Menu

News

Wine Stories
Honouring  the harvest season in Verona with Festival “Hostaria”

Honouring the harvest season in Verona with Festival “Hostaria”

Every year, in October, the city of Verona celebrates the harvest period with a marvellous festival: “Hostaria”. During this particular weekend, the city honours harvest and the territory’s wineries, enabling visitors to experience the historical and cultural importance of harvesting in this region, accompanying them through various tastes, flavours and memorable experiences.

At the Heart of the Harvest

At the Heart of the Harvest

On the weekends of 23-24 September and 30 September/1st October, the third national “At the Heart of the Harvest” autumnal fair took place, organised by Swiss Wine Promotion (SWP), the Swiss wines national body. This year, the organisers were able to rely on thirty-nine Swiss wineries to welcome more than nine-hundred and fifty apprentice grape harvesters.

A bigger picture – Making Bordeaux inclusive

A bigger picture – Making Bordeaux inclusive

It’s understandable that vineyards look to their natural environment when thinking about sustainability, it’s a tangible and sometimes urgent challenge, but a broader definition of sustainability includes people.

The different shapes of inclusive wine tourism in Verona

The different shapes of inclusive wine tourism in Verona

When we talk about inclusive activities in the field of wine tourism, we can mention several initiatives through which a similar goal can be achieved. In fact, different approaches are now used in Verona to understand and put into practise the term “inclusivity”.

A 100% accessible wine tourism experience at the foot of the Andes

A 100% accessible wine tourism experience at the foot of the Andes

Mendoza -as one of the Great Wine Capitals and with 205 wineries open to tourism- offers countless experiences in all its wine-growing areas.

On this occasion we traveled to the Uco Valley to discover a fully accessible tour of the impressive Diamandes winery. To evaluate it in first person, we invited the Mendoza influencer Naty Acevedo, who has a long journey auditing tourism sites and circuits in which inclusion is assured for people with motor disabilities. She is a true activist for accessibility and also a lover of life and wine.

Hawke’s Bay wine industry, there for everyone

Hawke’s Bay wine industry, there for everyone

Known for its sun-drenched vineyards and picturesque landscapes, Hawke’s Bay New Zealand’s Great Wine Capital,  has evolved into a vibrant hub of wine tourism that can be enjoyed by anyone and gives back to its own community.