Priverno (LT) – Vini d’Abbazia

Vini d’Abbazia (Abbey Wines): June 6-8, 2025, in the enchanting Fossanova Abbey, the event celebrating the monastic winemaking tradition

From June 6-8, 2025, Fossanova Abbey in Priverno (LT) will host the fourth edition of Vini d’Abbazia. The event celebrates the monastic winemaking tradition through history, culture and tastings of excellence.

Vini d’Abbazia is an important showcase for Lazio, for the many personalities it involves wine, tourism and lifestyle opinion makers, to whom it offers the opportunity to learn about wine production, artistic and scenic beauty, making the most of the region’s territory.

This is basically one of the most important events in the Lazio wine scene, on which Arsial intends to invest with increasing commitment. In recent years, the Lazio wine sector has made a significant qualitative growth path. It has obtained important awards both nationally and internationally. Latium wines are finally garnering the attention and prestige they deserve. And Vini d’Abbazia is an event that also enhances the Lazio wine world because it turns the spotlight on an area that has an ancient tradition behind it.

Abbey Wines is thus a unique e wind. An initiative more necessary than ever today when there is a need for a different language. Indeed, it is necessary to convey more emotion than technique, in order to bring younger people closer to the world of wine; and this event an event that conveys culture, but also emotions.

Vini d’Abbazia is a journey into the fascinating winemaking tradition of monasteries and abbeys. Among the protagonists of this edition are Novacella Abbey, Praglia Abbey, Badia a Passignano monastery of the Antinori family and Feudi di San Gregorio with Goleto Abbey, as well as important French and Georgian entities.

The event will see three days full of master classes and lectures. There will be no shortage of tasting booths, distributed around the striking Abbey Cloister and a Slow Food Village, the gastronomic area with numerous stands of producers and presidia of the great international movement.

Program:

Friday, June 6, 2025

• 4:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.: Tasting trail
• 5:30 p.m.: meeting “Keepers of the Vine: monks and the culture of wine” at the Infermeria del Borgo di Fossanova, introduced by video by H.E.R. Monsignor Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno. RAI journalist Marcello Masi will moderate.
• 18:00 – 19:30: Masterclass “Il Cesanese: wine of the popes” led by Andrea Amadei, sommelier and voice of Decanter on Rai Radio 2
• 8-9:30pm: Masterclass “The Joy of Bubbles” by Chiara Giovoni – journalist, author and Ambassadeur du Champagne for Italy

Saturday, June 7, 2025

• 11:00 a.m., educational discussion entitled “Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism and Wine Tourism,” a workshop of young BCC members and young entrepreneurs, dedicated to the participatory construction of regenerative tourism offerings.
• 4:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.: Tasting trail
• 5:30 p.m., meeting “Jubilee, Tourism and Business: Strategies for an Integrated Growth of the Territory” at the Infermeria del Borgo, moderated by RAI journalist Roberta Ammendola, will offer a strategic focus on the role of Jubilee 2025 as a development lever for quality agribusiness and experiential tourism.
• 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.: Masterclass “The Wine of the Romans, the Nectar of History” with Cristina Mercuri – DipWSET, Wine Educator, Forbes Wine Editor and Master of Wine Candidate – and Federica Colaiacomo, archaeologist and scientific director of the Lavinium Museum
• 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Masterclass “Amphora” will turn the spotlight on an ancestral method, with Amphora Revolution by Merano WineFestival and Vinitaly, introduced by Helmuth Köcher, founder of Merano WineFestival, and conducted by Simona Geri, sole director of The Winesetter and WineHunter Scout.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

• 4:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.: Tasting trail
• 5:30 pm talk “Ancient Roots and Innovative Ideas: wine according to women,” dedicated to women’s vision in the wine world. A moment of discussion among female professionals who are reshaping the sector, between sustainability, identity and innovation.
• 6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.: Masterclass “The Journey” with Chiara Giorleo – wine and food critic and panel head for Italy of the World’s Best Vineyards competition. With her Fabio Sironi, editor-in-chief of DOVE magazine and expert storyteller of places.
• 8 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.: Masterclass “Wine, Women and Leadership” with Manuela Zennaro, La Repubblica journalist and regional head of the Le Donne del Vino association.

The event, conceived by journalist Rocco Tolfa, is organized by Strada del vino di Latina, the Cooperative Taste
Roots, the Polygonal Association, with the support of the Lazio Region and Arsial, the Chamber of Commerce of Frosinone Latina and the special company Informare, The Municipality of Priverno, Confagricoltura, Bcc Roma and the Italian Sommelier Association, the event’s technical partner. Thanks are also due to the priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word who take care of Fossanova Abbey.

All information on the official page https://vinidabbazia.com/