October 2024: news and developments

Hi Selvalovers!

Campo del Soglio…Tre Bicchieri also for vintage 2023!

Vintage 2023 was difficult, as we had two important hailstorms. Reaching excellence on this vintage is very important to us.

More important awards are coming:

• on top of "Tre Bicchieri" for San Martino della Battaglia 2023, Gambero Rosso awarded Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2020 and Riviera del Garda Classico Chiaretto 2023 with 2 Bicchieri Rossi. We are one of the very few cellars with these awards for 3 different DOC.

• 5 grappoli Bibenda per Il Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2020

• 93 punti Falstaff per il Lugana Selva 2022

• faccino Doctorwine con 95 punti per il Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2020

• honour mention Gran Priorato del Lugana per il Metodo Classico di Lugana 2018, 60 months on lees.

• Winehunter "Red Award" per: Campo del Soglio 2023, Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2020, Chiaretto San Donino 2023

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EVENTS FOR FALL 2024

SUNDAY OCTOBER 27TH

New event, from morning to afternoon!

• bike tour of 20 km in the morenic hills with guide Licia

• cooking class of traditional dishesat Borgo San Donino

• lunch and tasting of our awarded wines

For infos licia.arvati@gmail.com

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3RD

Special wine tasting dedicated to the minerality of our wines:

• awarded Campo del Soglio 2022,  Campo del Soglio 2015,  spontaneous "Oltre Nulla",  Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2019 (Tre Bicchieri). Premiere of Garda Classico Rosso Dunant 2020.

• tasting will be held in rustic Borgo San Donino, and we will visit the onsite 1280 church.

• small final cellar tour.

You may spend the night at Borgo San Donino at a special price.
For infos, info@selvacapuzza.it 

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Our wine selection has a new experimental wine: Oltre Nulla

This is our first Tuchì with spontaneous fermentation, no added sulphites, no filtration.

It has amazing liquorice and herbal notes, a meditation wine to enjoy and enjoy.

Usually it is not available for tasting, but if you join us on november 3rd, you will have to chance to try it!

For online shopping (Italy only) here is our shop online.

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VINTAGE 2024:

After a rainy spring, july and august warmed up our vines, that reached a full ripening. From the beginning of september, temperatures during the night fell. This helped to fix the perfumes. We ended the harvest on october 11th: at last, a fantastic vintage!

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Have you ever listened to the music that takes birth in Selva Capuzza?

Luca collaborated once more with Robert Rich, creating a new album: Cloud Ornament. This creates a bridge between us and another important wine area, such as California, where Robert lives since many years, creating excellent wines.

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We are at the wine cellar monday to friday, from 9am till 5pm for:

• tasting and buying our wines

• creation of gifts for wedding, Christmas, birthdays, for individuals or firms.

• Borgo San Donino 2025 bookings

• we can ship to individuals or firms

• we are open during week-ends from 9am till 1pm until november 2nd

• the restaurant Cascina Capuzza will have a break from november 17th till 28th.

Thank you for reading us.

We wish you a colourful autumn! Hope to see you soon!

DICEMBRE 2023

Hi Selvalovers!

We arrived again to the most magical moment of the year.

This is also the time to think about the past days and have an eye open on the next ones.

Here is what happened in Podere Selva Capuzza in 2023

For the first time in history, San Martino della Battaglia DOC received the Tre Bicchieri Gambero Rosso Award thanks to our Campo del Soglio 2022.

It is acknowledged that this wine saved this small DOC from the extintion, so we are really proud to get the highest award in Italy with this wine.

To celebrate this event, we organized a vertical wine tasting of Campo del Soglio dating back all the way to 2003, together with Luca Formentini and Costantino Gabardi.

We tasted incredible wines!

We will organize more tasting like this, to share the potential of Campo del Soglio. The next one will be at the end of January during Wine & Siena, and we will organize one in Milan next year.

Up until the 31st of December, when buying from our online shop, shipping is free for orders over 50 euros, instead of 90. (shipping available in Italy only)
If you would like to come to the wine cellar, you will find, together with the other products like grappa, Lugana Jelly, EVO oil, red wine cosmetics, our new entry: candles made with recycled bottles!

We enriched our wine selection with a new experimental wine: “Quasi Nulla”.

“Nulla” was the result of spontaneour fermentation of Turbiana, so added sulphites, no seal, an essential wine.

”Quasi Nulla” is the combination of Turbiana and Tuchì, as you may understand from the label. This also is made with spontaneous fermentation, no addes sulphites, no filtration, aged in concrete tanks of three generations old.

It is very interesting to taste where this kind of wine goes when let free: in this way, we are learning new paths and improving the existing techniques.

