Summer Emotions

For wine enthusiasts a trip
along the Piana Rotaliana Wine
and Flavours Route to visit
the Teroldego vineyards is an
absolute must. This large fertile
alluvial plain, protected on
three sides by high rock walls,
was inhabited as far back as
the Neolithic period and is literally
covered with historical
evidence of ancient times. The
Teroldego Rotaliano DOC is a
fantastic and unique dry wine
with a delicate aroma and fullbodied
fruity taste.
The city of Trento represents
the whole of the province, not
only geographically, but also
culturally and historically. Here
the Trento and Valsugana Wine
and Flavours Route includes
important cultural and museum
institutions in which events representing
the whole of Trentino
are held as, for example, in Palazzo
Roccabruna, the house of
all Trentino’s quality products.
However, what makes this area
really unique is the spumante
TrentoDOC classic method, the
pride of the Trentino winegrowing
production.
There are also two routes in
which wine gives way to other
products. One is the Apples
and Flavours Route of the
valle di Non and val di sole
where extensive apple orchards
produce the Golden Delicious,
Renetta and Stark Delicious
varieties that have received the
D.O.P. a denomination of protected
origin. In Val di Sole,
about a third of which is part of
Stelvio National Park, you can
savour the traditional Casolét
cheese, now a protected Slow
Food like other products such
as the Valle di Non smoked
Mortandela sausage and
Trentingrana cheese.
The The Cheese Route of
the Fassa, Fiemme and Primiero
Dolomites, instead, goes
through the valleys of Fassa,
Fiemme and Primiero. An itinerary
in the heart of Trentino
highlighted by the beauty of the
Dolomites, the Ladinian culture
and the red fir forests that
for centuries have produced
the wood for musical instruments.
The names of the dairy
produce alone are enough to
make one’s mouth water: Puzzone
di Moena or, in Ladin,
‘Spretz Tsaorì’, made with milk
from the Dolomite mountain
dairies, Dolomiti, Fontàl, Trentingrana,
TosÈla and many other
local cheeses