A toast will be made at the Doge’s Palace with Prosecco DOC, the city’s official bubbly
While waiting for the lagoon’s best-loved fireworks display, Venice is preparing to celebrate one of the most intense moments in its tradition: the Redentore Festival. An occasion of conviviality rooted in over four centuries of history.
Prosecco DOC will be served for the toast
Once again this year Prosecco DOC will be offered during the evening as the official bubbly of the city of Venice.
The labels of the wineries that have decided to support the initiatives that punctuate the Venetian calendar, from the Carnival to the Historical Regatta, will be on tasting: Borgo delle Rose, Bosco Albano, Bottega, Brilla!, Cabert, Cantine Maschio, Col De Mar, De Stefani, Fantinel, La Delizia, La Marca, Masottina, Ruggeri, Serena Wines 1881, Sui Nui, Tenuta San Giorgio, Val D’Oca, Viticoltori Ponte, Voga and Villa Sandi.
On Saturday 19 July, the appointment for VIP guests will open with a guided tour of the exhibition ‘L’oro dipinto. El Greco and painting between Crete and Venice’, set up in the Doge’s Palace. This will be followed by a toast with glasses of Prosecco DOC in the evocative inner courtyard to kick off the exclusive gala dinner preceding the traditional fireworks on St. Marco’s Basin.
Special guests of Prosecco DOC will be Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise, the top couple of Italian figure skating and already testimonials of the Prosecco DOC Consortium, together with the influencers @tassoculinario and @giuliasattin, well-known faces from the world of lifestyle and food and wine. They will all be able to enjoy this exclusive Prosecco Experience surrounded by the Venetian Gothic masterpiece.
A story of faith and rebirth
Redentore is one of the Venetian community’s most heartfelt celebrations. Its origin dates back to 1577, when Venice emerged from a plague epidemic. During the peak of the epidemic, as a vow for the city’s deliverance from the plague, the Venetian Senate decided to build a votive church in the Giudecca area. The project was entrusted to Andrea Palladio, one of the greatest architects of the Renaissance, and so the Basilica of Redentore, a symbol of salvation and hope, was born.
Since then, every third Sunday in July, a floating votive bridge is built between the Zattere and Giudecca to allow the faithful to reach the basilica on foot. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, a constellation of boats completely covers St. Marco’s basin and thousands of people crowd the foundations and banks of the city to admire the fires that light up the sky and are reflected on the water.
Venetian bubbles par excellence
Being present at this event, as the official bubble of the city of Venice, represents for the Prosecco DOC Consortium the recognition of the authentic bond with the territory and its traditions, a bond that is renewed year after year, glass after glass.
