If you want to try a truly different wine from your average sparkling wines experience, SOTTOSOPRA -Tenute del Garda is unlikely to unnoticed. The differences start from the bottle label, which is upside down (Sottosopra), and the crown stopper, ideal choices in order to sustain the philosophy behind this Garda Lake wine. That is to say a classic method with 18-24 months of refinement, that continues in the bottle as the second fermentation yeasts are maintained, allowing a continuous evolution. Tenute del Garda in this case wants to highlight the energetic, joyous part of the territory and wine making in general. The result is a persistent perlage, with a stable and full bodied presence, a colour that certainly doesn’t aspire to perfect clearness, but to a vivacity that it reaches in the bright yellow tone. The main aromas are bread crust and citrus, the citrus note then comes back at the palate accompanied by a great acidity giving a fresh, pleasant and uncommon result.

Today is wine tasting day, and we’re trying a Garda Lake wine: the VIGNETO CAMILLA LUGANA DOC 2016 - MALAVASI. A Lugana Produced by the wine cellar Malavasi, in Sirmione, it is 100% made up of trebbiano grapes, which give it an intense straw yellow color with some green shades. The nose brings mainly melon and citrus notes, with a little floral perception, while at the palate freshness and sapidity paired with a fruity aroma and great persistency. Food pairing: first courses, fish and white meats.