CLASS ON WINE AND OLIVE OIL HELD AT THE WINERIES
maximum 20 people

This approximately five-hour tour includes:
- a fascinating illustrated presentation on wine and its role in history and art followed by a discussion of all aspects of wine and olive oil production
- a tasting of selected olive oils and wines and a tour of the winery and vineyards (weather permitting).
- a memorable luncheon by the chef of one of the best restaurants in Chianti prepared to complement three selected fine wines

Through history, anecdotes, and an explanation of the techniques for growing vines and making wine in Tuscany over the centuries, you will discover many aspects of the wonderful Tuscan culture.
You will be guided through the bouquets, tastes, and differences among wines and olive oils.

 

SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS EXPOSED DURING THE CLASS

- The vine and the wine in the history with report about the olive trees and olive oil
- from 5.000 BC.
- Who invented the Wine?
- Gilgamesch-Joursheed and the ancestral civilizations.
- Greeks as pioneers and expanders of cultivation and production.
- Etruscan life stile in terms of wine and food approach.
- Romans and the wine sciences.
- Wine and Olive oil in mythology.
- Woman and wine for Greeks, Etruscans and Romans.
- The wine and the modern religions.
- From the X to the XV century A.C..
- Artists, sculptures, poems and the wine as an inspiration.
- From the Renaissance to our days.
- The "Mezzadria" (an epoch that characterized the social life of farmers familys).
- 1800: philloxefra, oidiu, other parasites and problems solved to grow vines in the Italy
THE ACTUALITY
- Environment
- New techniques of cultivation
- The time for harvest
- Modern wine making
- Wood and his influence on wines.
- Bottling systems
- Aging of the wines
- Corks problems
- Rules of production
- How to taste wines
- Tasting of 4 wines

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
- The bases and concepts of quality.
- The harvest.
- Techniques and technologies of production.
- How to taste the Olive Oil.
- Tasting of 4 Extra Vergin Olive Oils.
- The peculiarity of this fantastic fruit juice.

- Visit of vineyards, olive trees gardens, and cellars.

- Lunch or dinner at the winery or in one of the best restaurants in the Chianti area.

- A 4 courses menu combined with 3 of the finest wines with coffee and grappa.

This program was the very first to be proposed in 1996 to tourists in the Chianti area, and it still the best seller.
The rule of communication that it represents, create a strong added value for the participants, especially regarding a complete understanding about the culture, the products and the society in our country.

All the arguments are exposed in a understandable way, even when technical.

Information and reservations:
info@tuscanpleasures.com