Italian Wine and Food

Italian Wine and Food of Le Marche Regione

The Marche region encompasses a territory that rises gently from the beaches of the Adriatic, towards the rolling hills of the Esino valleys, to reach as far as the Umbria and Marchigiani Appenine  mountains where history and culture, quality wines and food have created a land built on simple human endeavour. To live among these hills is a pleasure, an honour and a privilege.

Simple phrases often heard in the piazzas after the Sunday church service are the quest for a slower pace of life, healthier tastes and smells.

A return to traditional products of the
Marchigiana region, a stoppage of time and the daily race against time, relief from the stress that we build up in our lives are Mentioned.
Amongst the verdant hills of Verdicchio, Rosso Piceno and Rosso Conero country it comes naturally to stop every now and again, to take back a bit of our lives, to enjoy the light and heat of summer. The grapes growing along the neat rows in the vineyards are getting plumper every day. Once again, we see the promise of being able to raise a glass of wine in the company of friends.

For the first time, may be we can taste the new red, the new white wine vintages and offer a special spumante wine to clients and friends. For the spumante wine is not new but is reviving and that’s a pleasant surprise; to taste a Spumante made exclusively from Verdicchio grapes to those made from carefully selected and researched grape blends is a treat not to miss.
In Le Marche you’ll find bottles of bubbly produced by the Metodo Classico as well as by the Charmat Method. You’ll find reds, whites and rosé. Le Marche is a land of Sangiovese, Montipulciano, Verdicchio, Rosso Piceno and Rosso Conero winegrowers and are producing some truly splendid wines and champagnes.

Le Marcie wine-makers are focusing more and more on exports and are regular features in supermarkets around the globe. But take some time whilst touring around Le Marche and call in to the many cantina, that perhaps do not advertise vulgar bill boards for wine tasting but nevertheless encourage and are proud to tell the history of the wine and let you taste their produce with maybe some home made farmhouse cheese. And, I am happy to report Le Marche wines are meeting with increasingly positive reactions on International markets, both for the high level of quality achieved as well as for the good price/quality ratio.

The awards earned by our producers who have competed in international contests serve to further encourage their commitment to reach even higher pinnacles of excellence. The figures emerging from 2011 and the early months of 2012 are very positive. In the next post I will provide details of cultural tours and/or food and wine tours here in our region.

Wine tasting

Adopting a few wine tasting principles will allow you to enjoy wine more especially wines from the central region of Ital with its abundance of DOC spumante, DOCQ & DOC, reds, white and rose’. Tasting the wine in the right glass, at the right temperature and noting the characteristics will enhance your pleasure.

Wine Tasting

You know each wine has its own personality. So it stands to reason that every wine deserves a glass that enhances its particular characteristics. Typically, a glass of wine must have these characteristics:

•  A smooth glass will allow for a correct view of the tracks that wine leaves in the arches of glycerol 
•  A thin and colourless glass will you to observe every nuance of the taste
•  A chalice type glass wider at the bottom will allow the aroma of the wine to escape upwards
•  A long stem will allow freedom and scent from the
•  A crystal glass is best for wine tasting

 Types of Glass for Wine tasting

1. Flute type for all Spumante except those sweet sparkling types

2. Chalice type for sweet sparkling

3. tulip-shaped type for white wines fresh

4. Goblet type – for important fresh white wine s

5. Ballon type for important reds

6. Little broad Chalice for young reds

7. Larger Chalice type for red aged of medium body

8. Small glass types for dessert wines and fortified wines

Before Tasting the Wine

The temperature of the glass must be the same wine. Those for the sparkling wine should be strictly cold and between 5 to 7 degrees. Red wine demands to be tasted at ambient temperatures from 16 to 20 degrees. On the other hand white wine demands a cool temperature of around 6 to 8 degrees. Chilling the wine glass adds to the tasting experience. It is advisable to open red wines half an hour before tasting and for longer period for heavier and full bodied wine.

Tips for Wine tasting

 Do not use detergent for hand washing or automatic dish washing wine glasses. Use very hot water and let them dry naturally. Before you taste the wine do the following. Pour a little wine into the glass, swirl the wine around the walls of the glass and empty. Refill the glass with a full taste of wine. All this is to eliminate unpleasant odours and dust from the glass.

 More Wine and Sparkling Wine Tasting Tips

 Follow these simple steps to enjoy a useful wine tasting experience:

1. The Look of the Wine - use a suitable glass and check the colour and clarity. Tilt the glass away from you from the rim to the centre.

2. Deeper Look of the Wine - Look at the wine's opacity: is it watery or dark, translucent or opaque, dull or brilliant, cloudy or clear

3. Bouquet - swirl your glass for ten seconds and then take a quick whiff to gain a first impression.

4. Deeper sniff - now stick your nose down into the glass and take a deep inhale through your nose.

5. Taste -start with a small sip and let it roll around your mouth. There are three stages of taste: the Attack phase, (alcohol content,, tannin, acidity and residual sugar) the Evolution phase (the actual taste of the wine) and the Finish (or how long does the taste linger on your palate).

6. Record your impressions immediately.

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