OLIVA ASCOLANA SCOOPS FOREIGN PRESS PRIZE

Risultato immagine per teatro di ascoli piceno

This year's award ceremony organized by the Gruppo del Gusto (Wine & Food Group) of the Foreign Press Association in Italy, took place in the Marche Region on the 23rd - 24th November 2019 and involved both the city of Ascoli Piceno and the charming medieval borgo of Offida. The winners of the four categories involved were: Il Molino Maggio (section: Production), journalist and food writer Giocchino Bonsignore (section: Promotion of Italian food and wine products), the Meletti Distillery (section: 100 year-old family spirits and gastronomy business) and lastly, the Consortium for the Development and Protection of the Oliva Ascolana del Piceno DOP in the section Institutions). The ceremony took place in the lavishly decorated historic Theatre of the Golden Serpent in Offida. The participating journalists were treated to guided tours of both Offida and Ascoli Piceno, including a medieval costumed procession and a spectacular flag throwing exhibition by the local Sbandieratori  as performed in the traditional annual Quintana (an exciting medieval joust in honour of the local saint, Sant'Emidio, the protector of the city from earthquakes. 

 

Info:

IAT Ascoli Piceno Tel. +39.0736.253045 

URP Offida Tel. +39.0736.888703

Posted on 02 Dec 2019 by Editor
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