10506 Vendemmia Festival 4-5 Oct

All are welcome to the town of Vetralla (68th km. Via Cassia) on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October for the first Vendemmia or Wine Making Festival.
Come and watch how wine making was done in the past and how it is done today. Partecipate in wine and cheese tastings, and tastings of wine and chocolate led by a sommelier and an enologist.
Gastronomic stands with typical foods based on the wine making season and the local culture will be available throughout the weekend in the Cantinone, a 1000 sqm grotto excavated centuries ago under the city’s historic centre .
Protagonists of the weekend are the locally made biological products : wines, jams, tomato sauces, Chianina meat, extra virgin olive oil, truffles, beans, honey, cheese, sausages and hazelnuts.

Sunday morning, Oct. 5th, join in the literary walk with recitations connected to wine making culture. A theatrical show “Mondovino” will enliven the special dinner to be held in the Cantinone with antipasto of bruschette, ricotta with honey, vegetables cooked in wine, pumpkin pasta, farro and contadina soup, roast meats and sausage with grapes , salad, biscotti, water, wine (cost 15 euro) plus 5 euro for theatrical show. To book tel. Chiara 3476807592 or 3476210901 . For English information [email]macryan@libero.it[/email]
See the entire program in italian on [url=http://www.ghaleb.com]Davide Ghaleb Editore[/url] under Events