The November 25 dinner in Rome combined solidarity, art and a wine project celebrating the Trentino region. Not simply a dinner, but an opportunity to talk and reflect on important issues in a convivial and welcoming setting. When wine becomes a gesture of care.
In the heart of the Monti district, Da Robertino restaurant hosted an evening dedicated to the International Day Against Violence Against Women, with a solidarity dinner to concretely support the National Pink Phone. Protagonist of the wine trail proposed to the guests was the La-Vis Winery, a historic Trentino cooperative, which presented in Rome the relaunch of its recently renovated Ritratti line.
Solidarity and community around the table
The initiative brought together several people over an excellent dinner to reflect, through a gesture as simple and shared as a meal, on the need to support those who are victims of violence. The proposed formula was nice: guests were given a choice of three menus: one fish, one meat and one vegetarian, playing on the possible combinations.
Doing the honors was Roberta Pepi, hostess and owner of Da Robertino, known for her hospitality and attention to detail that characterizes her restaurant. “Sitting at the table together can become a collective embrace ,” she said. – Care and respect should guide our every relationship.”
Among the evening’s guests were Antonella Faieta and Francesca Romani, national president and vice president, respectively, of Telefono Rosa, which has been a point of reference for women and minors in distress for more than 30 years. Faieta explained the terms of the association’s commitment to combating violence against women and supporting victims, stressing the need to keep attention high on the issue of gender-based violence.
The evening was an important opportunity to turn the spotlight on issues that require listening, awareness and active participation, reminding us how the culture of respect can also be promoted through moments of sharing.
The collaboration with La-Vis, which will continue with further initiatives, is a virtuous example of how the wine world can actively support socially relevant projects.
The new project Portraits: a path between quality, art and territory
The evening offered an opportunity to delve into the new course of the Ritratti Line, officially presented by the winery last March. Ritratti represents the evolution of a historic project born in 1988 as part of the Quality Project, a pioneering initiative that introduced then innovative concepts such as zoning, yield reduction and the adoption of quality-oriented cellar practices in Trentino. A forward-looking approach that marked a crucial transition for Trentino viticulture and that today finds new life in this reborn collection.
The relaunch of the line is the result of a collective path involving members, agronomists and oenologists of the cooperative, engaged in a constant dialogue with the territory. “This is not a simple restyling,” explained Ezio Dallagiacoma, technical director and oenologist of Cantina La-Vis. but of the evolution of a spirit that has always belonged to the winery: listening to the land, understanding its changes and turning challenges, starting with climatic ones, into opportunities. The new agronomic protocols go in this direction, rewarding the excellent za of the grapes and the well-being of the plant.”
The line now consists of six labels – Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Noir, Lagrein and Cabernet Sauvignon – distributed exclusively in the Horeca channel. For all of them, La-Vis chose to adopt a distinctive Bordeaux inspired by that of the 1980s, in homage to the project’s origins.
Margherita Paoletti’s art to tell the soul of wine
Interpreting the rebirth of Portraits is Trentino artist Margherita Paoletti, who was selected through a collaboration between the winery and theArchivio Trentino Documentazione Artisti Contemporanei (ADAC), with the support of Rovereto Mart curator and head of the Galleria Civica di Trento, Gabriele Lorenzoni.
The six labels feature original paintings of female figures immersed in nature: images that evoke the balanced and profound relationship between human beings and the environment. Each bottle thus becomes a small work of art, a bridge between the wine and the cultural heritage of the territory. A way to tell the identity of the territory of the Avisian Hills where the vineyards are selected for these wines.
A path that continues
Last night’s event demonstrated how a restaurant, a winery and an association can come together to create something bigger than just a dinner: a moment of meeting, dialogue and, above all, humanity.
The smell of food, the taste of good wine, the warm welcome and the spirit of solidarity blended into an experience that I am sure will leave a positive memory in those who participated.
The Nov. 25 dinner is not just a symbolic event, but the first piece of a larger project that Ritratti intends to pursue: creating connections between wine, art and solidarity, enhancing territory and community. Cantina La-Vis thus confirms its willingness to combine the protection of natural and social biodiversity with support for initiatives that promote respect, sensitivity and care.
