Meloni at Vinitaly: “Our duty is to support this world. Wine is also culture”

After the visit of some ministers yesterday, today at Vinitaly in Verona is the day of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. «It is a duty to support this sector because it also works thanks to the ability to combine tradition and modernity – were her words upon arrival at the fair, welcomed by the president of Veneto Luca Zaia -. The government’s commitment is also with the measures that we have imagined not only for businesses, but also for young people for a generational change».

The premier’s first stop is at the stand of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, where paintings by Caravaggio and Reni are exhibited: «I consider the choice of ministers Lollobrigida and Sangiuliano to bring two works here for the first time which are linked to the world of wine, because it must be remembered that wine is not only an economic fact but also a cultural one. Wine has been sung in literature and poems, it has been depicted in our painting. There is a history of wine, there is a geography of wine, there is a literature of wine, there is an architecture of wine and a philosophy of wine. There is an essential and identifying piece so the presence of the government could not be missing. It will be a long and certainly very fascinating day».

Meloni then recalled that the wine sector in Italy is worth 30 billion and has 870 thousand employees: «We are the first producers in the world – said the premier -. There are families that carry on important traditions but generational turnover is also fundamental. Therefore, the government’s commitment also with the measures that we have imagined in support not only of excellent productions, not only in support of the company as a whole but also in support of young people and generational turnover».

Vinitaly 2023, Joe Bastianich takes the guitar and sings “Bella Ciao” with Attilio Scienza