A Day Trip to Sergio Mottura's Vineyard

Yesterday, I went on a Vineyard Tour and Wine-Tasting Lunch Excursion with Study Abroad Italy.  My two friends Megan and Kelly from California went with me too.

We left Piazza Trilussa at 9:30 AM and drove north on the coach bus for about an hour and a half until we reached the little town of Civitella d'Agliano.  We first stopped at the warehouse next to the vineyards and met Sergio's son who gave us the tour of that.  The run an organic vineyard, hand pick all of their grapes, and only use the grapes they grow themselves.  We got to try three red and three white wines that were still fermenting. We learned about their process of fermentation and could taste the differences between those wines and bottled wines.  The wines that we tasted that were still fermenting will be ready to be bottled in March.

Unfortunately, it was too muddy to walk in the vineyard, but we got some god pictures by it.  Around 12:30 we took the coach bus further into town and then walked a little ways to their storage cellar, and wine tasting room.  We got a tour of the cellar where they keep bottled wine and barrels of wine.  Sergio explained to us how long the bottles stay down there because the longer the better.

After that, we enjoyed a four course meal and desert while we tasted 7 different kinds of wine.  Sergio explained each type to us and let us mark down our favorites.  We tried three white wines, three red, and one desert wine.   I purchased some of my favorite bottles of wine - 4 of them!

I bought:
1 bottle of Poggio della Costa - Vintage 2009 (Sergio's Award Winning Wine)
1 bottle of Tragugnano Dry Orvieto - Vintage 2009
1 bottle of Magone Pinot Nero - Vintage 2007 (Sergio's favorite wine)
1 bottle of Muffo - Vintage 2007 (Desert wine)

I am so excited about my purchases!  It was a blast and a half.  I loved going on this trip!

When I got back, I hung out in the room for a bit with Cuyler.  He made dinner for us last night and it was really good - chicken with garlic and tomatoes with pasta.  What a nice roommate - huh?

I stayed in last night and hung out with some of the ladies from California.  We hung out, attempted to watch a movie and made Nutella Hot Chocolate because it was so cold outside!

Fun day all around!