Description
Dreaming of Italy? Us too! Join us for a tasting as we celebrate this enchanting country and taste wine from the Italian Signature Wines Academy! Representing the best of Italian fine wines, the Italian Signature Wines Academy is a collective of family-owned wineries who act as the guardians for authentic Italian wines. Wine.com host Gwendolyn Osborn leads this tasting with winery guests from this special group as they taste the Villa Sandi Il Fresco Prosecco from the Prosecco appellation in Veneto, the Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo from Campania, and the Fontanafredda Serralunga d'Alba Barolo from Barolo, Piedmont.
Guests include:
- Diva Moretti Polegato, Brand Ambassador and Daughter of the Producer, Villa Sandi
- Antonio Capaldo, Producer, Feudi di San Gregorio
- Roberto Bruno, Managing Director, Fontanafredda
- Hosted by: Gwendolyn Osborn, Wine Educator, Wine.com
Tasting Set Includes:
- Villa Sandi Il Fresco Prosecco
Aromas of ripe golden apples, acacia, and honeysuckle are exhibited on the nose. On the palate, the wine is dry, fresh and fruit-driven with citrus and stone-fruit flavors. Blend: 85% Glera, 15% Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. - Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo
Intense straw yellow color with a golden shimmer. Light scents of ripe pears, apricots, apples, fern and mint. Lively acidity and spicy minerality typical of a vine cultivated in Tufo, with an incredibly long finish showing soft notes of balsamic. - Fontanafredda Serralunga d'Alba Barolo
Serralunga Barolo is characterized by great structure and power. Dry and tannic, but with velvety texture and great balance. It has notes of vanilla, spices, withered roses and underbrush. balance. The finish is very long-lasting.
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