Grillante, Organic Sparkling Wine, an example of sustainable agriculture that does not waste
(by Editors) It comes from an early harvest that takes place as early as the first decade of August and is ready before the end of summer. The Grillante Organic sparkling wine from Grillo grapes produced by the charmat method, is a organic sparkling wine and sustainable: because of the cultivation and production regime and the fact that the grapes from which it is made are derived from the Late thinning of Grillo vineyards. intended for higher oenological goals, that is, they are brilliantly recovered rather than simply discarded. Its production, in fact, is part of the three-year project “Integrated Approach for the Development of Innovative Products in the Leading Sectors of the Sicilian Agrifood Sector,” funded by the Horizon 2020 Program, in which Cantine Europa collaborated with the University of Palermo, the Regional Wine and Oil Institute and the Biopek Snc dairy in Gibellina, in the province of Trapani.
Grillante, the organic and sustainable sparkling wine born from the vineyards of Cantine Europa, an agricultural cooperative society in Western Sicily, became the star of one of the world’s most exclusive events: the “Once Upon a Kitchen” charity dinner held at Gotham Hall in New York. The three masters of international cuisine, Massimo Bottura, chef and patron of “Osteria Francescana,” Joan Roca, culinary genius of “El Celler de Can Roca” and Mauro Colagreco, soul of “Mirazur” – respectively ranked among the top three Michelin stars in the world – and Christina Tosi, chef, pastry chef and founder of Milk Bar, a very famous Brooklyn pastry shop, cooked together for the prestigious charity dinner organized by the GR8 agency in favor of God’s Love We Deliver, a charity founded in 1985 that prepares and delivers meals, giving nutritional advice to people living with serious illnesses in the New York metropolitan area. With them was internationally renowned winemaker Roberto Cipresso, who selected the evening’s wines. These include Grillante as the official sparkling wine of the event.