Very interesting what Andrea Amadei said in an interview at Rai Radio Due. Please click here to listen to it.

From 2022 vintage, our wines have the SQNPI certification for sustainable quality, integrated crop management national quality system..

We also decided to join Equalitas, one of the best monitoring systems. The certification will be valid from 2024.

We have to raise the awareness on the environment, on preservation of animal species and biodiversity in any way we can. To learn more, please click here.

The restaurant Cascina Capuzza is open all along the holiday season. Please click here to view Christmas and New Year’s Eve Menu!

The restaurant will be closed for holiday from January 7th and will reopen for St Valentine’s day.

Stay tuned for more good news!

In the meantime, we hope to welcome you at our wine cellar, or holiday apartments or restaurant to show you around Podere Selva Capuzza.

Our best wishes from our hearts, for a beautiful Christmas and exciting New Year!

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Tre Bicchieri - San Martino della Battaglia 2024

“Tre Bicchieri” for the first time in history to a San Martino della Battaglia DOC, and it’s our Campo del Soglio.

San Martino della Battaglia is one of the smallest DOC in Italy, a DOC that risked to get estinguished. In 2008 we were the only vineyard producing this kind of grape and we are horoured to have lifted this variety to the highest level with this award.

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DICEMBRE 2022

Hi Selvalovers!

Finally, we got to the most magical season of the year.

We would like to dedicate to you the joy for our awards!

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We are honoured for the new Tre Bicchieri del Gambero Rosso for our Lugana Riserva  Menasasso, also honoured to be among the 100 best italian vignerons according to Corriere della Sera.

All these awards are dedicated to you and your supporting us popping our bottles!

Here is the page with all the updated awards.

Cascina Capuzza is open throughout the holidays. You may book now Christmas lunch and New Year’s Eve.
Here is the link to the menus.
You may book calling 0309910279

Cascina Capuzza will rest from the 8th of january after lunch, until the 13th of february.

Up until the 31st of December, when buying from our online shop, shipping is free for orders over 50 euros, instead of 90. (shipping available in Italy only)
On top of our wines, you will find grappa, Lugana Jelly, EVO oil (at last!), cosmetics made with our red wine Madér.
Enjoy for your own or for presents.

Or for a present to yourself...you got a gift for you, right? You deserve it!

Since a few weeks, Luca’s new album has been released in the US: For Sundays When It Rains.

This is a combined work with one of the historical persons for international ambient music: Robert Rich from California.

You can listen to the album on streaming platforms, but if you are passionate about CD quality, here is where you can buy it.

…and here is Mario Piavoli beautiful video for one of the tracks.

During the holidays, the win cellar will be closed: 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st of december (and 30th afternoon), 1st, 6th, 7th, 8th of january.

Offices will be open on the remaining days: if you need wine, we are here between 9am and 5 pm, you may call us at 0309910381

Also, all our wines can be bought at Cascina Capuzza to take away at cellar’s price.



We wish you shiny holidays, waiting for prosperous and happy 2023.



Merry Christmas and happy new year from all of us, from our hearts.

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GIUGNO

Hi SelvaLovers!

Summer just started, but hot weather is present since a long time now!

Here are some news and events we would like to share with you

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Friday july 8th, from 10pm till 2am

SLEEP CONCERT

Come to live your part of infinity

Sounds . Nature . Stars . Sleep . Dreams

Prenota > https://link.dice.fm/H21f615cfa21

Ingresso > 15,00€

Informazioni > info@freecomhub.it

Here are the results of the Falstaff Gardasee Trophy, with our Lugana 2021, Lugana Riserva Menasasso 2017, Hirundo Metodo Classico 2017 and Campo del Soglio San Martino della Battaglia 2020 scoring 90 points!

Regarding Decanter, from UK, Lugana Selva 2020 and Campo del Soglio San Martino della Battaglia 2020 got the silver award

Have you tried our new menu at Cascina Capuzza?

We are open every day except tuesday and wednesday lunch.

Soon, a new terrace in the park

Our wine shop is open every day from 9am till 5 pm.

For wine tastings, reservation is recommended

For the second year on a row, kestrells nested at our wine cellar. We are happy we have a safe place for them.

It’s easy to spot here at our podere squirrels, phaesants, rabbits.

All our premises are dog friendly.

See you soon selvalovers!

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How’s your 2022 started?

My dear,
how is 2022 treating you so far?

We truly hope this will be the year of getting back to a more serene life, recovering the pleasure of contact and true connection between people.

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Thank you Wine Meridian for your support with this fantastic article about us:

environment awareness and land caring are key elements in our wine-making world.

