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Vinitaly

Vinitaly is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vinitaly rather than just read about it. In short: Vinitaly is an international wine competition and exposition that is held annually in April in Verona city, region of Veneto, in northeast Italy. The event is exclusively for wine professionals featuring an average of 3000 wines from several dozen countries.

Key takeaways

Vinitaly belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Vinitaly to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Vinitaly from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Vinitaly is an international wine competition and exposition that is held annually in April in Verona city, region of Veneto, in northeast Italy. The event is exclusively for wine professionals featuring an average of 3000 wines from several dozen countries. First held in 1967, Vinitaly has been called the "most important convention of domestic and international wines" and the "largest wine show in the world". For producers in the Italian wine industry, attendance and the reception that their wines receive is considered a barometer for measuring the health and success of the market, particularly for emerging Italian wine regions. The event is also used as an opportunity by wineries to release new wines and wine styles or announce partnerships with universities, organic and biodynamic wine organizations or even other wineries. Along with Vinexpo, which is held every other year in the French wine region of Bordeaux, Vinitaly is considered one of the premier international wine events.

Wine competition

The wine competition aspect of VinItaly involves a sensory judgement of wines grouped within their own category—dry wine, sweet wine, still wine, sparkling wine, fortified wine, etc. The wines are judged by five member panels which usually includes two Italian judges, two members of the international wine press and an additional, non-Italian judge. After calculating the average of the scores received by the five judges, with the highest and lowest scores tossed, wines are awarded medals (in descending order of prestige) of Grand Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Industry awards

In addition to awards giving to individual wines, the VinItaly expo also host the award presentation for several industry awards in the field of wine journalism. These awards include Best Foreign Magazine which has been won by such wine publications as Wine Enthusiast Magazine (2010) and Decanter (2012), Best Young Journalist won by wine writers such as Monica Larner (2008 and 2010) and Matt Skinner (2012), Best Italian Journalist won by Ian D'Agata and Best International Journalist, also won by Larner (2012). Since 1996, VinItaly has also given out a top International Vinitaly Award to wineries and individuals who have contributed to spreading wine culture international. Previous winners of this award have included:

Marvin Shanken, founder of Wine Spectator (1996) Nicolò Incisa of Rocchetta, owner of the Super Tuscan wine Sassicaia (1996) Corinne Mentzelopoulos, owner of the First Growth Bordeaux wine estate Château Margaux (1997) Robert Mondavi, California wine producer (1998) Pablo Alvarez, owner of the Spanish winery Vega-Sicilia (1999) Aldo Conterno, Piedmont wine producer (2000) Penfolds, Australian winery (2000), Trapiche-Peñaflor, Argentinian winery (2001) Gianni Zonin, Italian producer of Prosecco (2003 Kendall Jackson, California wine producer (2003) Mastroberardino, Campanian wine producer (2004) Segura Viudas, Spanish Cava producer (2004) Alexander Payne, film director of Sideways (2005) Hugh Johnson, Master of wine and wine writer (2008) Jeannie Cho Lee, first Asian Master of wine and wine writer (2010) Lidia Bastianich, Italian chef and wine writer (2010) Castello Banfi, Tuscan wine producer (2010)

See also Food competition Wine tasting Wine competition

References

External links VinItaly - Official Site (in English)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vinitaly

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vinitaly claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vinitaly before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vinitaly ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vinitaly

In research: Vinitaly appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vinitaly in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vinitaly is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Food and drink festivals in Italy, Wine-related events, Wine festivals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vinitaly outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Vinitaly in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Vinitaly means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Vinitaly out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Vinitaly in simple terms?

Why does Vinitaly matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Vinitaly?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Vinitaly.