Enoteca Regionale Emilia Romagna was established in 1970 and, in 1978, a regional law defined it as the “the most suitable instrument to promote the wines of the Region in Italy and abroad”.

The Enoteca is located in the Rocca Sforzesca in Dozza (Bologna). Dozza is internationally-known for its Biennial of Contemporary Art “Il Muro dipinto” (The Painted Walls). Since 1960, artists are invited to paint the houses of this small medieval village between Emilia and Romagna which is also one of the "Borghi più belli d'Italia" (The most beautiful villages of Italy). It now displays around ninety frescoes, such as those by Aligi Sassu, Norma Mascellani, Sebastian Matta, Riccardo Licata, Bruno Saetti, Remo Brindisi, and Riccardo Shweizer. The Castle also houses a Picture-Gallery.

A permanent wine exhibition
The promotion and marketing activities are organised in the offices on the ground floor while the basement houses a permanent wine exhibition covering around 1,000 square metres.Almost 800 different wines are on sale at reduced prices. They are produced by around 200 wineries and co-operatives which are members of the Enoteca.

Not only wine is on display
The exhibition is arranged according to wine and food matching principles thus allowing visitors to undertake an imaginary journey through an ideal wine-list which includes all the wines from the Region: from aperitif wines to the sweet ones for desserts, without forgetting balsamic vinegar, spirits, liquors, olive oil and many other specialities. A panel of experts guarantees the organoleptic quality of the wines and of the typical products on sale. Visitors and operators can taste all of them in two fully-equipped wine-tasting rooms.