wines, cellars, in a common embrace to tell the story of one of the longest-standing wine communities in Southern Italy which prepares for the final two days which will begin on August 9th with the tasting organized by Matteo Gallello – co-founder of the magazine Verticale, a six-monthly magazine dedicated to vertical tastings of the most iconic Italian wines, and editorial director of the in-depth magazine Bromio, dedicated to the symbols and anthropology of wine – on the characters and the identity of Cirò starting at 4.30 pm in the council room of the municipality of Cirò. Following the talk “Cirò ancient roots and new stories” with the participation of Gianfranco Manfredi (journalist and essayist) Giovanni Gagliardi (vinocalabrese.it), Eugenio Furia (La Repubblica), Giovanna Pizzi (Luciano Pignataro wine blog), Guglielmo Gigliotti ( Radio Food), Rachele Grandinetti (Vini Buoni d’Italia), Claudia Maremonti (Wine Tales Magazine), Cristina Raffaele (Sensation wine), Alessandra Molinaro (Slow Wine Calabria), Luigi Salsini (Fare Calabria) and Gennaro Convertini (Enoteca Regionale Calabria ). Then on August 10th the grand finale with the tasting stands in Madonna di Mare with the 32 Cirò companies protagonists of the 2024 edition of the Cirò Wine Festival enriched by the special territorial food box curated by Lagust restaurant, wine shop and pantry with a selection of haute cuisine products, and the signature music of Ricci di Mare .