Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

The Prosecco Doc Spring Festival is a wine event taking place in a production zone of Prosecco — Treviso Altamarca, in Veneto, 50 km North of Venice. The festival features several Prosecco wine shows, held during the week-ends, from early March through June, in many towns located inside the Treviso Altamarca.

It is an opportunity to get to know the wines of the Treviso Altamarca. Among them, the most known Prosecco Doc and Cartizze, but also outstanding local wines such as Colli di Conegliano, Refrontolo Passito, Torchiato di Fregona and Verdiso.

This event offers wine tourists the opportunity to participate in excursions and guided tours to the Altamarca hills.

Next Prosecco Doc Spring Festival date, is “Wines of hills Show“, taking place from May 31 to June 15 in the town of San Pietro di Feletto.
- Map of San Pietro di Feletto and Altamarca hills.

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.

A selection of the best Italian and international wines will be on display at Vinitaly in Verona from March 29 up to April 2. Vinitaly is one of the largest wine and spirit exhibitions in the world, with over 4000 exhibitors from leading wine-producing countries.

This is primarily a trade show, however several related events that are being held in the historical settings of Verona offer a more relaxed atmosphere.
So, wine lovers have also the opportunity to enjoy five days of guided tasting sessions, meetings, wine and food pairing sessions led by top chefs designed to help you learn how to best combine certain wines with various foods.

When: March 29 up to April 2
Where: Verona (Veneto)
Find out more at Vinitaly website

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

For ‘Spring of Prosecco’ series, we suggest a couple of events in the Prosecco area, started on May 5 and run through May 14.

In the town Combai is taking place “E’ Verdiso” from 5 to 14 May 2006.
It is a festival devoted to the authoctonous vine Verdiso.
An opportunity to get acquainted with all the different local Verdiso wines: still, semi-sparkling, full sparkling and “passito”.

The city of Vittorio Veneto is hosting a typical local Wine exhibition (from May 05 to 14).
From the city centre, the exhibition reaches the museums of its historical centres Ceneda and Serravalle and their characteristic taverns, where it is possible to taste traditional local dishes and wines.

The Spring of Prosecco 2006 complete calendar (Source: PrimaveraProsecco.it)

Vidor 04 - 19/03
Santo Stefano 18/03 - 02/04
Guia 25/03 - 09/04
Col S. Martino 25/03 - 17/04
San Giovanni 31/03 -09/04
Villa di Cordignano 08 - 17/04
S. Pietro di Barbozza 15- 25/04
Miane 21/04 - 07/05
Saccol 22/04 - 01/05
Fregona 21/04 - 01/05
Refrontolo 22/04 - 07/05
Combai 05 - 14/05
Vittorio Veneto 05 - 14/05
S. Pietro di Feletto 27/05 - 04/06
Conegliano 11/06
Jesolo 1-2/07