Wine plays a leading role at Terra Madre, and today we present five new workshops, which, unlike most others, are free!
Our aim is to show how behind wine production there are landscapes, cultures and traditions which forge its flavor and identity.
These Taste Workshops are free entry, but registration is required. Sign up now to discover the stories, the people and the journeys behind the wines!
New Taste Workshops on wine
The Asolo Hills, a green crown surrounding the town of Asolo, are rich in culture and history. The vineyards here give us Asolo Prosecco: a delicate, fresh sparkling wine with aroma of lemon and citron, ripe apples and white flowers. But the Asolo Hills are not just synonymous with Asolo Prosecco. We’ll taste lots of other local products together with a variety of wines.
From Veneto we move on to Collio, a half-moon of gentle, sunlit slopes which stretch across the province of Gorizia. We’ll focus on the richness of the Ponca: a sedimentary formation of stratified marl and sandstone of Eocene origin, deposited in the marine environment that gave rise to Collio hill, whose wines have a characteristic imprint of minerality and salinity.
Our journey continues in Tuscany, specifically Chianti, and the recently-established Additional Geographical Units (UGA), a project to divide the great area of Chianti Classico into smaller units, thus allowing wineries to indicate on their labels the name of their village and the vineyards used for their wines.
Finally we return to Piedmont, to the Langhe and Monferrato, where we’re welcomed by the producers of the Escamotage association, who work to protect and promote the Moscato grape. We propose a selection of dry Moscato wines paired with local food products.
Taste Workshops on Wine: details
September 22 – Parco Dora, Wine Room – Asolo Prosecco: another side of the story
Asolo Prosecco is rich in biodiversity, with centuries of history in its vines and an enduring focus on the beauty and elegance of the final product. From Possagno, birthplace of Italian neoclassic art, with the temple and plaster cast gallery of Antonio Canova, to Asolo, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, and Montello, the ancient forest of the Venetian Doges. We explore how the culture of a place can be represented in its wine, in a guided tasting of Asolo Prosecco.
September 23 – Parco Dora, Wine Room – The flavors of the Asolo Hills and Montello
The Asolo Hills don’t just provide Asolo Prosecco. To fully understand a place we must see what it is capable of providing. We’ve looked for products that represent a slice of history that is not-often told, except through the work of a handful of defiant producers. We’ll taste the extra virgin olive oil of the Asolo Hills, the cherries of Maser preserved for winter, homemade soppressa ham and the cheeses of Monte Grappa, all paired with a different type of Asolo Prosecco. To finish off, we have a gin made with botanicals gathered at Rocca di Asolo.
September 23 – Parco Dora, Wine Room – Listen to the Ponca: expressions of Collio in Friuli
In this workshop we’ll focus on the richness of the Ponca: a sedimentary formation of stratified marl and sandstone of Eocene origin, deposited in the marine environment that gave rise to Collio hill, whose wines have a characteristic imprint of minerality and salinity that makes them unique and unmistakable in taste and aroma.
September 24 – Parco Dora, Wine Room – Listen to the Ponca: expressions of Collio in Friuli
At Terra Madre the Chianti Classico Consortium presents the recently-established Additional Geographical Units (UGA), a project to divide the great area of Chianti Classico into smaller units, thus allowing wineries to indicate on their labels the name of their village and the vineyards used for their wines. It’s a step towards greater transparency with consumers for one of the most famous wine denominations in the world.
September 25 – Parco Dora, Wine Room – Escamotage: the rare delight of dry Moscato
Escamotage is an association of wine producers in the Langhe and Monferrato dedicated to the resilience of an aromatic grape variety: Moscato.
The Moscato grape is in search of a deserved revival: it should be a symbol of a land that has been largely de-natured by the logic of mass production. When the focus is on quantity, at the cost of biodiversity, the profit motive sacrifices the quality of the final product. In this Workshop designed by Escamotage we propose a selection of dry Moscato wines paired with local food products.
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