Italian Wine Seminar
learn about and test Italy's best wines

The seminar is organized in co-operation with Slow Food - ARCI Gola and is supervised by the wine-expert and sommelier Stefano Ferrari. He is one of the major wine-authorities in the Livorno region.

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The course includes five lessons which take place from Monday to Friday from 5 - 7 p.m. Each of these lessons consists of a theoretical part and a wine tasting with at least five different wines. Various wine-cultivating regions are examined in the course of the seminar including famous regions from which the acclaimed DOC- and DOCG-wines such as Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino originate. In the concluding session wines from the coast of Livorno, which is one of the most outstanding cultivation areas in the world, will be examined: Montescudaio, Bolgheri and Val di Cornia, the home of wines like Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Rovo, Paleo and Gualdo del Re.

The seminar culminates in a splendid dinner at the Osteria Enoteca "La Cinquantina", a beautiful restaurant situated in the gardens of a 19th century villa. The traditional Tuscan dinner is by the maitre de cuisine Umberto Creatini. A visit to a producer of DOC - wines is also an integral part of this seminar.

Dates:

Beginn: second Monday in April, May, June, September and October

Price per week: Euro 250

Included: seminar, visit to wine resort and dinner at last day