Food and drink festivals in Italy

Carnival in Ivrea, Northern Italy, famous for its orange battles

thumb|EuroChocolate 2008 thumb|A climbing wall made to look like chocolate, at EuroChocolate 2009

right|thumb|Entrance to the 2011 VinItaly expo. right|thumb|One of the many "press meetings" held by producers, officials and organizations that happen throughout the VinItaly exposition when new partnerships are announced or wine industry awards are given. Vinitaly is an international wine competition and exposition that is held annually in April in Verona city, region of Veneto, in northeast Italy. The event is exclusively for wine professionals featuring an average of 3000 wines from several dozen countries. First held in 1967, VinItaly has been called the "most important convention of dome

annual international culinary competition