Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

Those who are visiting the major art cities in Italy in the early days of March, can enjoy important wine events.

In Rome, the Roma Wine Festival (Feb. 29 - Mar. 2) is an occasion to know Italy’s wines. Visitors to Roma Wine Festival will be able to taste through the wines of many of Italy’s finest estates, including the wines selected in the “Best 100” of 2008.
The fair features a section named The Grand Tour of Italy’s Wines which offers you the chance to sample the wines and get to know the many products of specific Italian regions, wine areas and cities.
Where: Rome; Venue: Spazio Etolie, Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina. Details at http://www.romawinefestival.it .

In Venice, at “Gusto in Scena” (March 3 - 5), a 3-day wine tasting and conferencing event, selected wines are divided into four grape-growing areas, mountain, hill, plain, and nearby the sea and paired to regional recipes.
The event will be held at the Molino Stucky Hilton hotel, on the Giudecca island. The venue is 20 minutes ride with Vaporetto from Venice train station Santa Lucia. Molino Stucky Hilton hotel offers free waterbus from/to Piazza San Marco from 7:00 AM to 2:00 AM.
Where: Venice; Venue: Molino Stucky Hilton (Giudecca island). Event details at http://www.gustoinscena.it .

The city of Verona — in Veneto, offers you a chance to combine romance trips and tasting of excellent wines. With Verona setting for the history of the most famous lovers Romeo and Juliet as well as home for the major wine exhibition in Italy (WineItaly in early April), this Veneto’s city is an ideal destination for wine-romance trips.

This appears to be particularly true in the first half of February as a Valentine’s festival takes place there. It’s “Verona in Love“, festival inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet, featuring a series of events dedicated to love and romance. It’s an annually festival; the 2008 edition runs from Feb. 9 through 17.
The ‘official wine’ for this romance festival is Soave, with Veneto — in particular the surroundings of Verona, major growing zone for this DOC wine.

Soave is a 12% white wine, with a light golden yellow color, a harmonious, semi-sweet taste and an intense and fruity aroma. You can have it dry still or dry sparkling. Soave Superiore is not to be released before March 1 of year following vintage. Up to six years, laying.