FOOD AND WINE TASTING

3-Day Program Modules - Minimum 10 participants

Food & Wines of Campania, the Romantic Amalfi Coast & Ancient Pompeii Piemonte, a Tradition of Fine Cuisine

The Foods and Wines of Campania, the Romantic Amalfi Coast and Ancient Pompeii ...Rediscover the authentic flavors of Mediterranean cuisine in an area outside the ruins of ancient Pompeii, a Roman city that has rested beneath the ashes of Mount Vesuvius since 79 A.D.

More recently, the Neapolitan area has reflected a cuisine based on essentials such as pasta, peppers, eggplant, olive oil and tomatoes. As a matter of fact, it was the Neapolitans who first introduced pizza to the world using most of these ingredients.

The area is well known for its fresh mozzarella di bufula cheese (hailing from Sorrento), its fresh seafood (fished every day), its exquisite pastries and its outstanding limoncello liqueur made from the peels of the Campania region's incredibly fragrant lemons.

While in Campania and tasting its extraordinary cuisine, reflect on the region's ancient Roman origins and their longtime relationship between man and nature (aequalitas naturae). This especially holds true as you visit fabulous vineyards producing limpid straw-yellow colored white wines like Coda di Volpe, Fiano di Avelino, Greco di Tufo, Lacryma Cristi and Taurasi.

Piemonte, A tradition of Fine Cuisine ...From the starters to the dessert, Piemonte's cuisine is known for its exquisite flavors and ancient recipes. Each province offers an array of specialties created with local produce that reflects the fruits of this fertile land.

Pasta, in all its many shapes and sizes is the real protagonist in most menus while agnolotti are usually served for special occasions. Rice is also a fundamental ingredient, but by far, the truffle is the star of this region's cuisine.

Taste some of Piemonte's most representative dishes including bagna caoda and fritto misto while at the same time savoring some of the area's most outstanding cheeses, the most well known being gorgonzola. Gourmet meals in Piemonte are not complete without its award-winning wines, carefully selected to accompany each dish.

The list of Piemonte's specialties is endless from grissini bread sticks to amaretti cookies and on to the famed gianduiotti chocolates made with the region's grand production of hazelnuts.

This eon-gastronomic experience includes gourmet meals, winery tour and visits to the various producers of these fine products.