Slow Food Italy: Protect the Identity of Cirò DOC Wine
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No to changes to the production rules for the DOC Cirò wine
Thursday, August 26, 2010, Slow Food Calabria met in Vibo Marina, in the province of Vibo Valentia, on the southern tip of the Italian boot, in the presence of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity president, Piero Sardo, to discuss the modification to the production rules for the Cirò DOC wine, among other matters.
Gaglioppo Grape
The changes to the production rules, which would allow the use of grape varieties other than Gaglioppo, the historic vine used to produce the DOC Cirò wines, has been approved by the majority of the producers associated with the consortium, as well as the administrative office overseeing the process. However, a group of producers is deeply convinced that Italian native and traditional vines should maintain their priority, plans to appeal the proposed changes.
Slow Food strongly backs the appeal, as the organization believes that vitivinicultural biodiversity represents one of the greatest values which sets Italian wine production apart. The organization is convinced that commercial strategies which push for flattening the diversity in wine production to face ever tougher global competition, is completely wrong.
According to the rebellious vintners and Slow Food, producing Cirò wine in the traditional way, respecting the organoleptic characteristics of the Gaglioppo grape, is not only possible, but necessary, as they are strongly convinced that Cirò wines which include international grapes, such as Cabernet and Merlot, in the long run can only turn out to be a commercial disaster.
With the support of: Slow Food Calabria, Slow Food Italia, Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità, Vinocalabrese.it
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