Douja D or Wine Fair in Asti - Facts and Figures

The curtain fell on the Douja d'or and the numbers confirm a large turnout of public in all the locations of the kermesse located in the city center. The main data is that related to the total tastings in the main tasting points, which indicates that 19.022 were the glasses of wine tasted standing, with an increase compared to last year of 34.7%. The result of the bench of the 52nd salon of the Douja d'or in Piazza Roma is also excellent, with wines awarded in the national competition. Also important are the numbers of the Enoteca dedicated to the competition and located inside Palazzo Ottolenghi, with 8,858 bottles of award-winning wines sold to the public (over 150 bottles of vermouth and grappa). To underline how in total the presence of the public in the evenings of pairing of the dish and dessert of the author combined with the tastings of the Douja del Monferrato, were 7.382, thus doubling the result of the last edition. Palazzo Ottolenghi has distinguished itself as one of the most popular places in the Douja d'or 2018, thanks to the exhibitions dedicated to vermouth and grappa. In detail, 1,818 were vermouth tasted in purity and 3,720 cocktails prepared by the bartenders in the space run by the industrial union, while 1,405 were the grappa and 586 blends based on the distillate.

Renato Goria, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Asti and of the special company for the promotion and regulation of the market of the Chamber of Commerce, which oversaw the organization of the entire event, expresses his satisfaction for this edition: «How to tradition Douja d'or proved once again a great party, able to attract a large audience from Asti, from the rest of Italy and abroad. The 2018 edition is particularly significant for the innovations that have distinguished it, starting from the happy choice of locations spread throughout the historic center, but especially for the synergies put in place by our body. Thanks to the collaboration with the Municipality, with the Cr Asti Foundation, with Piedmont land of perfection and the main territorial and regional institutions, with the trade associations and all the other participants, we were able to express a high level event ».