Conference: "Heroic viticulture, mountains and territory an essential link"

On Saturday 23 April 2022, the conference entitled 'Heroic viticulture, mountains and territory: an essential link', organised by Cervim, Ersaf and the Lombardy Region in collaboration with the Valcamonica IGT Wine Consortium, the Vallecamonica Mountain Community and the Brescia Order of Agronomists and Foresters, was held at the Darfo Boario Terme/Bs conference centre.

The conference saw an initial scientific part, with the presentation of 4 papers:

• Current events and prospects in Camuna wine-growing by Lucio Brancadoro, University of Milan
• The Cervim and the valorisation of heroic viticulture by Diego Tomasi, President CTS CERVIM
• Participatory characterisation of heroic vine-growing landscapes: case studies in Valled'Aosta and Valtellina within the InTERRACED_Net Project
  by Marco De Vecchi, DISAFA - University of Turin
• The SINEMURI territories. Ethics, Aesthetics, Essentiality of Unique and Identitary Wines by Ivan Elfi, PhD Agronomist

and a second technical-political part with a Round Table with the participation of:

• Filippo Gallinella, President of the Italian Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies
• Fabio Rolfi, Councillor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems of the Lombardy Region
• Alessandro Fede Pellone, President of ERSAF
• Stefano Celi, President of CERVIM
• Giovanna Prandini, President of ASCOVILO
• Anna Giorgi, UNIMONT
• Tino Tedeschi, President of Consorzio IGT Valcamonica

"It was a very important appointment - emphasised Stefano Celi, President of Cervim - because once again the relationship between heroic vine-growing and the mountain territory was explored, in an area of great scenic importance and which expresses outstanding oenological excellence such as Valcamonica."

Below you can see and download the scientific papers presented in the first part of the conference.