Mondovino International Wine Festival

The Master Cellar, Palazzo de Piro by Infinitely Xara and Marsovin have joined forces to organise the wine event of the year and first of its kind, Mondovino - The International Wine Festival. This will be held on the 12th and 13th June at Palazzo de Piro - a 17th Century Palazzo nestled in the bastion walls of the medieval city of Mdina. 

The ethos behind the event is to gather wine enthusiasts and those willing to learn in one location, with the opportunity to taste and understand premium wines from all different parts of the wine world, and what better setting to do this than the silent city of Mdina? This weekend event will be subdivided into three main events: A Festival, a series of Master classes and a Wine & Dine event.

The Festival

People attending this will have the opportunity to taste and chat with foreign top wine producers in a unique setting, overlooking the Mdina panorama to the sounds of vintage blues band- The Creepers. For the price of €25 people can avail themselves of free flowing wines from bars spread throughout Palazzo de Piro each serving a selection of Foreign and Local premium wines. 

Tickets for this event need to be purchased in advance on a first come first serve basis, from The Master Cellar, Oratory street Naxxar or online www.ticketline.com.mt.

Price: Eur25 per night | Date: 12th & 13th June | Time: 20:00 onwards
 

Master classes

On the 13th June wine enthusiasts will have the opportunity to attend these sessions delivered in a classroom style set up covering in detail a variety of themes in the following format:

Showcasing the best of Etna - BENANTI is a reputable Sicilian winery famous for the production of premium wines loyal to the soils of ETNA. Agatino Failla from Benanti winery will be telling us about the origins of the beautiful winery and how ETNA is expressed in their wines. Time - 17:00

New World Flavours - History has shown that pioneering New World wine producers have successfully set out to produce wines which can very well live up to their Old World European counterparts. Discover some of these wines through an educational session in which sampling these wine will tell us how great they truly are. Time- 17:00

Unsung Heroes of Italy - There is a rising trend coming from some avant-garde Italian wine producers to rediscover their roots by moving away from the classical noble grape varieties and concentrate on wines that express real territory. This is done by making wines only from indigenous varieties that have been growing in the area for hundreds of years. Time - 18:00

The Heritage of a Winery - Marsovin , Malta’s foremost premium wine producer will be bringing forward a selection of their Cellar Aged Wines. The winery wine specialists will guide you through each wine highlighting the vintage factors that make these wines taste so unique.

Time - 18:00

Price for each class is Eur15. Tickets for master classes need to be purchased in advance on a first come first serve basis from The Master Cellar, Oratory street, Naxxar.
 

Wine & Dine

A bespoke gastronomic wine dinner complete with a pre-dinner aperitivo, featuring wines from our special guest winery for the evening- Benanti, a boutique winery which has a lot to tell about the efforts and determination to craft wines that speak the dialect of the Mount Etna region in Sicily, or so says Agatino Failla from Benanti who will be presenting the wines on the night. This will be held in the exclusive Sala Panoramica at Palazzo de Piro with different wines paired to an exquisite 5 course meal prepared by the Infinitely Xara kitchen brigade. 

Date: Friday 12th June Time: 19:00 for the Aperitivo

Venue: Sala Panoramica, Palazzo de Piro

Price: Eur60 per person

For bookings call the Xara Palace on Tel: 21450560