CINQUE TERRE EXPERIENCES 2018
The wine tour in Riomaggiore
The wine tour in Riomaggiore: meeting the winegrower, hiking through the vineyards, enjoy the wine tasting!
photos by courtesy of Arbaspàa Tout
Andrea, a young winemaker from Riomaggiore, follows the wine-growing traditions handed down over generations. He takes you on a unique and interesting wine tour.
The tasting consists of two different wines offering you a complete gustatory experience – very natural wines, produced respecting the vineyard and the earth, without the use of chemical products, sulfites and yeasts. The results are intense wines which, through their scents and flavors, will transmit you the special characteristics of the place where they have grown – rocks, sea, herbs… These are authentic wines that symbolize both past and future – because this is the way the ancestors produced the wine in the past, but wines rich in history and character will impress the future too. In the morning you take a bus and reach Andrea at the starting point and together you will walk on a little trail into his vineyard.
photos by courtesy of Arbaspàa Tout
This is a special panoramic place with a magnificent view over the steep Cinque Terre coast. Andrea will explain you his wine growing methods – respecting the vineyard and the earth, without the use of chemical products. Skillful and with sensitivity he combines modern methods with ancient equipment as the terra-cotta amphorae. During the explanation of his wine making methods you will taste his natural and intense wines which, through their scents and flavors, will transmit you the special characteristics of the place where they have grown – rocks, sea, herbs…
The wine tasting is accompanied by typical Ligurian focaccia bread.
Tour available: every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from March 15 to October 31
Meeting point: bus stop of Santuario di Montenero (GPS coordinates 44.094478 9.750266)
Time: 9.45 am (if you arrive by train you must get off at Riomaggiore, reach the bus stop in the center of the village in Via Colombo and take the 9.20 bus, asking the driver to get off at the Santuario di Montenero)
Duration: about 2 hours
Price: € 48 per person
Participants: Min 3 / Max 8
Price includes: visit of the vineyard, little hiking, wine tasting of 2 local wines
Language: The tour takes place in English, Italian or French depending on the participants
To bring with you: hiking shoes, drinking water
Important: Sure-footedness and physical fitness are necessary
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