Consorzio Lago di Garda Lombardia and Italy4golf have signed a partnership for the promotion of golf tourism on Lake Garda. A collaboration that arises almost spontaneously as a result of the common purpose and mission of these two subjects.
“…Salve, o venusta Sirmio, atque ero gaude: gaudete vosque, o Lydiae lacus undae: ridete, quicquid est domi cachinnorum!”
(“… Hello, dear Sirmione, rejoice of your lord; and rejoice you, Lydian waves of the lake: all of you echo and laugh of the house!” – Caio Valerio Catullo)
At its eleventh edition, the event that attracts the leading experts in the sector every year as well as thousands of enthusiasts, this year doubles, with the weekends of 12-13 and 19-20 September.
Klimt, one of the most beloved painters of our time, who continues to fascinate us with his works, came to Lake Garda in the summer of 1913. 1913 was still a relatively quiet year, even though the Balkans were in turmoil and the black clouds were beginning to hover over Europe.
Brunello di Montalcino is the Tuscan wine with the longest maturation: it requires over 4 years of ageing. By law, it must remain in wooden barrels for at least 24 months and can only be put on sale starting from January of the fifth year following the harvest. So, this year the 2015’s Brunello are coming out (2016’s Brunello will be released from January 2021).
On our left, the vineyard extends along the slopes of a small closed and concave valley, protected by winds and sudden changes of temperature and guarded by the castle of Albana, rising at the beginning of the valley.
Like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot is a successful grape of Bordeaux region in France, that has been planted all over the world. There are sought-after wines made with Merlot like Château Petrus in Pomerol (France). At the same time, Merlot is sometimes blamed for its simplicity.
At parties, you know, the sparkling wine is inevitable. Bottles, slightly rounded in shapes and with slender necks, stand out in the centre of large tables, ready to be uncorked.
Kafka came to Lake Garda twice in totally different circumstances and both stayed in Riva del Garda, which, at that time, was still under the Habsburg Empire, but which for him, as for many other guests, was already considered Italy.
In a border area between the Chianti Classico and the Val d’Elsa, halfway from Florence and Siena, overlooking the marvellous city of San Gimignano and its towers, for almost 40 years I Balzini has been producing long-lived, elegant wines. The winery was founded by Vincenzo D’Isanto, later joined by his wife Antonella and more recently by his daughter Diana. Since few years Diana is leading the family business.
