Course: Wine: from vine to table

Three evenings at Dozza Castle which will take you on a voyage of discovery through the world of vines, grapes, vinification techniques, ageing and tasting.

Speaker

Maurizio Manzoni - Permanent Exhibition Manager, Emilia Romagna Regional Enoteca
 

Thursday 8 October

Vines, soil, terroir, vineyards, vine cultivation techniques
Grapes: nutritional values, individual fruit, condition
The most important varieties in Emilia Romagna and Italy
Wine and climate
Tasting, organoleptic analysis, what we're assessing through the visual examination
Tasting of three wines from Emilia Romagna and typical produce

Thursday 15 October

Harvest
Fermentation
The composition of wine and its organoleptic characteristics
The long road to the table
What we’re assessing through the olfactory examination, determining factors, the fragrance of a wine, fragrance families
Wine tasting terminology
Tasting of three wines from Emilia Romagna and typical produce

Thursday 22 October

Wine ageing
Maturation
The ideal winery, ageing and storage
What we’re assessing when we taste a wine: taste, tactile and retronasal sensations
The evolution of a wine
Scoring a wine
Tasting of three wines from Emilia Romagna and typical produce
 

There is a set number of participants for the course. It is not possible to attend just one of the evenings.
 

For bookings and further information:
Tel. 0542.367700; Email: maurizio.manzoni@enotecaemiliaromagna.it

Course price: €95