Carlo Cracco signs dinner for the 35 years of the Franciacorta Consortium

It was the most glamorous of the Italian chefs, Carlo Craccoto sign the Dinner Party organized on an elegant private terrace overlooking Piazza Duomo to celebrate i 35 years from the Foundation of the Franciacorta Consortium. A big party marked by the elegance of the bubbles of a wine that has always represented Italian excellence, and which has celebrated this important anniversary during the Milan Fashion Week®, of which Franciacorta has been an official partner for over thirteen years.

A special appointment that brought together two hundred Italian and international guests from the worlds of fashion, cinema, television, sport, publishing and food and wine, with many names of the world of entertainment, such as The actors Giacomo Giorgio, Violante Placido, Michael Cooper Jr., Giorgia bands and Gaia Amaral; the NBA Anthony Black basketball player; The first dancers of the Teatro alla Scala Verna Toppi and Nicola Del Freo; Known faces of television such as Paola Barale, Giorgia Surina, Paolo Kessisoglu and Costanza Caracciolo, the actor and violinist Leonardo Mazzarotto, Together with many friends of Franciacorta who wanted to toast this important milestone.

If Carlo Cracco guided the gastronomic dances of the evening, with a path of dishes designed to enhance the different types of Franciacorta in tasting, to conduct the dances in the literal sense was the famous Spanish dancer Sergio Bernal, Artist recognized internationally not only for his extraordinary ability to merge classical and flamenco dance, but also for his contemporary and transversal approach, which dialogues with the aesthetics of art, fashion and design. Bernal made himself the protagonist of an intense and magnetic performance, which came to life – in unpublished form for Franciacorta – starting from a personal reflection of the artist: just as his dance arises from a deep love for the earth, this creation is also an expression of a territory that pulsates with energy and vitality. Loving the earth means loving life, and it is precisely this life force that Bernal has staged with elegance, passion and authenticity.

“Celebrating the 35 years of the consortium right here, in Milan, during an iconic event such as Fashion Week, means recognizing the role that Franciacorta has been able to conquer over time: that of ambassador of an Italian lifestyle based on authenticity, elegance and respect for the territory. This stage is a point of continuity with the past and at the same time a strong signal for the future », commented the president of the consortium Emanuele Rabotti.

Born thirty -five years ago from the initiative of twenty -nine producers to guarantee and control respect for the production discipline of Franciacorta wine, today the Consortium has over 120 cellars and more than two hundred members involved in the production chain of the Franciacorta DOCG denominations, Curtefranca Doc and Sebino IGT. Over the years, The Franciacorta Consortium made its wine protagonist of the most important appointments: Not only has Franciacorta has been chosen as official wine weeks wine, but is also an official partner of Porsche Carrera Cup Italia since 2021, and has also established an important partnership with Michelin, which elected it in 2021 Destination Partner and chose the territory for three years for the presentation of the guide.

“National Chamber of Italian fashion and Franciacorta are two ambassadors of Made in Italy in the world, both put the high quality in the center and tell it,” he said Carlo CapasaPresident of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, wishes to the Consortium for his 35 years. «We are united by attention to raw materials, the enhancement of the territories, environmental and social sustainability. But above all the passion of people who work in the two industries. For this we are happy to collaborate together by amplifying the narration of a story of excellence and enhancement of Made in Italy ».

And it is not over: for its thirty -five years the Franciacorta consortium has made a gift. During the evening it was in fact previewed Franciacorta Magazinenew bilingual editorial project that was born with the aim of telling the Franciacorta name in all its dimensions: not only wine, but also culture, craftsmanship, sustainability, creativity and beauty.