Vittorio Sgarbi Toasts with Cesarini Sforza Spumante
Piero Valdiserra - July 7, 2006

Vittorio Sgarbi - Erica StoriA few days ago, at the 'Vinicio' restaurant, in the outskirt of Modena, famed Italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi introduced the book 'La chiave bianca' ('The White Key'), by author Erica Stori, to a wide audience. The celebration was highlighted with toasts made with the noble bubbles of the Cesarini Sforza spumante (sparkling) wine.

Erica Stori was born in Revere, in the province of Mantova, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. She started her artistic career as a painter when she was very young, producing fervidly creative works based on a rich chromatic pallet. Later she become Vittorio Sgarbi's literary assistant. Her latest accomplishment is the autobiographical novel 'La chiave bianca' (Edizioni Alberto Maria Gonzaga, 2006.)

Erica Stori
Erica Stori - Vittorio Sgarbi
Erica Stori - Vittorio Sgarbi

Erica Stori and Vittorio Sgarbi

 

'La chiave bianca' recreates, renders, and expounds the private and public world of the young writer, from family affection to intimate relationships. Erica Stori writes short, piercing descriptions followed by effective, tight dialogs, offering evocative, poetic pages as well as deeply detailed characters. The soul of the novel is found in the pages dedicated to the River Po, with the ones featuring family life and the peasant culture which permeates the area knows as Bassa Padana, a culture which, to this day, still informs the feelings and the life of the writer, coming in a close second. As journalist and writer, Enzo Biagi, wrote in the book introduction, "with her direct, extremely lively style, and through her penetrating dialogs, the young author gives us a great picture of the Italian countryside, including perfectly constructed, authentic characters."

The book presentation was followed by a splendid gala dinner, during which Vittorio Sgarbi toasted to the event and to the author's fortunes with the noble bubbles of the Cesarini Sforza spumante wine.

Once more, the wine producer from Ravina di Trento, in the Trentino region, wanted to be present at a public cultural event, where he feels right at home and perfectly in line with the estate motto: 'quality, image, culture.'


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