La Spezia’s Italian sommeliers’ association AIS and the National Park organise six meetings, open to all comers, from January 25 to March 1
La Spezia’s branch of the Italian sommeliers’ Association AIS and the National Park of Cinque Terre are organising the territorial training Master programme on the Park’s vine varieties and territories. The programme, which envisages six meetings with visits to local producers and tasting sessions, will start on January 25 and will end on March 1.
Each Thursday from 10h30 to 16h30 (except for the first meeting which will take place at 14h30), representatives from AIS La Spezia will accompany the programme’s participants in the discovery of the secrets of wine growing in this territory, which is fragile and unique.
The participation, with mandatory registration, is free of charge and open to all. At the end, a certificate of attendance will be given to all participants.
FULL PROGRAMME:
FIRST MEETING: CINQUE TERRE: TERRITORY, VINE VARIETIES, SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS, OPPORTUNITIES
Introductory meeting, which will deal with technical and theoretical subjects linked to the wine of Cinque Terre
Speakers: Rezzano Marco/Yvonne Riccobaldi
Thursday, January 25, 14h30
Manarola, Park’s main office
SECOND MEETING: Producers, their stories, their companies, their vineyards, their wines
Visit to two producers in Riomaggiore
Guided tasting sessions of the respective wines
Thursday, February 1, from 10h30 to 16h30
Meeting point near the roundabout of Riomaggiore
THIRD MEETING: Producers, their stories, their companies, their vineyards, their wines
Visit to two producers in Manarola
Guided tasting sessions of the respective wines
Thursday, February 8, from 10h30 to 16h30
Meeting point in Manarola’s Piazza della Chiesa
FOURTH MEETING: Producers, their stories, their companies, their vineyards, their wines
Visit to two producers in Monterosso
Guided tasting sessions of the respective wines
Thursday, February 15, from 10h30 to 16h30
Meeting point in front of the entrance to the railway station in Monterosso
FIFTH MEETING: Producers, their stories, their companies, their vineyards, their wines
Visit to two producers in Riomaggiore
Guided tasting sessions of the respective wines
Thursday, February 22, from 10h30 to 16h30
Meeting point near the roundabout of Riomaggiore
