TRENTINO

Thursday, 29 May

We visited the area of Trentino in the mountains. Beautiful here! The mountainsides are covered with grapevines. Everything has to be pruned and harvested by hand, as there is no room for machinery on the terraces. 

The de Tarczal winery specializes in classic local varietals. We were lead on a tour by Elena (another countess in blue jeans!), daughter of the owner. Her ancestor was an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian army, who married a countess who owned the vineyard. One of their wines, Husar, is named after him. 

Elena

Elena's Family Tree

Husar wine

Gnocchi

After wine-tasting and lunch, we visited the town of Malchesine, on the shore of Lake Garda. This is a picturesque popular resort town, of which there are many along the edge of the lake. 

Lake Garda as seen from castle

In the late afternoon, we had a dessert cooking class, making strawberry tiramisu, chocolate salami, and sbrisolana, an almond crumb cake. We received our own aprons, with our names embroidered on them! Bobby made the crumb cake, and I made the tiramisu filling. Delicioso!

ECU group

Making the sbrisolona

Strawberry tiramisu