Friday, December 6, 2024

Invitation: Tasting of Trentino - Alto Adige Wines, Italy, led by Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar next Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 (Washington DC, USA)

Pictures: Dry Rieslings from Italy, Austria, Alsace and Germany at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar, presented by Annette Schiller, September 2023

Dear wine friends,

I invite you to join me next Tuesday, December 10th at 7.45 pm when we do a tour through some Alto Adige and Trentino vineyards. 

Being the northernmost wine region of Italy, Trentino - Alto Adige is a very special place where Italian and German traditions merge. Trentino-Alto Adige is a fascinating and unique region in the Alpes. It boasts of an extraordinary variety of landscapes: snow-capped mountains in the Dolomites, valleys, streams, Lake Garda, century-old breathtakingly beautiful towns true to their hybrid Germanic-Italian culture.  In the Middle Ages this region went through a rollercoaster of invasions and was a continuous bone of contention. Finally, in the early 16-hundreds Alto Adigo-Trentino became part of the Habsburg Empire. After WWI it came to Italy but it was only in 1946 that an official agreement was signed which gave this region extensive autonomy. Since the 1970s, most legislative and administrative powers have been transferred to the two self-governing provinces that make up the region: the province of Trento, commonly known as Trentino and the province of Bolzano, commonly known as Alto Adige or Süd-Tirol in German. Official languages are German and Italian. 
 

Trentino-Alto Adige has a very long history of winemaking, about 3000 years. Trentino-Alto-Adige’s vineyards are true Alpin vineyards on elevations of 700 - 3,300 ft mostly on gravelly soils. Because of its altitude, even in the summer night temperatures are always cool which is excellent for the production of finesse white wines.
 
This makes the region famous for single variety crisp, beautiful white wines. In terms of quantity, more red wine is produced than white wine in both Trentino and Alto Adige. More than 50 percent of all vineyards are planted with the light Schiava (Vernatsch in German). More vineyard area has been dedicated to Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir). The red Lagrein vine actually comes originally from Trentino, but the finest Lagrein grows in Gries on flatter, lower-lying vineyards directly near Bozen in Alto Adige. The often almost opaque, dark purple Teroldego Rotaliano, on the other hand, comes from one of the few rock-lined valleys in the northern part of Trentino.
 
Trentino is also home of the production of modern style red blends. 

As the climate gets warmer in many famous and well-knows wine regions, the focus shifts more and more to higher altitude, cooler climate regions such as Trentino-Alto Adige in search of elegant, moderate alcohol wines.

We will taste 5 wines from top producers:

1) 2021 Weißburgunder, J. Hofstätter, Tramin-Termeno
3) 2023 Pinot Noir, Cantina Tramin, Tramin-Termeno
4) 2022 Schiava, Alois Lageder, Magré
4) 2022 Lagrein, Muri Gries, Bozen
5) 2021 Dinotte, Nosio S.p.A., Mezzacorona, 

Please join me for this interesting tasting adventure.
Annette

This is a 30 $ class. As usual bread and cheese from Calvert & Woodley will be served.

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