As usual, criticisms and aprecciations turn around the events, anyway the international wine&food festival “Merano Wine festival” will take place next week end again.

I will not be there so I will wait for your comments and notes, but please find here some very brief notes:

• WHO: since 1992 Helmuth Koecher, the founder
• WHEN: generally in November, this year from the 8th to the 10th of November (2014)
• WHERE: at “Palazzo liberty” in Merano city, in Trentino Alto Adige region, north of Italy
• HOW: selection of more than 500 wine companies in the world and more than 100 italian food companies with several and different sections whose name explains the content itself – Bio&dynamica, then for food Culinaria, national and international traditions, GourmetArena with show-cooking finally Chef’s Challenge; there is also space for beers with the section Beer Passion; yet the Club Excellence: the internazional wine industry, and also Wine Master Classes: guided wine tastings.
• SPECIAL: Cult2014 to meet the best 40 italian wine producers
• WHY: to get your own idea about it