Italian Wine at Cantine Aperte May 25th 2008
On May 25th, join the celebration of Italian wine and "enotourismo" at an event called "Cantine Aperte 2008.
Cantine Aperte (Open Wineries Day) is the most important event held in Italy on the last Sunday of May: starring wine, its people and its places. ??On this festive day, all Italian wine lovers unite. From the Alps to Sicily, almost one thousand wineries welcome wine tourists to vineyards, barrels and barriques.
From the first edition held in 1993 to date, the event has enjoyed constant success and has continually expanded to include over eight hundred wineries open to one million enthusiastic wine tourists. ??The Tuscan region certainly can't be excluded from this important appointment with its great wine-producing lands: Chianti first and foremost, but let's not forget other prestigious controlled domination of origin (DOC) like Montalcino and Montepulciano, or other less famous areas like Massa Marittima, Maremma or the Etruscan coast. ??
There are almost 130 wineries in Tuscany that participate in Cantine Aperte, opening their doors to wine tourists on Sunday, May 25th, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Some wineries even organize original events. For example, "Finocchiona Day" to celebrate the praises of one of Chianti's age-old traditional lunch meats. ???
For information:
Movimento Turismo del Vino Toscana
Phone: 055 290684 Fax: 055 295189
Email: toscana@movimentoturismovino.it
You can download maps of wineries that participate in Cantine Aperte at: www.mtvtoscana.it.