By the beginning of December, I had the chance to present together with its author, the journalist Massimo Zanichelli, and with the owner Nicola Dal Maso, a new book dedicated to the Italian sweet wines, where you can find also my Recioto di Gambellara Docg Cul d’Oro.
It’s been an event in good company with friends and wine lovers that had the chance to enjoy a real journey among Italian wines that Massimo brought there. We tasted those wines paired to delicious dishes prepared by Francesco Bertola from the restaurant “La Marescialla” (Selva di Montebello – VI).
During the tasting there was, among the other wines, my Recioto di Gambellara Docg “Cul d’Oro” 2010 paired to pumpkin gnocchi with cinnamon, butter, sugar and raisin. Then I wanted to let people taste a sample of my Vin Santo 2008, that is still maturing in a damigiana(a traditional wooden tank) paired to a licorice semifreddo and apple Tarte Tatin.
It’s a long process before selling this kind of wines: first the work in the vineyard, then the drying in the winery, the winemaking process and at the end only time will admit we are right to produce such particular and traditional wines.
We could speak about oenological discoveries, sometimes about confirmations or risky pairings, such as oysters and raspberry, that amazed all the guests.
Sometimes to add value to our sweet wines you need a little bit of courage in order to bring them out of the ordinary, where people always pair them to cakes and sweets at the end of the meal; we have tried, and the success was on the faces of the people at the end of the event.