For all Wine Lovers autumn is the perfect month for a journey to discover vineyards and new labels
September is the month of Wine Lovers: lovers of wine, its tasting and combinations with dishes of the Italian and world culinary tradition can enjoy a few days of relaxation among vineyards and bucolic places.
HotelmyPassion offers some top addresses for a journey to discover special vineyards and fine labels.
Prosecco Hills
The green landscape of the rolling hills of the Prosecco UNESCO World Heritage Site opens up before the eyes of the guests of the Romantik Relais d’Arfanta in Tarzo (TV). It is a romantic country house with 7 exclusive suites all different and right in the middle of the rows. The experience in the vineyard is continuous: relax in the outdoor pool overlooking the vineyard; along the Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G. pedaling by bicycle; participating in the various excursions and tastings in the best wineries where you can discover the secrets and origins of Prosecco DOCG.
www.romantikhotels.com
Among the vineyards of the Val di Noto
Wine is a family matter at Baglio Occhipinti, a refined Sicilian estate with over ten hectares of countryside in the Val di Noto. Il Baglio offers 12 rooms with views over the rows of vines and the Iblei mountains; lunches in the vineyard; exclusive cooking classes of typical grandmothers’ cuisine. Every week we eat and discuss with a wine producer, and you can visit the cellar of the Sicilian icon of natural wines Arianna Occhipinti – sister of the hostess Fausta – having a tasting of local wines.
www.bagliocchipinti.com
In the 800-year-old vineyard
Two exclusive suites, where design meets history, in a winery that has been immersed in the vineyards for 800 years. It is the Maso Grottner of the prestigious 5-star Romantik Hotel Turm in Fiè allo Sciliar (BZ). With the famous winemaker Markus Prackwieser, he produces excellent wines, such as Pinot bianco Pica, Gewürztraminer Tetrix, Sauvignon Bubo and Pinot nero Corax. The vines grow between 450 and 600 meters in an unusual microclimate one step away from the Dolomites. This gives rise to complex wines with lively and mineral notes. Dinner in the panoramic restaurant of the Romantik Hotel Turm, which also boasts an impressive cellar carved into the rock.
www.romantikhotels.com
Collio’s vineyards
The beneficial properties of the active ingredients of grapes and wine are the basis of the treatments and cosmetics of the Vinum SPA of the Castello di Spessa Golf Wine Resort & SPA of Capriva del Friuli in the Collio of Gorizia, entirely dedicated to wine therapy. The treatments are carried out with natural cosmetics with grape and vine extracts created specifically for the Castello di Spessa Golf Wine Resort & SPA. haute cuisine created by Chef Antonino Venica, you can also request healthy and delicious vegetarian dishes. A path is also dedicated to Grappaterapia, with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and toning treatments that end with the tasting of one of the estate’s grappas.
Castello della Spessa
Harvest in Tuscany
September is synonymous with harvest and once again this year in Castelfalfi the vines in the rows of the estate are ready for harvesting the grapes.
A real occasion of celebration to which the guests of Toscana Resort Castelfalfi and wine lovers are invited to actively participate, the harvest offers the opportunity to live a real experience in contact with nature. The protagonists will be the red grapes that give life to the award-winning wines produced by the Agricultural Society of Castelfalfi, whose supply will be taken care of by the harvesters armed with gloves and scissors during the morning, after which their efforts will be rewarded with a wine tasting in the barrel cellar.
Castelfalfi
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