Invitation to wine tasting with selected Tuscan wines

Ready for vacation, keen to travel or plagued by wanderlust? All eyes are currently on Berlin, where the ITB, the largest travel trade fair in the world, will open its doors to the private public on March 9th and 10th.

Tuscany feeling at the asr joint stand

As in previous years, the Toscana Forum is once again presenting itself at the joint stand of the Alliance of Independent Travel Companies Federal Association (asr) and taking you on a mental journey into the green hilly landscape of Tuscany. Together with the asr, the Toscana Forum invites you to a secret wine tasting on the public weekend. This event is also announced in the ITB's official online calendar under the highlights (in the “Culinary” section). When? Saturday and Sunday, at 11:00 a.m., 14:15 p.m. and 17:00 p.m Where? at the asr joint stand, Hall 25, Stand 137. You will have the opportunity to taste wines from selected Tuscan wineries from the wine town of Terricciola, such as…

• Azienda Agricola Castelvecchio
• Azienda Agricola Gimonda
• Fattoria di Fibbiano
• La Spinetta Casanova
• Podere La Chiesa
• Tenuta Podernovo

to try and take part in the tasting of Tuscan olive oil. Since a maximum of 15 people can take part in each wine tasting free of charge and without obligation, it is recommended that you register in good time via the website of our professional association asr. >> register here for the Tuscan wine tasting!

Tips for wine tasting

Hardly any other drink is tasted as intensively as wine. During a wine tasting, it is first experienced with all the senses, then analyzed and only then tasted:

• Every wine tasting begins with you and the neutralization of your mouth. Because if the taste buds are occupied by coffee, chocolate or chewing gum, for example, they cannot taste pure wine at all. So first take a big sip of still water or a piece of dry bread!
• The next step is to examine the bottle and the cork.
• Now the glasses are avinated, i.e. washed with a little wine, so that no traces of dust or detergent on the edge of the glass affect the taste.
• Now six to eight cl of wine are poured into the glass, swirled and carefully observed how the wine runs down the glass walls.
• This is followed by evaluating the color by holding the glass against a light background.
• For the subsequent olfactory test, you should take some time and swirl the wine vigorously in the glass and immediately inhale the scent with a short breath.
• Only then can you taste and drink the wine for the first time. Keep the wine in your mouth for a while. If you suck in some air, it reacts with the oxygen and releases further aromas.

Of course you are free to swallow the wine now. When tasting wine, you should always be aware that all wine tastes the same when you're drunk. Since you can taste several wines during our wine tasting, you should remain in control of your senses as much as possible.