The town of Bertinoro lies on the hills, home to a centuries-old wine tradition and hosts to InterNosCon, the main Italian convention dedicated to the culture of play. Association between the game and the Bertinoro Municipality came as a natural consequence.

The town itself owes the name to wine. The legend tells of Galla Placidia (roman empress buried not far in Ravenna) passing in Bertinoro. Tasting the local wine she commented “You are worthy of being drunk in gold” (literally “berti in oro”) thus the name of the town.

Still today Bertinoro is an adorable little medieval town. In its walls are kept the historical reserve of Sangiovese wine, the fortress and the interreligious museum. But Bertinoro is especially famous for its Hospitality Column. In ancient times those who tied their horse to one of the rings of the column were welcome as guests by the family owning the ring. This tradition is still celebrated every year in september: official guests and simple visitors are invited to take one of the many envelopes hanging from the rings and put there by local families and restaurants. The owner of the envelope will be their guest for dinner.

We send our Bacchanalia in the world with the hope that, apart from transmitting the exoticism and sensuality of the bacchanal, it will act as an ambassador for the welcoming and pleasure loving mood of Romagna.