Institutions, trade groups,firms join forces at Vinitaly USA

(ANSA) - CHICAGO, OCT 18 - Institutions, associations and Italian winemakers line up together at the first edition of Vinitaly.USA, the b2b event scheduled October 20-21 at the Navy Pier in Chicago. Organized by Veronafiere and Fiere Italiane with the support of ITA-Italian Trade Agency and collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vinitaly.USA aims to become a landmark business event for promoting Italian wine and matching supply and demand.
    The President of Veronafiere, Federico Bricolo, said: "The collaboration network that Veronafiere has set in motion with institutions and the involvement of associations representing the wine sector (Unione Italiana Vini and Federvini), and agriculture (Coldiretti, Filiera Italia and Confagricoltura) is an effective example of virtuous promotion on the US market. The presence in Chicago of Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Riccardo Guariglia, the legal advisor to Minister Tajani, Marco Rago, alongside the President of ITA, Matteo Zoppas, is a clear demonstration of a team working with companies in a win-win context." The inauguration of Vinitaly.USA (Sunday October 20 at 12:00 noon local time) also welcomes important collaboration with the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce for the Midwest-Chicago. It offers buyers more than 230 Italian wineries presenting more than 1650 labels for tasting, as well as regional collectives (Calabria, Campania, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Latium and Sardinia), in addition to institutional attendance by the Veneto and Umbria Regions). There will be the following speakers: Federico Bricolo, President of Veronafiere; Maurizio Muzzetta, President of Fiere Italiane; Damiano Tommasi, Mayor of Verona; Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry; J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois; Matteo Zoppas, President of ITA; Riccardo Guariglia, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Maco Rago, legal advisor to Minister Tajani; Mario Pozza, President of Assocamerestero; Fulvio Calcinardi, Secretary General of the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest-Chicago; Francesco Rocca, President of the Latium Region; Robert Allegrini, President of NIAF (National Italian American Foundation). Sector organizations will also attend: Unione Italiana Vini and Federvini with their respective presidents Lamberto Frescobaldi and Micaela Pallini, joined by agricultural representatives Ettore Prandini, President of Coldiretti, Luigi Scordamaglia, President of Filiera Italia, and Annamaria Barrile, CEO of Confagricoltura, alongside the deputy CEO of Banco Popolare di Sondrio, Mario Erba, and Paolo Barletta, CEO of Arsenale S.p.A.
    and Gruppo Barletta. The event will also be attended by Maurizio Danese, Managing Director of Veronafiere, with Vice-Presidents Matteo Gelmetti and Romano Artoni, and CEO Adolfo Rebughini.
    On Sunday 20 October, the Vinitaly Facebook channel will host live streaming of the inauguration of the first edition of the exhibition from 12 noon (local time) followed at 4pm by live broadcast of the ITA Wine Business Forum "Between tradition and innovation: the future of Italian wine on the US market", developed by the ITA Agency in collaboration with NABI (National Association of Beverage Importers). It will feature reports by analysts and the main players in supply and demand fields.
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