04/12/2025
Erasmus+ WINE Project Multiplier Event: The WINE Project at DiVino Taste 2025, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
During DiVino Taste 2025, the Bulgaria’s leading national wine forum, the WINE: Wine Innovative Network and Tourism Experiences’ Promotion project was presented as an inspiring example of forward-looking collaboration, learning, and capacity building across Europe.
The Bulgarian Association of Wine Professionals (BAWP), partner in the project, highlighted how the WINE initiative supports the development of new skills for the next generation of winemakers and wine-tourism professionals. The project’s core mission is to provide a structured training programme that responds to the evolving needs of the wine sector - addressing climate challenges, strengthening regional identity, and supporting the growing importance of experiential wine tourism.
A key moment in the event was the reflection on the Learning, Teaching and Training Activity (LTTA) held in Piemonte and hosted by CIOFS. Participants spent a week exploring learning centres that play a crucial role in community development, local innovation, and the promotion of small producers. The experience demonstrated how knowledge transfer, hands-on learning, and community engagement can build long-term value for rural regions.
The audience also learned about the work of Walter Massa and Vigneti Repetto, emblematic figures in Piemonte who have revived native varieties and shown how authenticity can become a powerful strategy for regional positioning. Their stories illustrated two of the key pillars of the WINE project:
• visionary leadership, capable of driving long-term transformation;
• local identity as a source of innovation and sustainability.
To complement this narrative, attendees tasted Derthona Quadro Timorasso 2023 by Vigneti Repetto - a wine embodying heritage, resilience, and the region’s climate-adaptive approach.
The presentation concluded by emphasising that WINE is far more than an educational initiative: it is a growing network of professionals, exchanging ideas, supporting each other, and collaborating across borders. This vibrant community, built through Erasmus+, stands as one of the project’s most valuable long-term outcomes.
The WINE partnership continues to strengthen skills, foster cooperation, and promote regional authenticity as a driver of sustainable development across Europe’s wine landscapes.
👉 Learn more about the WINE project and follow our upcoming activities: https://wineproject.eu
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