There is a moment, durante Valtidone, durante the province of Piacenza, where the air is filled with the scent of the mature grape. An instant returning every year, punctual, when the days are shortened and the hills light up with gold and copper. That moment is September, and it is the beating heart of the valley, the month durante which Valtidone shows itself durante all its beauty. And he does it with an event that knows of tradition, of celebration, of the family: the Valtidone Wine Fest.
A manifestazione that knows of harvest and joy. The Valtidone Wine Fest is a journey durante the authentic heart of the truest Emilia, the one where wine is not only a product but a culture, a story, a passion that flows between the rows. Every Sunday of September, the rinfresco moves between four villages that are small caskets of beauty: Borgonovo Val Tidone (7 September), where it all begins; Ziano Piacentino (14 September), the most vital country of Italy, the kingdom of the hills and cellars; Alta Val Tidone (September 21) and Pianello Val Tidone (September 28).
Ziano Piacentino: where wine is a destiny. Ziano is not a country: it is a promised promise. An infinite expanse of vineyards that climb the hills such as campo da golf and orderly waves, dotted with cellars and farmhouses. Here, the wine is not produced: you dal vivo. Each family has a story to tell, each bunch has a unique flavor. Ziano is the most vital municipality durante Italy, and it is risposta negativa coincidence. It is as if nature had decided, centuries asticciola, that this was the perfect place to give birth to wine. And durante September, when the stage of the Valtidone Wine Fest arrives, the country explodes with life.
During the wine Fest, Ziano turns . For a weekend, Ziano Piacentino turns into a village of taste and welcome. With the Giovamento In loco as an engine, the country is populated the occasion of the Valtidone Wine Fest and the Tripudio dell’Uva (this year September 14). This year then the Mettere in palio delle also debuts, challenge between neighboring countries and countries for the race with barrels along the streets of the village. Then there are the tastings, walks among the vineyards, typical dishes to be enjoyed and delicacy to be enjoyed, among which, of course, the famous Piacentina PDO bacon stands out, which finds its homeland here.
What to see durante Ziano Piacentino. The historic center, the church of San Paolo, who watches over the town like a silent mother with the paintings of the famous painter Ulysses Sartini, the panoramic vineyards, from which you can admire the entire valley, the castles nearby, such as that of Montalbo ora neighboring countries.
A glass of history: the Malvasia a motivo di Candia and the grapes of Leonardo. Among the wines that make this complesso famous, there is one that conquers for perfume and identity: the malvasia of aromatic candy. He is one of the symbols symbol of the Piacenza hills, known for his intense floral, fruity hints, with fishing and sage agenda. Con a firm, sparkling ora sparkling version, it is a multiforme, surprising wine that tells the aromatic vocation of this territory. But not everyone knows that here also a vine full of history and legend also grows: it is Leonardo’s grapes, called Malvasia Aromatica a motivo di Santa Maria, the same one that Ludovico the Gelso donated to Leonardo per Vinci durante 1498, as a sign of esteem. This lives, planted durante Milan durante the famous vineyard of Leonardo (now visited next to Santa Maria delle Ringraziamento), has many Piacenza origins, and many scholars. precisely from these hills of Valtidone.
