Tasting Academy
Book your visit to the Tasting Academy to discover everything about the territories and wines of our land. You will journey through the different areas of the Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, its subzones, and the DOCGs through a guided tasting of 32 wines.
Matteo Bellotto
Philosopher, sommelier, and passionate of Friulian history and culture, he defines himself as a ‘tocainomane.’ Born in Gemona in 1980, he lives in Udine. A contributor to the MangiaVino magazine produced by the Italian Sommelier Association of Friuli Venezia Giulia, he is the author of ‘Storie di vino e Friuli Venezia Giulia’ and ‘Di terra e di vino – Romanzo friulano’.
Matteo
Bellotto
Francesco Scalettaris
Agronomist and wine communication expert, both in the digital and traditional worlds. Born in Udine he has always been involved in explaining wine in an easy, understandable, and cheerful way. Sommelier, he has written two comic book manuals: ‘Understanding Wine’ and ‘Understanding Beer.’ He invented the format of ‘drawn tastings’ and, together with Matteo, travels across Italy and Europe to tell the story of the Colli Orientali territory.
Francesco
Scalettaris
Laura Antoniacomi
The youngest of the trio, Laura studied with WSET and specialized in Food & Wine Business. She has been collaborating for years with PromoTurismo FVG, the Tourism Promotion Agency of the Region in the food and wine sector, holding meetings, tastings, and themed conferences on wine, food, and beer from Friuli Venezia Giulia. She is the creator of various formats such as Talk&Taj, informal meetings with the region’s winemakers.
Laura
Antoniacomi
What do they say about the Tasting Academy?
A unique experience… We were welcomed by Matteo who entertained us for over two hours, explaining a bit of history, geography, philosophy, soil composition and exposure, and helping us understand the differences between productions made just a few hundred meters apart… Top!
What can I say… a fantastic experience. Matteo and Francesco, two professionals in the wine industry, will guide you in discovering the wines of the DOC Colli Orientali through historical, statistical, and geographical data. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Until next time!
Wow. A unique and superb tasting. A very rich and varied evening in a room all to ourselves. Matteo took us on a very exciting journey through the wines.
Located in a wing of an 18th-century villa, very well-maintained, it represents a truly unique center of its kind for the type of work that is done: with great passion, everything related to wine is followed, analyzing in detail all the wineries in the area. All of this is not done just because it’s a job, but because there is an infinite culture and passion behind it.
