Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

IRVO's experimental wines in AIS tasting

From Catarratto to Grillo to Nero d'Avola, ten IRVO wines will be tasted on Friday, March 18, at NH Hotel, in Palermo.

These are the experimental wines resulting from the project "Process and product innovation in the Sicilian wine supply chain“, financed by line 4.1.1.1. of the ERDF Sicily 2007-14 (managed by the Regional Department of Productive Activities). The tasting, organized by the AIS, will be led by the biologist manager Daniele Oliva and the agronomist manager Antonio Sparacio.

The project, which began in April 2012 and ended in October 2015, saw a series of research activities carried out by IRVO. Specifically, three different themes were developed with the aim of finding innovative solutions to some problems of Sicilian oenology in the laboratory and in the experimental cellar. Useful innovations transferred directly to the production lines of the companies involved in the project. In fact, there were five winemaking companies on the island that collaborated, namely: Cantine Settesoli (project leader), Cantine Colomba Bianca, Cantina Viticoltori Associati Canicattì, Cantina Primavera and Nicosia spa. The production of wines with more glycerol and less alcohol, that of wines with a lower sulphite content and finally longer-lived red wines were the thematic areas towards which research was directed.

 

And here are the ten wines that will be tasted on Friday:

Catarratto/Grillo 2015 without sulphites

Nero d'Avola 2014 without sulphites and with sulphites

Traditional Merlot and with C. zemplinina yeast

Merlot 2014 traditional and with C. zemplinina yeast

Nero d'Avola 2014 with astringent tannins in steel tank

Nero d'Avola 2014 with non-astringent tannins in tonneaux

Nero d'Avola 2014 with non-astringent tannins in barriques.

 

 

To participate the contribution is €20. For further information, these are the contacts: [email protected] – 338 4617492.