Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

Holidaymakers staying in Jesolo or on the other beaches of the Veneto riviera, will have a opportunty of tasting great wines this week-end (from July 1 to 2).

Jesolo will be hosting the last appointment of the three-months event Primavera del Prosecco (Spring of Prosecco) celebrating this typical wine from Alta Marca Trevigiana. (See Prosecco production zone on the map).

The appointment, named “Calici di Vini a Jesolo”, will feature a great wine such as Prosecco di Cartizze.
The Cartizze is a prestigious type of Prosecco, obtained thanks to a geo-climatic combination.
Sparkling wine characterized by a sweet and dense flavour is ideal to go with desserts but also with spicy dishes.

Appointment very appealing, especially for foreigner tourist crowding Venice and the Veneto riviera.
See map of Veneto riviera

If you are enthusiasts of Chianti or of reds from Tuscany, we suggest a wine tasting featuring Tuscan wines, on Friday June 23, in Tampa, Florida.
“Mama Mia Italian Wine & Food”, is a Italian wine sampling at the Charlie’s Wine Bar of Tampa, featuring Chianti Classico and Super Tuscan wines.

- Wines info

Super Tuscans is a new category of Tuscan wines launched in the 1960s, by a group of young Chianti producers. As they blended different grapes in different proportions not authorized by DOC laws, these wines could not be listed as DOC or DOCG wines. However, today, these wines are very appreciated and expensive; most are a blend of Sangiovese and French Bordeaux grapes.

Chianti Classico is produced in central Tuscany, narrowing the production zone of Chianti to the hills between Siena and Florence (see the map). Chianti Classico production code requires a minimum of 80 percent of the Sangiovese grape.

- Event details

Where: Charlie’s Wine Bar, 533 S Howard Ave., Tampa, FLA
When: Friday June 23 - 7:30 p.m.
For more info: call (813) 250-1967 or click here .

An occasion to taste Italian wines and food will be offered in Chicago this week-end.
The 16th annual festival Festa Pasta Vino is taking place from June 16 through 18.

This event, formerly known as the Heart of Italy Food & Wine Festival, features the best Italian wine , and food entertainment Chicago has to offer.

- Details -
Where: Oakley just south of Cermak - Chicago, IL
Ph. (847) 233-9966

According a survey conducted by Vinitaly.it among a sample of wine enthusiasts in Italy, Prosecco of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, is the favorite wine to accompany appetizers and for pre-dinner time.

Prosecco, a dry and pleasantly bitter wine, that thanks its versatility satisfies the most demanding palates, is ideal to accomapny seafood dishes and - the sparkling variety, for aperitifs.
The Prosecco production zone is an area of Veneto including the hills between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene.

The Vinitaly study also revealed that Italians would love conclude their day with Franciacorta and Champagne, which are indicated as the perfect wines for the summer nights.

Franciacorta is a dry sparkling wine from Lombardy.
White or rosà¨, with delicate and harmonious aroma, ideal for dessert and after dinner hours.

The Spring of Prosecco 2006 series continues its schedule of festivals in Veneto. This week the appointment is in the municipality of San Pietro di Feletto (May 27 - June 4).

The deligthful historical town of San Pietro di Feletto, located in the Alta Marca Trevigiana will celebrate the Prosecco wine with free tastings and an exhibit of Hill Wines hosted in a former Camaldolite monastery.

Great typical food from this Veneto area, will accompany the tastings of excellent local wines in one of the last appointments scheduled for Spring of Prosecco 2006.
Next Spring of Prosecco 2006 event is scheduled in Conegliano on June 17.
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