Grape and Wine Festival in the Cellar: a weekend to discover the wines of Lake Garda

Autumn is welcomed on Lake Garda in Verona and the harvest is celebrated with the Grape and Wine Festival in the Cellar , an initiative promoted by the Consortium for the protection of Chiaretto and Bardolino and the Bardolino Doc Wine Route , scheduled Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October . Throughout the weekend it will be possible to visit the cellars of the area and taste Bardolino and Chiaretto , red wine and pink wine from the Venetian shore of Lake Garda, both sons of Corvina and Rondinella, the typical grapes of the area. There are more than twenty companies on the Riviera of Lake Garda and in the hinterland of Monte Baldo, but also in Valpolicella and in the East of Verona, which will open their doors on the first weekend of the month: it will thus be possible to get to know the wines and flavors of Garda area through visits to cellars, guided tastings of Chiaretto di Bardolino and Bardolino accompanied by platters of cold cuts and cheeses or other gastronomic specialties, walks in the vineyards, mini concerts . There are also numerous initiatives proposed, in parallel, in the restaurants belonging to the DeGustibus association in Bardolino and in the hotels associated with Federalberghi Garda Veneto. On the Consortium website (consorziobardolino.it) all the useful information for booking the various proposals for visits and tasting made available by the various wineries are reported. The visits, organized by the individual companies, will take place in full compliance with the regulations regarding social distancing. The event replaces the traditional autumn appointments dedicated to wine on the Veronese shore of Garda, postponed due to restrictions due to anti-Covid measures. The one underway at the beginning of October is the first harvest of the Bardolinese Doc after the approval of the new disciplinary, which took place last April. The wineries participating in the Wine and Grape Festival in the Cellar are: Albino Piona, Aldo Adami, Bergamini, Cà Bottura Andreoli family, Cantine Vitevis - Cantina Castelnuovo, Casetto, Corte Fornello, Costadoro, Cottini Marco, Fasoli Gino, Garda Natura, Gentili, Gorgo, Rizzardi Warriors, Il Pignetto, Le Fraghe, Le Ginestre, Le Muraglie, Le Vigne di San Pietro, Marchesini Family, Ronca, Seiterre in Tenuta San Leone, Valetti. Partner of the Grape and Wine Festival, in addition to Federalberghi del Garda Veneto and Degustibus association, also the Chamber of Commerce of Verona and Banco BPM.