I hope everyone is having a fantastic day! I thought I would write this mini-blog post about some of the activities that CIMBA has put on for us this week. For those who only like to read about my travels don't worry, my Slovenia blog post will be up soon!
This past Monday CIMBA students participated in activity called Night Out With a Professor. This activity allowed students to choose an activity to do with a professor. The options were, pizza making, pasta making, wine tasting, a tex-mex dinner, and a three course Italian meal. I chose to do the wine tasting with my Cost Accounting professor, Professor Chope. About ten of us and our professor boarded a bus to a local winery on Monday evening and I felt like the moment I sat down we were there. Apparently the winery is only a few kilometers down the road from our school! The winery is called Dal Bello.
We hopped off the bus and were greeted by a lovely Italian woman who showed us around the small winery. Unfortunately we were not allowed to see the barrels of wine fermenting (it is a sterile environment), but we got to see where they do the bottling and where they crush the grapes. Another cool thing about the winery is that the grapes they use are right outside!
I learned that Italian wines have special classifications given by the EU to show that the grapes were grown in a quality place called the DOCG classification. The grapes grown for Prosecco in the neighboring town of Asolo were nominated for a DOCG classification five years ago. This means that they are of the highest quality grapes in Italy. The winery we went to uses these grapes to ferment the wine of the region, Prosecco. We got to try their best Prosecco wine after the tour was over. I really enjoyed this wine and the entire experience of being where it was made and where the grapes were grown.
After trying the glass of Prosecco we headed across the street to the wine bar associated with the winery. At the wine bar we were served snacks and two more glasses of wine. The first glass was a rosé type wine, and the third glass was the only red the winery makes. I didn't like the rosé as much, but the red was delicious. Also the snacks were fantastic! We had these croutons that had been sauté with butter and some seasoning they served to us warm and it was so good.
After that it was another short bus ride home and back to studying.
Here are some wine tour pictures!
Today all CIMBA students visited local companies for a tour. We were spilt up into six groups and went to six different companies. My group visited a company called Palladio Zannini. Palladio Zannini makes the cartons and leaflets for pharmaceutical products. I thought it was interesting to see something being produced that I normally take for granted. Unfortunately the other groups got to see some more interesting companies and they even got gifts from the companies they visited! We were treated to snacks after the tour and everyone was very friendly so I cannot complain.
Good news! I just got a box of chocolates in the mail from my parents (a late Valentine's Day gift). More good news is that I am going to Rome tomorrow to visit my friend Maggie!
That's all for now.
Ciao,
Carolyn
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