UVA welcomes its new members!
January 2025 – The Urban Vineyards Association continues to expand its global network with the addition of three new members: Eichhorn Winery in Vienna, Studley Park Vineyard in Melbourne, and Vinhedo Lacustre in Brasilia.
With these new additions, the Association now spans 10 countries across 4 continents, representing a total of 21 urban vineyards.
"Urban vineyards are a growing global trend, and nearly every country with suitable conditions for viticulture will have some within its cities," said Nicola Purrello, President of U.V.A. "Expanding into new countries and continents is essential to our mission of connecting these rare yet precious vineyards, often nestled and hidden within urban landscapes."
First World Day of Urban Vinyards
October 27, 2024, marked the inaugural World Day of Urban Vineyards, an initiative promoted by our Association to celebrate and raise awareness of the growing trend of urban vineyards and their vital role in creating healthier, more sustainable cities.
To commemorate the occasion, visual arts competitions were organized in Venice, Barcelona, Catania, Los Angeles, Bergamo, and Thessaloniki, transforming urban vineyards into vibrant hubs of creativity, with photographers, painters, and illustrators capturing their unique charm.
Elsewhere, urban vineyards celebrated the arrival of autumn on a more intimate scale, fostering local engagement and spreading appreciation for the cultural and historical significance of vineyards in urban environments.
The Association is already preparing for the Second World Day of Urban Vineyards, set to take place in October 2025, with even more exciting initiatives on the horizon.
UVA Welcomes New Board and Expands Global Network
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October 2024 – The Urban Vineyards Association (UVA), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting vineyard cultivation in cities around the world, is entering an exciting new chapter. With a focus on environmental sustainability, cultural enrichment, and economic benefits, UVA is creating a global network of cities that embrace urban viticulture.... READ MORE
Expo Dubai 2020
Sustainable Beauty will save the world
UVA will be guest at the Expo 2020 Dubai Italy Pavilion, on Piedmont Regional Day.
An extraordinary opportunity, but also a great challenge…that of to witness our proposal for smart city of new conception, that grows in the name of sustainability around the UrbanVienyards: a symbol of sustainable tourism and trigger for a revolution of the city space.
October 16/17, 2021, Siena “Urban Vineyards Days”
The association meets, after years of stop due to pandemic, to tell about new future projects and welcome the two new members. Rooftops Reds, a wineyard situated on a rooftop of a Brooklyn building in New York City and the “Etna Urban Winery” planted near Etna, at the entrance of Catania.
9-13 October 2019, Paris
The Urban Vineyards Association celebrates the Fête des Vendanges in Paris, host of one of its member urban vineyards, the Clos Montmartre. For over 80 years, the Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival has celebrated the Montmartre area and its vine.
Already in the 12th century, the ladies of the Montmartre Abbey planted the first vines and developed wine production. Before urbanization and housing flourished on the Butte, three quarters of it was covered with vines, which disappeared completely in 1928 and then were reborn in 1933. Since 1934, every second weekend of October, Montmartre celebrates its winemaking tradition and welcomes the arrival of the new cuvée of his vineyard.
18 October 2019, Turin
On the occasion of the Grapes in Town event in Turin, the first initiatives of the Urban Vineyards Association and the new members are presented: a program full of cultural events and tasty rendez-vous.
From 2020
Organization of a Tourism Circuit of the Urban Vineyards: through the wise job of tour operators and the tourism press, an international itinerary will be promoted to connect the Urban Vineyards of Europe, providing the information and details necessary to embark on a journey of discovery of these green urban treasures.
Annual wine tasting of the Vigne Urbane: annual meeting to bring together all the urban vignerons. This traveling event will be an opportunity to get in touch with an international audience, offering operators and tourists a series of services and packages including visits to cellars and urban vineyards, educational harvests, courses and tastings in the name of a green urbanity.
Consumer awareness campaign in schools: each urban vineyard of the Association will promote a consumer education campaign in the middle schools of its area in order to raise awareness among young people about responsible wine consumption.
