A tour that started with an overview of the Avio Castle followed by a dive among the lake olive trees, with a passage from the Trentino Rural Store of Agririva Riva del Garda to Madonna delle Vittorie, for a visit to the cellar and oil mill with lunch in the 'homonymous farm. A true direct experience of the finished products, with a focus on Garda Trentino DOP Extra Virgin Olive Oil. In the afternoon, in-depth analysis of the Cantina Mori Colli Zugna di Mori, the largest underground cellar in Trentino with a roof covered with more than 6,000 resistant vineyards, with Marzemino and Trentodoc as the protagonists of the tasting. For a look at the flavors of the area, stop at the Biodebiasi farm in Isera, among the organic production of apples, vegetables, strawberries and small fruits in the innovative artisanal transformation laboratory. The delegation was then welcomed among the evocative stills and the barrel room of the Marzadro Distillery. And then a dinner in the name of the high quality and creative flair of chef Daniele Tomasi at the award-winning Innesti Restaurant in Pergine Valsugana, with dishes paired with the Revì proposals, including the famous Trentodoc and the new Salvan's vermouth, as well as the wines of Cembra Mountain Winery. For the night, the hospitality of Villa Madruzzo was chosen, an elegant structure immersed in the hills of Trento.
The second day begins at Pojer&Sandri, with a visit guided by the charismatic Mario Pojer who offered an excursus on the history of the company born on the hills of Faedo, including anecdotes and winemaking revolutions. The morning continued at Cantina Dorigati in Mezzocorona, with a focus on Trentino classic method sparkling wine and Teroldego Rotaliano, of which guests were also able to discover a new variant thanks to the interpretation in an ice cream-drink version by Gelateria Serafini. Finally, space for culture, with a visit to the METS - Trentino ethnographic museum of San Michele all'Adige, to discover the history and traditions of the area in the company of the Piana Rotaliana-Königsberg Consortium, and for Trentino grappa, with a visit and tasting at a of the distilleries that contributed to writing its history, Bertagnolli of Mezzocorona.
The educational followed the similar visit of the delegation of the Trentino Wine Route along that of the Euganean Hills by two weeks, among cellars, sausage factories, abbeys, ceramic factories, oil mills and the Luxardo Museum, to discover one of the oldest active European companies in the production of liqueurs.
“ The exchange – concluded Sergio Valentini – is part of our project in the field of training, designed to offer our members the opportunity to visit other realities with a view to sharing know-how, thus stimulating mutual growth and, why not , the birth of new collaborations. It is a pleasure to find organizations like the Strada dei Colli Euganei, led by President Roberto Gardina, which share this common vision with us and which therefore allow us to be able to concretely put our ideas on the ground. A reality – he concluded – where the key role of the human factor emerges, an element at the basis of the construction of a distinctive wine tourism in the name of authenticity ”.
