Terre di Lambrusco_2013_WEB.pdf

223 samples submitted, 67 wineries participating, 217 Lambruscos suitablefor tasting, 90 wines selected: these are the numbers of the “Matildedi Canossa – Terre di Lambrusco” Wine Competition 2013, the competitionbetween Lambrusco wines promoted by the Chamber of Commerce ofReggio Emilia for the fourth consecutive year with the aim of promotingand enhancing the excellence of Lambrusco.The protagonists of the event are wineries located in the classic productionarea of Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantua, and Parma, which submitted theirbest products for the careful evaluation of the judges in a blind tasting.The result is the selection presented here, 90 labels representing the excellenceof Lambrusco production collected in a guide aimed as a callingcard for the Lands of Lambrusco and to accompany both consumers andprofessionals on an ideal journey to the wineries and producers who havemade quality a distinctive element of their work.The red bubbles of Emilia and Mantua tradition are a symbol of our landthat is known worldwide, a land that we as the Chamber of Commercewant to contribute to promoting, to raise awareness of the various typesof wines and to highlight the entire classic production area, beyond theboundaries of the single provinces.Lambrusco wine is a piece of the heart of Emilia, with its landscapes filledwith rows of vines in the lower zones and the foothills. It is the perfect complementto the famous local food, a wine produced by historical wineries aswell as new ones, all proving their expertise in the panorama of producers.It is the most widely exported wine in the world, but it is also a product bornof the passion of our growers that clearly interprets the spirit of this land:enthusiasm, energy, liveliness, vivacity, drive, but also the utmost seriousnessand concreteness.This guide includes the wines of more than 40 wineries. Our advice is to letyourself be transported on this journey through the lands of Lambrusco,to be led through the best products, to have your curiosity piqued by thewineries, to discover new products and new pairings, but always with theguarantee of quality offered by this competition.Our heartfelt thanks to all those individuals, who I would call “fellow travellers”,who join the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia in the success ofthe competition: the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Province of Reggio Emilia, the Municipality of QuattroCastella, the four Consortiums of the provinces involved, Assoenologi,AIS Emilia, the Chambers of Commerce of Mantua, Modena, and Parma,and the Emilia-Romagna Enoteca Regionale.President of the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio EmiliaEnrico Bini6