From 3 to 15 July the traditional appointment with the summer festival dedicated to Serprino promoted by the Consortium for the Protection of Wines of the Euganean Hills returns.
Serprino Festival is the summer event that the Consortium for the Protection of Wines of the Euganean Hills dedicates to the celebration of the fresh and pleasant native white wine, among the most appreciated during the summer. On the program, from 3 to 15 July , there are more than 20 events, hosted among the cellars of the Euganean Hills, various museums and prestigious locations such as the Catajo Castle in Due Carrare and the Valsanzibio Gardens in Galzignano.
While waiting to know the result of the candidacy process of the Euganean Hills Regional Park as a UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve, for the first time the program of the event will involve, in addition to Padua which already has a UNESCO recognition, also Cittadella , Este and Montagnana , who aspire to obtain it.
The Festival will debut in the heart of Padua with a special “Serprino Night” on Wednesday 3 July, involving the historic shops of the Market under the Palazzo della Ragione, popularly called “Il Salone”, one of the largest and oldest in Europe. For the occasion, the shops will be twinned with the member cellars of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Colli Euganei, for a tasting dedicated to the flavors of the territory.
The first appointment among the walled cities will be in Este on Friday 5 July (8.45 pm) at the Atestino National Museum with the Museo DiVino evening: a guided tour themed “Wine between ancient Venetians and Romans”, in which the director Benedetta Prosdocimi will guide visitors through the history of wine in the Euganean Hills starting from the archaeological findings concerning the ancient Venetians and the Romans.
We will return to Padua on Tuesday 9 July (8.30 pm) at Villa Molin to celebrate Ernest Hemingway , in the month of his 125th birthday . The life, adventures and passions of the Nobel Prize winner for literature will intertwine to remember him in the reading by the actor Bruno Lovadina, accompanied by the Peruvian guitarist David Beltran Soto Chero, who will embellish the story with his Mediterranean and South American sounds. The garden of Villa Molin will be the backdrop for the evening, where the public will be able to watch the show during a candlelit picnic , tasting the Serprino wine from the Euganean Hills paired with traditional Paduan cicchetti. Local spirits and cigars will compete in homage to the author.
Also at Villa Molin, on 10 July (8.30 pm) “Libiam!” will be held: a special guided tour of the gardens and the Villa in whose rooms guests will be able to watch the performance of famous opera arias by the soprano Veronica Rampado .
On 10 July (from 6pm) the Muce (Museum of the Euganean Hills) will host a discussion on the reflections emerging from the studies of the University’s Geography department on the landscape of the Hills and on the function and developments of local cultural tourism. A Serprino tasting will follow.
Thursday 11 July (6.30 pm) the appointment will be at Villa Bassi Ratgheb in Abano Terme, where the public will be guided to discover and decipher the symbols of Greek, Roman and Renaissance culture present in the permanent collection of the Villa. Subsequently, a tasting of Serprino combined with typical local products will be offered.
On 12 July (from 4.30 pm) Veneto Segreto will organize a series of guided visits to the Monumental Garden of Valsanzibio in Galzignano Terme, with an extraordinary opening of some of its hidden corners: guests will walk among the lakes, the fountains, the labyrinth and the statues of precious workmanship; at the end of the visit there will be a tasting combined with typical Paduan agricultural products.
Also on July 12, the “Trattoria e Vineria Da Rocco” in Cittadella will host a dinner with tasting, while in Montagnana there will be the literary aperitif “Brividi e Serprino” at the Hostaria Zanarotti.
During the weekends of 6 and 7 July and 13 and 14 July, thirty wineries will be open in the Euganean Hills , with a very rich offer of activities and entertainment: from live music to dinners in the vineyard, up to moonlit walks .
Sunday 14 July will be dedicated to the discovery of the Castello del Catajo in Due Carrare, where the famous fish-based aperitif with live music will return. To complete the events, the Gala Dinner at Villa Cavalli Malandrin in Bresseo di Teolo on 15 July at 8.00 pm.