08-11-2013
The Kurhaus in Merano, the location for the 22nd edition of the Merano Wine Festival, an event dedicated to excellent wines, which this year will take place on November 9-11th. According to tradition, the event today has a prologue with bio&dynamica, focusing on organic, biodynamic and natural high quality wines
A few days ago, during the presentation of Guida di Identità Golose 2014, Oscar Farinetti was praising Paolo Marchi and all his team. With his teasing intelligence, using only a few words, he caught the truly distinctive character of the guide and of the “Marchi-approach”. “You analyse knowledge in depth, you don’t judge: in one word, you recommend”. A recommendation that has a great value, because everything starts from a desire of deeper knowledge. This dynamic can be found also in the origin of the Merano Wine Festival, and is probably the main cause of its freshness and longevity. Let’s think about it for a second: not creating a shortlist is something that shakes even the hidden laziness of those who participate. Should there be one, wouldn’t you too start from those with the highest points, from the restaurants that seem more noble, at least on paper? Without any declared votes, we all need to make at least a small effort. We need to select ourselves. Because in Merano everyone is on the same level – of excellence. This year, having reached the 22nd edition, 9 tasting-teams of examiners opened the gates of the Kurhaus to 320 wines among the 900 participating.
Helmut Koecher, founder and soul of the Merano event
The 30 vignerons of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, an organisation that this year celebrates its 40th anniversary, will return with their great wines from France. Thanks to the presence of 5 wineries from Georgia, personally selected by Köcher because of the unmatched quality of their wines, it will be like taking a journey on a time machine and go back to the early beginnings of wine culture when amphorae where watching over the maturation of our beloved nectar.
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