"Cantine Aperte a San Martino": Wine Tourism Movement Umbria

24 Umbrian wineries of the Wine Tourism Movement open their doors for a day full of taste and quality, but also entertainment and news.



Wine Sweet Wine: when wine marries the sweets of local tradition.

Here, winery after winery, all appointments in program for Sunday, 16th November



Among guided and free tastings, mouth–watering combinations to traditional sweets and to typical Umbrian dishes, prepared with fresh and locally sourced ingredients, winery tours, exhibitions, children’s workshops and film screenings, you will be spoiled for choice to spend a different Sunday, celebrating the "Summer of St. Martin". On Sunday, 16th November, 24 wineries of the Wine Tourism Movement Umbria are waiting for visitors to discover the wealth of hospitality in the winery.

For those who, for example, want to spend a day in Perugia and Torgiano, the Lungarotti wineries of Torgiano offer, starting from 11:00 a.m., a guided tour of the wine cellar with a photographic exhibition of the "Divine Instant" project, achieved by the Italian Institute of Design of Perugia, and a drink with bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil by Lungarotti, Falò new wine and first fruits of autumn. From 12:45 a.m., visit to the Wine Museum and to the Museum of the Olive Tree and Oil (free admission from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., reduced to € 5 for the whole day), to conclude with a lunch at L’U Wine Bar in Torgiano. The Lungarotti wineries are participating in the "A Glass for Life" initiative in favor of the Daniele Chianelli Committee. (Tel. 075/9886649 – www.lungarotti.it; welcome@lungarotti.it – For lunch luwinebar@gmail.com, Tel 075/9880447).

Also in Torgiano, the Margaritelli winery offers a day dedicated to wine and vineyard with opening, at 10:00 a.m., of the photographic exhibition of the "Miral ... vino" competition, in which you can vote for your favorite photo, followed by a guided visit of the company with wine tasting. At noon, unmissable event with a tasting preview of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG 2011 – Freccia degli Scacchi, and an hour later, for those who want, lunch–tasting at a cost of € 20 per person (on reservation). At 3:00 p.m., closing of the voting of the Photo Contest "Miral ... vino" and awards to the best photos, all accompanied by Margaritelli organic wines and live music. And if you love selfies not miss the SelfieWine 2014 competition!

The day will be also an opportunity to present to the public of wine enthusiasts the new Audi TT in national premiere, thanks to the exceptional partnership between MT Umbria and Autocentri Giustozzi – Audi Zentrum Perugia.

This year Terre Margaritelli will host the ANT Foundation and with the Goblet of Solidarity you will have the opportunity to support cancer prevention projects and free home assistance by ANT Umbria.

(For information and reservations: Tel. 0757824668 – info@terremargaritelli.com – Federico 3454726424).

The Chiorri Winery of Sant’Enea, on the outskirts of Perugia, proposes curious children’s workshops with themes such as "Vine ... one more idea", to learn how to make masterpieces with the branches of the vine and "My cluster of grapes" to create their own custom label to stick on the bottle for mom and dad; tasting of wine and local produce and fresh oil. In particular, starting from 3:00 p.m., "1 Hour 1 Color 1 Wine", guided tastings of different wines in one hour (Grechetto IGT Umbria, Rosato DOC Colli Perugini, Rosso DOC Colli Perugini and, finally, Vero Amore Passito Sangiovese IGT Umbria) in combination with foods of different colors for each wine. For those who want something more, you can also book for the special lunch of St. Martin in the nineteenth–century halls of the winery. Typical dishes of Perugia, accompanied by wines from Chiorri, including the new wine Gabri 2014. Cost € 25 on reservation. (Information and reservations: Tel. 075/607141 – www.chiorri.it; info@chiorri.it).

A few miles and also the Goretti wineries of Pila propose to spend the "Summer of St. Martin" with tastings of wine and the company’s products and interesting visits to the winery and the castle. The guided tastings provide special combinations such as that between Grechetto DOC Colli Perugini and bruschetta with DOP Goretti olive oil, or that between Il Maggio (Grechetto 100% fermented in oak barrels) accompanied a selection of cheese types, honey and balsamic dressing, red Arringatone Doc Colli Perugini with torta al testo stuffed with local salami or Sagrantino Montefalco with with cheesecake or chocolate cake. To conclude, Il Santo: the sweet dessert wine to marry with the sublime homemade tozzetti by Grandma Marcella, a selection of Grappa and, the grand finale, Brandy La Torre aged 20 years with the finest dark chocolate. On reservation by Friday, 14th November, at tel. 075/607316 – www.vinigoretti.com; goretti@vinigoretti.com. In exceptional cases, you can stroll through the vineyards on horseback, in collaboration with Club Epidor. By reservation only, by 13th November, at 075/607316 or 392/4863734.

