44° Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana Sommeliers

Back in Umbria, after 16 years, the National Congress of AIS, the Italian Sommelier Association. It will be the beautiful city of Perugia in the Sala dei Notari to host the Assembly, the highlight of the year for the life of membership. The Congress, in collaboration with the Institute for Foreign Trade, will take place from September 30 to October 4, 2010 and for the first time will involve all the foreign delegations of the Association. Speakers sommeliers as usual, journalists, restaurateurs, opinion leaders from the United States, Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan, Luxembourg, Belgium, Brazil and Scandinavia. Scheduled five days of meetings, conferences and moments of tasting, educational, guided tours the discovery of key areas of quality of Umbria. At the Congress are in fact organized itineraries to discover the most interesting and most charming region.
Many are territorial and cultural excellence that has the green heart of Italy, his wealth crafts, food ... and just to touch what Umbria has to offer, it was decided to organize sightseeing tours for sommeliers and their carers. The program also includes a trade show titled "Umbria Bella e Buona" in the Rocca Paolina - Perugia and a great time tasting: "I vini che hanno fatto la storia dell'Umbria". Will be the same producers to argue on the subject of birth and wine production, manufacturing techniques that underlie it... and the great experience of sommeliers to complete the path of knowledge with special emphasis on the organoleptic characteristics of the wines themselves and the world enology.