Click on image for full article in english.

Here is the list of the international events we will be attending in the next months.

Hope to have the chance to meet you at one of those!

February 16-25: Tre Bicchieri USA Tour:

• 16: Los Angeles

• 18: San Francisco

• 23: Chicago

• 25: New York

March 12-14, Siena:
Wine & Siena, by Merano Wine Festival.
Beloved wine event in the marvellous Palazzo Salimbeni in the heart of Siena.

March 27-29, Bologna:
Slow Wine Fair: the first wine fair organized by Slow Wine

April 10-13 Verona:
Vinitaly: after two years stop, THE wine fair is back.

May 15-17, Dusseldorf:
Prowein: the most important European wine fair is finally back, see you in Dusseldorf!

Have you ever spent your holidays at our relaxing Borgo San Donino?

Click on the image to have a look at our apartments and the surrounding beauty.

All our operations are pet friendly!

Cascina Capuzza restaurant open march 3rd.

Borgo San Donino apartments open April 1st.

We can't wait to welcome you back to Podere Selva Capuzza!

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Christmas Greetings and News - 2019

 How was your 2019?

For us, it's been full of surprises, in first place the great and unexpected 3 Bicchieri Gambero Rosso award for our Menasasso Lugana Riserva 2015

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We are beginning to taste 2019 wines, they are expected to be well balanced and with high quality. We will still have to wait a few more months in order to taste them!

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In the meantime, after years, our champenoise Lugana Metodo Classico is ready for the sparkling celebrations of the next weeks! This Brut spumante rested for 12 months on the yeast.

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The wine shop, located by the wine cellar, is open monday to friday from 9am till 12pm and from 2pm till 5pm. A bottle of wine or olive oil is a truly appreciated gift!

Our latest products are red wine Madèr cosmetics creams, for face, body and hands. Thanks to the antioxidant properties, they are recommended for delicate skins.

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We ship wine and products all over the world! For infos write to info@selvacapuzza.it

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Still don't know how to celebrate the approaching of 2020? At Cascina Capuzza you can enjoy a delicious dinner with music and our wines, of course!

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Wishing you the best for a peaceful Christmas and a joyful new year

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L'oro liquido del lago di Garda

Si è tenuta a Washington DC il 14 agosto 2019, la 43esima conferenza annuale presso la Society of Wine Educators. Il nostro Luca Formentini, in veste di Vice Presidente del consorzio Lugana, ha tenuto un’ interessante lezione e degustazione di vari Lugana.

Per leggere l’articolo completo a cura di Marilee Bostic cliccate qui

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Season Greetings and News - 2019 - 1

 

Nature is in turmoil and so is Podere Selva Capuzza!

Here our next events:

25 may 2019, Saturday: walking through the vines of DOC San Martino della Battaglia by Movimento del Turismo dal vino.

26 may 2019, Sunday: Cantine Aperte

31 may 2019, Friday: “Armonie senza tempo” Timeless armonies, Roma, Villa Aurelia.

16 june 2019, Sunday: “chatting up and down Tuchì vines ”, a walk along the local vineyards ending with a wine tasting in the San Martino tower garden.

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We keep up the good mentions, including:

-“ The best 100 italian wines and winemakers” (good drinking under 15 euros), Awarded wine: “Campo del Soglio” 2017, San Martino della Battaglia.

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-“The best 100 italian rosè wines”

Awarded wine: Garda Classico Chiaretto San Donino 2018

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During Vinitaly, our Luca Formentini has been awarded with the important “Premio Angelo Betti- Benemeriti della Viticultura”. We are honored such a prestigious award has been accorded to Luca and our winery.

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Restaurant Cascina Capuzza will welcome you with the fresh new Spring menu, we’re open both for lunch and dinner.

The wine cellar and the wine shop are open every day for tasting from 9.30 am till 5.30 pm. For groups, please contact us.

Our agriturismo Borgo San Donino awaits you for a relaxing holiday in the vineyards.

I hope you’ve been feeling our turmoil, Podere Selva Capuzza wishes you a Happy Easter!

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Season Greetings and News

Merry Christmas from Selva Capuzza
 

We wish to send you our most sincere wishes for the upcoming festivities. May them be filled of serenity, time to devote to your dear ones and to yourself.
2017 was an exciting year, full of important steps as our new vineyard and the reaching of our 100th harvest, the fruit of which will accompany us in the coming years.

A century, lived in and around wine, in full respect of the soil, and its inhabitants.
Happy Holidays from all of us in Selva Capuzza!

