In an interview, noted Milan-born philosopher, author, enologist and gastronome Luigi Veronelli (1926-2004) once stated, “wine is the song of the earth to the sky”. He thus created an elevated image that all professionals in the field of wine – and of any other fruit of nature in which man is able to find excellence – should keep in mind.

This image – along with the numerous lessons and inputs this anarchist and eclectic intellectual offered international food and wine culture – certainly inspired the founders and coordinators of the Alta Scuola Italiana di Gastronomia Luigi Veronelli (“Luigi Veronelli” High Institute of Gastronomy), which will open in July 2018 at the headquarters of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.