Always on the outskirts of Perugia, between Canneto and Colle Umberto, the Carlo & Marco Carini winery offers a delicious snack of St. Martin starting from 4:00 p.m. with the traditional torta al testo accompanied by Cinta Senese salami, produced by the company, and a glass of Campiglione, chestnuts and wine must. Cost € 10 on reservation 075/6059495–348/7766333 or by email at: info@agrariacarini.it.

In Montefalco and surrounding areas, you are really spoiled for choice: the proposal of Tenuta Castelbuono is to spend the holiday in the beautiful countryside of Bevagna, visiting the winery, called Carapace, designed and created by Arnaldo Pomodoro, with tasting of the Tenuta’s wines (Montefalco Rosso, Montefalco Rosso Riserva, Montefalco Sagrantino). Cost € 10 on reservation (Tel. 0742/361670 – www.tenutelunelli.it; carapace@tenutelunelli.it).

Wine tasting and guided tours to the Lungarotti wineries of Montefalco, too, where starting from 11:00 a.m. on Sunday they celebrate the "Summer of St. Martin" with charity initiatives: the cost of the glass (€ 5), will be donated indeed to the Daniele Chianelli Committee for Life for the research and treatment against leukemia, lymphoma and cancer. By appointment: Tel. 0742/378868 or 075/9886649 – www.lungarotti.it – montefalco@lungarotti.it).

Antonelli San Marco will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to provide a day of flavor with the wines of the winery, cold cuts and cheese, bruschetta with Antonelli organic oil and fresh bread with Sagrantino jam of the house. In homage to the theme of the day, Wine Sweet Wine, you can also enjoy Sagrantino cookies, red wine small donuts and rocciata combined with the Montefalco Sagrantino Passito DOCG. All tastings cost 4 €, even without a reservation (Tel: 0742/379158 – www.antonellisanmarco.it; info@antonellisanmarco.it).

The Tiburzi Gustavo farm in Montefalco offers two types of wine tasting, a more classic one, with chestnuts cooked on a brazier, homemade tozzetti and raisin wine (cost 10 €) and a richer one, which, in conjunction with the Festival of the Snail of Cantalupo, offers the opportunity to enjoy snails in spicy sauce, a typical Umbrian specialty (with chestnuts and wine by the glass, on request, € 12). For those who want to stop for lunch, date with Umbrian cuisine at a cost of € 20, always on reservation. Info: Tel.0742/379864 Fax.0742/481563 Mobile 328/8037453 – info @ tiburzicantine. Reservations may be made up to 15th November.

A special "Summer of St. Martin" also at the Le Cimate winery, which offers a visit to the winery in the company of the winemaker, for a more detailed explanation of the fermentation and aging in wood, and a tasting in the hall of bruschetta with new oil, beans with pork rinds, chestnuts and mostaccioli with must, paired with two wines of the winery, Aragon 2013 and Montefalco Rosso 2010. Cost € 15 per person, on reservation (until 15th November) Alessandra 349/5883588 or Paola 349/8609717.

Wine tasting and visits also to the Arnaldo Caprai winery. (Tel: 0742/378802 – www.arnaldocaprai.it; info@arnaldocaprai.it), and Scacciadiavoli farm (Tel: 0742/371210

www.scacciadiavoli.it; scacciadiavoli@tin.it).

Appointment with "Cantine Aperte a San Martino" also at Sportoletti in Spello, where to welcome visitors with the brothers Ernesto and Remo there will be the whole staff of the winery, some bruschetta with new oil, and the Villa Fidelia raisin wine from Grechetto grapes, accompanied by homemade tozzetti by Mrs. Sportoletti (Tel: 0742/651461 – www.sportoletti.com; info@sportoletti.com). In Assisi, on the other hand, the Saio winery is expecting guests for a tasting of all the wines of the winery from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday 16th November. Tel. 335/8374784 www.saioassisi.it; info@saioassisi.it.

