The wine road of Rosso Conero: a panoramic route which winds its way along the Adriatic coast of the Marche, through magnificent nature reserves and picturesque fishing villages, past all of the region’s most highly-acclaimed wineries.
Posts Tagged ‘Winery Trips’
The wine which conquered Britain
Since 1832, in an ancient “baglio” overlooking the sea of Western Sicily, the Cantine Florio has been producing the Marsala wine which, in the 18th century, became one of the Britain’s favorite tipples.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - November 12th, 2009The art of Grappa
Grape pomace acquavite, better known as Grappa, has been produced in Bassano del Grappa for centuries. Today, visitors to the town’s Nardini distillery discover the secrets of this age old drink within the glass walls of architect Massimiliano Fuksas’ futuristic ‘bubbles’.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - September 25th, 2009Castel di Salve and the wine cellars of Salento
In the cellars of Castel di Salve, right in the very heart of Salento, two childhood friends made a solemn oath: that one day, together, they would cultivate the area’s Primitivo, Nero Leccese and Malvasia Nera grapes and use them to produce some of Italy’s finest wines – wines like the Aleatico Passito, Priante and Lama del Tenente. And, some years later, this is exactly what they did.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - September 15th, 2009Baron Pizzini’s organic bubbles
In 1870, Baron Giulio Pizzini founded a small winery and started producing wines in countryside of Franciacorta, between Brescia and the southern shores of Lake Iseo. Today, in Borgo Barone Pizzini, a group of eco-friendly wineproducers make a fabulous Franciacorta DOCG, fruit of a lasting passion for wine and exclusively organic methods of cultivation.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - August 11th, 2009The art of wine in Alto Adige
Almost two hundred years in the wine industry, an undying love for the grapes growing on the Alto Adige Wine road, and a passion for contemporary installations: the art of wine making in Trentino Alto Adige according to Alois Lageder.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - June 30th, 2009
