Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

One of the areas most visited for the event “Cantine Aperte” - “Open Cellars“, May 27 and 28, will surely be the Chianti area, in Tuscany.
The Chianti Classico zone, area stretching between Florence and Siena, is an ideal place to combine sightseeing and wine tasting.

Great wines and typical Tuscan countryside draw in Chianti visitors all year round from all over the world, so the opportunity of free tastings and visits to the cellars in the area will not be missed. And typical towns in the area, such as Radda in Chianti, Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Montespertoli, San Casciano Val di Pesa, to name a few, are preparing to accommodate crowds of visitors. (See the map)

- The Wines
Chianti Classico, including varieties depending on the production area, such as

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An event not to miss for for wine lovers who are visiting Italy the last-week end of May is “Cantine Aperte” - “Open Cellars“.
On May 27 and 28, more than 1000 wine makers across Italy will open their farm gates for free tastings.

It is not only the free tasting that draws crowds of visitors, but the opportunity to better know about wine, grape, vine, and territory. It is an event to experience the culture of wine making in Italy.

We’ll be back to this event, covering some of the areas and wineries involved in the most important annual celebration of the Italian wine.

Should you visit Rome in this end of May, you would also have the opportunity to learn more about the best wines from Lazio.

Several tasting sessions are scheduled in restaurants and other sites in the capitol throughout May, with as themes a few wine production areas of Lazio.

Among the tastings, we suggest:
- On May 21, a combination of Horse race and wines, at Capannelle racecourse in occasion of “123 ° Derby d’Italia del Galoppo“. A wine tasting is being scheduled h. 12.00PM - 7.00PM.
- On May 24, at restaurant La Proposta, Via Terni, theme: “Cooking and Wines from Ciociaria” (h. 7.00PM - 11.00PM).
- On May 31, at restaurant La Proposta, Via Terni, theme: “Cooking and Wines from Sabina and Rome surroundings” (h. 7.00PM - 11.00PM).
Details of the program here.

- The Wines -
Mostly the typical whites from the area surrounding Rome; dry or semi-sweet, with a delicate aroma, such as the ‘Colli Albani’, ‘Marino’, ‘Bianco Capena’, and ‘Castelli Romani’. But also some reds, as the ‘Genazzano‘, from Ciociaria hills, area comprised between Rome and Frosinone.

The use of wood fragments for the artificial aging of wine is to become legal in Europe.
The proposal was recently examined in Brussels by the Wine Sector Management Committee.

Several Italian associations, such as Legambiente or Confagricoltura, just to name a few of them, are opposing to these procedures used by European producers.

They are asking the new Italian government to

“block the road leading to the use of this practice that has nothing to do with traditional Italian wine-making”.

More than 100 labels are being selected for the wine tasting OltreCentovini, will be held May 14 in Casteggio, Oltrepò ¡²ea, North Western Italy.

All the wines are from Oltrepò¦¬´;/strong>, an area located along the the banks of Po river, in a southern corner of Lombardy, set among Emilia, Liguria and Piedmont. It’s mainly a lowland with just a few sweet hills ranging between 200 and 300mt altitude.

This wine tasting will be featuring different themes: autochthonous vine species Croatina and Barbera, the two souls of Pinot Black, the sweet corner: from Moscato to Malvasia, the aged white wines, and IGT from Pavia province. The cost of tasting , which includes pairing with local food, is euro10.

- Event details -
When: May 14 - h. 2.30 - 7.00 PM
Where: at Certosa Cant? Via Circonvallazione -
Casteggio (province of Pavia) - Lombardy. (See Map)
How to get there:
-from motorway Torino - Piacenza (A21), exit Casteggio;
-from motorway Milan - Genoa (A7) exit Casel Gerola, than take motorway A21, exit Casteggio;
-from Pavia take ss Giovi or ss 617.