One of Italy’s leading prosecco companies has been slammed by a leading British restaurant critic as well as rights groups in Italy and the UK for sponsoring a gathering of far right and ultraconservative activists earlier this year.
The firm, Villa Sandi, which has been described as “the most important exporter from the Prosecco area”, was a sponsor of this year’s World Congress of Families (WCF) gathering of Christian right groups, in Verona, Italy in late March. It sells its fizzy wine around the world, particularly in the UK, US and Germany.
Far-right politicians including Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini and representatives of France’s National Rally and Hungary’s Fidesz parties addressed the event, which was also attended by representatives of Germany’s AfD; a Spanish campaign group with close links to Vox; European aristocrats; Russian politicians, Trump supporters; and numerous anti-abortion and anti-LGBT rights activists.