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Our 2017 harvest was one of the best among the latest ones, we've been lucky enough to have our crops saved from the crazy weather conditions that sadly have affected many wine-growing areas in Europe.
There was a little less grape production, however the wines of our 100th harvest will express excellent characters. Such a good vintage allowed us to produce an experiment as a celebration of this unique achievement.
Be a little patient to discover more about it.

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The festive menues

Our traditional Christmas menu, made of genuine and  local ingredients.
And for those who want to celebrate with us, we will be here: New Year's party at Capuzza with dinner, wine and lots of music!
We have only few seats available, contact us for information and reservations at 030 9910279

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New arrival, the Lugana jelly

The Lugana jelly, the first produced, will be one of the novelties of 2018. We have tasted it on the cheeses but we are sure there may be many other possible combinations. It will be nice to discover them together.
We are waiting for you to try it.

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Closing

Our winery will be closed from tonight until January the 8th.
Cascina Capuzza restaurant will be closed from Monday 8th January until Wednesday 14th February.
See you on February the 15th , we have prepared many news for you!
Borgo San Donino farmhouse, will open until Sunday, January the 7th. We will close for maintenance until next Spring.

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Here are some of our favorite images of our harvest 2017 ... soon the wines will be ready and you can taste them!

Newsletter 1-2017

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This year will be our family's hundredth harvest.
One century which has seen 4 generations committed to wine making through a growing awareness of its meaning and the responsibility behind it.
Along this century we've done our best to leave the most positive and bright traces, paying our tribute in order to protect its culture, heritage, landscape, environment, identity and people.
We wish to keep hosting you at Selva Capuzza for a long time to go, in the very heart which has been hosting this story and which will host its future.

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We like to remind that the restaurant until the end of summer will be open two extra days, on on Monday and Wednesday for dinner.

We will be open as usual from Thursday to Sunday, for lunch and dinner. We are looking forward to see you.

Discover here our summer menù.

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Three intense days of culture and tradition where Yoga & Wine come together to offer a wonderful and unforgettable experience.

Discover more details here

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Merry Christmas from Selva Capuzza

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We send you our best wishes for the holidays.

Let them be filled with joy and peaceful times with your loved ones as we look forward to another year.

2017 will be full of exciting new adventures for us, including our family’s 100th vintage:
a century lived in wine and with respect of the land and of life.

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Waiting for Christmas at Podere Selva Capuzza

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Here at Podere Selva Capuzza Christmas remains one of the most important celebrations.
We like to take this chance to remember the good times experienced during the past year.
For those of you who happen to be in the area, we would be glad to meet you on Saturday, December the 17th from 16.30 to 18.30 to wish you Merry Christmas in our "Hall of the Well".
We would be happy to share a toast with you near by our crackling fireplace.

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Festive Menues at Cascina Capuzza

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A Christmas menu according to the italian tradition, full of genuine and local raw materials.

Here is the Christmas menu of Cascina Capuzza

And if you don't want to miss anything, the Capuzza's New Year's Eve party with dinner, wine and lots of music!

Discover the New Year's Eve menu

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Seasonal closing

We inform you our restaurant Cascina Capuzza will be closed from Monday, January the 9th to Wednesday, February the 8th.

See you Thursday, February 9, we have prepared a lot of news!
Be the first to discover them!

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Wine Enthusiast

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Online the results of tastings conducted by Kerin O'Keefe for Wine Enthusiast.
We are delighted that two of our wines have been evaluated with a score of 90 or higher. Find out what here.

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Merano Wine Award 2016

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The Wine Hunter awarded the Certificate of Excellence Merano Wine Award 2016 to two of our wines. Click here to find out more.

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NEW Tasting Menu: FALL

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Our tasting menu designed for autumn is available from the 6th of October. We would rimind you that it is always possible alternative menus, vegetarian or proposals à la carte.

Find out the fall tasting menù

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Tasting Couse #trustyourtaste

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The tasting course #trustyourtaste will take you in a wine experience aimed to create more awareness of wine. We would like to encourage your own personal point of view, in a more spontaneous and personal approach to the wine.

Find out the lessons

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Christmas Gift

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If you want to celebrate Christmas with a special gift to share with your friends and relatives, we are what are you looking for! We can prepare personalized bundle with our wines or special voucher for your Italian holiday and dinner.

Discover our offer at info@selvacapuzza.it

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Newsletter 2-2016

Summer opening hour

Monday and Wednesday: open for dinner
From Thursday to Sunday: open for lunch and dinner time

Tuesday: day of rest

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La sardinata della Capuzza
Sunday 12th June, 19.00

The sardinata represents a historic moment for fishermen of Desenzano and this year Cascina Capuzza has decided to make this unmissable event open to all, for the first time.

