After a long month of working, I went on a wine tasting trip with the Pullman crew to the Valpolicella region in Northern Italy to celebrate the New Year. The region is famous for making Amarone, a red wine made from dried grapes. It is located just outside of the city of Verona. I was so impressed by the hospitality at the three different tasting rooms we visited. They all had tables spread with bread, cheese, salami, crackers and olive oil to enjoy with our tasting. And of course, the vino!
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Tommasi was the first winery we visited.
They have the Guinness award for the world's largest barrel being used for production. |
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| Traditionally the grapes dry on straw, they also use plastic crates |
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| Shhhh.... the Amarone is aging. The wine has to aged for at least two years in barrels to be labeled Amarone. |
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| Tommasi also makes their own olive oil, it was so good! |
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| Cheers, Prost, Salud! |
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| The spread at our second stop, Allegrini. |
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| We rented a villa in the hills of Verona, it was so pretty! |
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| The second day we visited Luigi Righetti, we sell their Amarone at Pullman. |
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These grapes were picked in September and were still drying.
The grapes are dried so that the flavors and sugars are concentrated, making a more robust wine. |
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| We got to taste the grapes, the flesh was good, but the skin was so thick! |
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| So many grapes, Corvina is the main grape used to make Amarone. |
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| We almost ate that entire block of cheese! |
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