Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

Rome hosts its wine festival May 8 and 9.

Rome Wine Festival is a two days of meetings, workshops and tasting sessions held at Citta’s del Gusto — address: 161 Via Enrico Fermi, Rome.

When: May 8 (3PM-11PM) and May 9 (2PM-9PM), 2010 (annual)
Where: Citta’ del Gusto - Address: Rome, 161 Via Enrico Fermi
Admission: Euro 20.
Find out program and details at http://www.romawinefestival.it/infoPubblico.html.

The festival “Primavera del Prosecco” — Spring of Prosecco — enters the last week.

S. Pietro di Feletto and Serravalle are the last centers hosting Spring of Prosecco festival events in 2009. This annual festival features wine shows and many other events dedicated to Prosecco wine, scheduled in the spring, in centers located in the Prosecco growing-zone — Prosecco hills.

San Pietro di Feletto (see on the map) is hosting “Mostra dei vini di Collina” wine show (May 30 to June 14).

A wine show featuring labels from all of the wineries of S. Pietro di Feletto municipality and some of other municipalities in the surrouindings.
Sommeliers are offering expert advice on local wines and grapes. This show is held in the old hermitage of the Camaldolesi monks.

The medieval village of Serravalle, municipality of Vittorio Veneto, will be hosting “Vini in Loggia Show“, a wine show including many attractions and tourist events, such as wine sampling, local specialties tasting and a market of typical local products (June 12 to 21).

For two weeks in June, Rome is celebrating wine and Italian cuisine traditions.

Vinoforum, is a major wine event also including events dedicated to olive oil and gourmet.

A wine village has been created for the event, in the gardens between Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz and Viale del ministero degli Affari Esteri.
Vinoforum features around 2,500 wine labels from over 500 wineries.

Wine sampling as well as gourmet tasting sessions guided by Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (Ais) and Athenaeum dei Sapori are scheduled during these two weeks.

When: June 4 - 20, 2009
Where: Rome

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”.