Finally, Roccafiore in Todi proposes again the cinema, wine and fantasy night – 2nd edition, autumn/winter version, which has in program: at 7:00 p.m., snack in the winery with dishes paired with Rosso Melograno 2012, at 8:00 p.m., screening of the movie Sideways – Travelling with Jackdi Alexander Payne and, at the end, at 10:00 p.m., chestnuts and biscuits with must accompanied by Collina d’Oro 2012. Admission € 20. Special guests: Decimi – Farm of Bettona, with tasting of DOP extra virgin olive oil and many sweet surprises!

For info and reservations: tel. 075/942746 www.roccafiorewines.com; info@roccafiorewines.com.

A special day at Madrevite, where the tenth anniversary of the first bottle is celebrated with a likewise special tasting of Glanio 2004 (reservations required). There will be, of course, free tastings of new wine and new oil and lots of sweets, mostaccioli, brutti ma buoni, torcolo, cookies with grapes and Vinsanto, prepared by housewives to pair with wines from the cellar and nice live music by Martin’s Gumbo Blues Band. Madrevite awaits you in Castiglion del Lago starting at 16:00 p.m. For reservations: tel. 075/9527220; www.madrevite.com; info@madrevite.com.

At Amelia, in the province of Terni, the Zanchi winery will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for visits to the winery and vineyards and wine tastings in conjunction with local excellences. The star of the day will be the Floresio new wine paired with new oil and bread of Pan di Vigna flour. During the day, special tastings in the aging cellar will be organized, which this year, in theme with the initiative of the Wine Tourism Movement, provide for the pairing of wine with traditional desserts. A journey of taste by the Personal Chef and Sommelier Cocca Scarpato with a tasting of a selection of wines accompanied by sweets of the area (by reservation and at a cost of € 10). A chance for a sneak preview of the 2008 reserve of Sciurio and to rediscover lost flavors, such as the traditional sweet pastry with chocolate typical of our area.

Reservations are required by 15th November: www.cantinezanchi.it; mail@cantinezanchi.it; 0744/970011.

Staying in the province of Terni, at the Corbara Castle of Orvieto, you are offered two types of visit. The first, including a visit to the vineyards and in the winery and tasting of two wines paired with local dishes for the duration of one hour and at € 16 per person; the second, also with a visit to the winery and the vineyards but with a tasting of 4 wines paired with local specialties, lasting an hour and a half, more or less, at a cost of € 22. Reservations are required. For more information: tel. 0763/304035 – www.castellodicorbara.it; info@castellodicorbara.it

"Cantine Aperte a San Martino", on Sunday, 16th November, takes place also at the Aliani wineries at the Ramazzano Castle, an opportunity to learn about the magical atmosphere of the castle that will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., offering a tasting with two glasses of wine and a rich buffet, € 15 (Tel. 340/4687450 – www.cantinealiani.com; info@cantinealiani.com).

Also open: Cantina Berioli of Magione (Tel 335/5498173 – www.cantinaberioli.it; info@cantinaberioli.it), Viticoltori Broccatelli Galli in Bevagna (Tel. 075 8001501 – www.brogalvini.com; l.broccatelli@brogalvini.com), Terre de la Custodia in Gualdo Cattaneo (Tel. 0742 92951 – www.terredelacustodia.it; info@terredelacustodia.it), Tenuta San Rocco in Todi (Tel. 075 8989102 – www.agriturismo–sanrocco.com; info@agriturismo–sanrocco.com) and Castello delle Regine in Narni (Tel. 0744 702005 – www.castellodelleregine.com; info@castellodelleregine.com).

In the open wineries you can enjoy the novelty of this year, the new PadDiVigna Agugiaro & Figna, with flour of grape seed and the ancient Pur Pur whole wheat that the Baker Paolo Alunni – Casa Sapori of Magione, will transform, for the occasion, in original and tasty breadsticks and bread to enjoy with the excellences of the territory and the unmissable tozzetti to accompany sweet wines, to remember that the theme of the day is Wine Sweet Wine, when sweets marry wine. In addition, thanks to the collaboration with "Frantoi Aperti" ("Open Oil Mills") you can taste the DOP Umbria extra virgin olive oil from oil mills participating in the event.



Wine Tourism Movement Umbria

Coord.to Regional Secretariat: Gioia Bacoccoli 348 6912764 – umbria@movimentoturismovino.it