Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

With “Cantine Aperte” festival, nearly a thousand of wineries in Italy are open to the public the last-week-end of May.

They will be offering tasting sessions, shows and many more entertaining wine-themed events.

It is estimated more six million wine enthusiasts will be visiting wineries throughout Italy during this Wine Weekend.

Italy’s Wine Tourism Movement has a website www.movimentoturismovino.it, which offers advice on how to locate wineries joining the current edition of “Cantine Aperte”.

“Le Settimane dei Vini” — Weeks of Wines — offers a number of wine themed events held in late May and in June — from May 23 through June 19 –, in the city of Siena, Tuscany.

The historic city of Siena, is situated in one of the major wine production zones in Italy, boasting the likes of “Brunello di Montalcino”, “Nobile di Montepuciano”, just to name a few.

On May 23, the first of a number of wine sampling sessions named “Happy wine con i vini del Vigneto Italia“, is scheduled in Siena at Bastione S. Francesco (h. 6-8 PM). It will be offering a tasting of selected wines paired with chocolate delicacies.

The production zone of Prosecco, in Veneto, lovely hills just a few miles north of Venice, offers wine festivals all the week-ends of spring.
The festivals, dedicated to Prosecco DOC wine, feature a number of wine shows and Prosecco-themed events; they are known as “Primavera del Prosecco DOC” — Spring of Prosecco DOC — festivals.

May 24, is the last day for “Vini and Grappe Città di Vittorio Veneto”, wine show held in the town of Vittorio Veneto.
With the traditional taverns open for the event, visitors have a chance of tasting local wines specialties there. The festival also offers visits to wine museums located in Vittorio Veneto and surroundings.

Conegliano, the “artistic town of wine”, hosts the “Prosecco of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene Show“, a wine show held from May 15th to 24th, 2009 (only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). The town of Conegliano is well-known for its historic buildings and frescos beauty.

With its wine events, Conegliano and Vittorio Veneto in late May, are destinations to consider for a day trip from Venice filled with and wine tasting, sightseeing, art and history,.

More towns located in the Prosecco Hills area hosting Prosecco festivals in May and June include: Corbanese (May 23 to June 7), S. Pietro di Feletto (May 30 to June 14), Serravalle (May 12 to June 21). (See complete “Primavera Prosecco” program).