WINE TOWN FIRENZE 30th of September to 2nd of October

IN ENGLISH:
It will have 10 thematic paths, each one distinguished by a color and name of a vineyard, which will guide people towards the most interesting happenings.
Many events will take place in the historic city center, making people itinerate from a square to another, totally avoiding the classic scheme of a “closed” event.
Thursday, September 30, will be reserved for professional encounters and conventions while, on Sunday, October 3, the celebration and awarding of the most excellent wines and of the tourists that partecipated in the various games organized will take place. Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, whatever space is necessary will be used to display at least 20 shows along the route.

Locations - The historic buildings, the cloisters, and the corners of the city will be renamed using wine names, creating a continuous chase of interesting events, encounters, experiments, workshops, exchanges, and much more.

Tastings
Tastings will be offered to the visitors by the partecipating wine celllars by way of a pre-paid €10,00 WineCard and will allow them 5 tastings. This service is part of the comittee's commercial offer.

The WineCard
It also allows the holder to visit the town museums, ride the Florence buses, and use the parking spots. With doubtless economical advantages, the city becomes a SYSTEM.

Pollution
The event adheres to the ZERO IMPACT regulations, with an evalutaion of CO2 consumed and reforestation a project that will be defined in the next few months.

Guests and VIP
Many important, prestigious, and famous guests will be invited as wine producers and lovers of wine tasting, from Florence and of its food and wine tradition. A few restaurants will be working with the wine cellars to organize themed dinner and professional encounters.


IN ITALIAN:

Si terrà a FIRENZE nella splendida cornice di Piazza Pitti l'evento WINE TOWN FIRENZE 2010 la prima edizione dell'incontro internazionale con i produttori di Vino di qualità.

La città di Firenze, culla del rinascimento, ospita questo grande evento dal 30 settembre al 3 ottobre 2010 in quanto è stata rinosciuta come una delle nove capitali del mondo del vino. Un evento innovativo che diventerà un appuntamento annuale che si rivolge agli amanti del vino d'autore e per avvicinare le persone alla degustazione dei vini e con l'impegno di sensibilizzare il pubblico presente alla WINE TOWN FIRENZE verso l'uso consapevole del vino.

Sono previsti incontri, eventi, mostre per parlare del vino e i visitatori all'interno di chioschi e i palazzi del centro storico potranno degustare grandi vini fin dal mattino e la sera sono previsti intrattenimenti teatrali. E' prevista una WINECARD al costo di € 10,00 una carta prepagata caricata con 5 punti e da diritto all'acquisto di 5 bicchieri di vino. Le degustazioni saranno sempre serviti da sommelier qualificati.