Our Italian Wine Appreciation weekend will take you on a journey through the Italian Wine Producing regions, the grape varieties and a wide range of exceptional Italian wines. This is a fantastic wine weekend that is focussed on teaching you as much about Italian wines as possible through practical tasting and expert tuition.

The weekend is made up of the following courses.
Saturday: Level 2 Wines of Italy Appreciation
Sunday: Level 3 Wines of Italy Masterclass

Course Content

Saturday:

• Tasting 18 quality wines from five still wine producing regions.
• Assessing the impact of climate.
• Looking at different micro climates.
• Establishing the characteristics of differing grape varieties and regions.

Typical Wines:

• Gavi di Gavi, La Giustiniana
• Dolcetto d’Alba, Vajra
• Barbera d’Asti, Ca’ del Matt
• Soave Classico, Pieropan
• Valpolicella, Allegrini
• Amarone, Alpha Zeta
• Chianti, Cantine Leonardo
• Greco di Tufo, Vesevo
• Primitivo di Puglia, A Mano
• Beneventano Aglianico
• Baglio Curatolo, Nero d’Avola

Lunch

3 course regional lunch prepared by a Cookery School Chef Tutor

Sunday

• Tasting 12 prestiguous Italian wines.
• Details of the regions and the appellations.
• Notes on each of the wines tasted.
• Discussion on grape varieties particular to Italy.
  
• Discussion on regional wines matching the local cuisine, and identifying why they do this so well.

Typical Wines

• Bruno Rocca
• Aldo Vajra
• Allegrini
• Leonildo Pieropan
• Isole E Olena
• Vesevo

Lunch

4 course regional lunch prepared by a Cookery School Chef Tutor

Included

• 3 & 4 course lunches
• Fact sheets
• 6 ISO tasting glasses
• Certificate of Attendance