Discover the Menù

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Qui, per caso, quel giorno
Sunday 26th June, 18.30

On 24th June 1859 were fought here a very strategic battle between the French and Sardo-Piemontese army agaist the Austro-Ungarico army. Our aim is to share this extraordinary day through a tale made by a storyteller, with a different point of view.

Click here for further information

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The new vintages has arrived!

From June you will be able to find out our Garda Classico Rosso Superiore 2012 Madèr, Garda Classico Rosso Dunant 2013 and Benaco Bresciano Igt Passito Lume.

If you are a real #luganalover, you can read the latest review by Wine Enthusiast about
Lugana Doc S. Vigilio 2015 and
Lugana Doc Selva 2015.

or latest impressions about or wines and podere from Palatexposure

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Summer Menù and truffles

The truffle is a product of the earth known since ancient times, mysterious, now considered the "king of the table". During the month of June, this prized ingredient enrich the meals of Cascina Capuzza, with amazing recipes.

Discover the Menù

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The Storytelling show: 94 passi in giardino con Lorenza Zambon
Sunday 19th June, 18.30

"Un percorso intimo e anche visionario, un invito in un luogo segreto, accogliente"
Lorenza Zambon

For the special evening, you will be able to taste our special vegetarian menù matching with our wines San Martino della Battaglia Campo del Soglio 2015 and S. Donino Garda Classico Chiaretto 2015.

Discover the Menù

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Truffle hunting with Marco Ricchelli

Marco is a friend of us and an expert of truffle. With the help of his amazing dog, he will guide to discover this weird product.
In conclusion lunch with fresh truffles.

Click here to further information

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Cantine Aperte: thanks

We would like to thank all the people who visiting us during the last event Cantine Aperte.

And remember...#trustyourtaste!

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VINITALY 2016 #winelover byob party

A bus transport will be provided for 45 - to 90 people from and to Verona at 10,00 € per person. We will organize a buffet style dinner respecting the fact that people will arrive in different times. We will come up soon with the "menu" and the link where to book the event online! There is space for max. 130 #winelover!

There will be a large buffet on which you'll find the following recepies, all prepared from fresh ingredients.
Each will have a seat.

.Steamed radicchio with goat cheese rolled in smoked prosciutto,
.Local salame
.Warm season vegatables with self made mustard sauce,
.Honey and salt cured piglet with fennels, yogurth and dill,
.Fried cheese with garden aromas,
.Polenta picks with gorgonzola and salsiccia,
.Fresh cabbage salad with carrots, almonds and dried grapes,
.Fresh spinach salad with apples and Valsabbia cheese

.Hot rice with safron, robiola cheese and zucchini,

.Chocolate salami and sbrisolona cake.

There will be a Vegan area on the buffet ( please let us know if you like to be counted so we can preparare enough)

...and remember to Bring Your Own Bottle...

Price per person: 29,00 €

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE

Newsletter 1-2016

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2016 is the year of the 30th birthday of our agriturismo-restaurant ( the very first license of all the area/region) and 99 years of wine making ( ! ).

This means that many new beautiful things will be showing up step by step during the next months.

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On Thursday, 4th February, we will be opening again the restaurant for lunch and dinner, following our usual opening days from Thursday until Sunday.

Enjoy the Wintertime menu...

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Find out latest reviews and impressions received from our wines from the major italian Wine Guides of 2016...

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Come and meet us at
Pro Wein in Dusseldorf
13-15.03.2016
Hall 16 Stand B12

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Come and visit us at
Vinitaly in Verona
10-13.04.2016
PalaExpo Lombardia
Area Lugana

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Lugana, The Wine, The Land

On November 17th and 18th we will be in USA with the Consorzio of Lugana for two events.

Here below all the details:

The wine of silence

"A place to rest the spirit and enrich the senses. To regain the charm of a lost time, which here is still flowing with forgotten rhythms, but also to get lost in the tranquility of an area that has been able to maintain its ancient integrity. We are in San Martino della Battaglia, one of the most beautiful areas in the hinterland of Lake Garda..."

Claudio Andrizzi wrote this article on "Garda Expo", the webzine about food and wine on Lake Garda, jointly published with the collaboration of Strada dei Vini e dei Sapori del Garda, the Lake Garda food & wine route.

Read more here: "Selva Capuzza, the wine of silence".

Selva Capuzza wines sorted by Wine Enthusiast

We are happy to discover that three of our wines were just scored by Wine Enthusiast web site, through their digital wine catalog.

Click here to check their selections.