Day Seven B: Domaso
There are moments on a trip when you think to yourself "This is all worth it!"
We wound up at the end of today at Azienda Agricola Sorsasso, a local vineyard run by Daniele and his wife Roberta. This is the real deal! People ask why they would go on this trip, and then this visit is the keystone to the answer.
We wound up at the end of today at Azienda Agricola Sorsasso, a local vineyard run by Daniele and his wife Roberta. This is the real deal! People ask why they would go on this trip, and then this visit is the keystone to the answer.
We left in the bus to drive to Domaso, part of which took us past Milan. Normally, we would need to struggle past the traffic through Milan on this five hour drive. However, since today is a national holiday this is a good news - bad news type of deal. The good news is that with the reduced traffic we flew past Milan and made great time in the drive. The bad news was that there were no rest stops open for a biological break. However, our crew were great about this and never complained. Giovani, as always, got us there on time and in style. Thank you Giovani!
In Domaso, the bus in unable to take us up all the way to the winery, so we needed to walk up the last 10 minutes. Sylvia was gracious enough to call us when we were about 90 minutes away.
"Hello, this is Sylvia from Domaso. Do you know what time approximately you will arrive?"
"Hi Sylvia, we should be there in about 90 minutes depending on traffic."
"Great, can you call me when you are ten minutes away and I will meet you where you park the bus with my car. I can drive some of you up if needed.'
True to her word, Sylvia met us and gave us directions. Since some of our crew had rather full bladders, she drove them up while the rest of us walked. The scenery was spectacular! Once at the winery, Daniele met us. This location serves as both his house and operations centre. Daniele's family has lived in the area since the 1700's, and he started formal operations in 1998.
We were invited into a stone lined chamber dug out of the mountain where we sampled local cuisine made at Azienda Agriocola Sorcasso by Daniele, Roberta, and their family.
Sylvia and Daniele gave us explanations on each course and answered our questions very graciously.
So, this is a key stone visit on the trip. I had previously visited this winery in 2008, and Daniele remembered me from that visit (hopefully for good reasons!). His family was gracious and hospital, and it opened up fantastic conversations with our participants. We were able to enjoy the company and scenery, and reflect on what we had experienced so far on the trip.
Tomorrow - Switzerland!
"Hello, this is Sylvia from Domaso. Do you know what time approximately you will arrive?"
"Hi Sylvia, we should be there in about 90 minutes depending on traffic."
"Great, can you call me when you are ten minutes away and I will meet you where you park the bus with my car. I can drive some of you up if needed.'
True to her word, Sylvia met us and gave us directions. Since some of our crew had rather full bladders, she drove them up while the rest of us walked. The scenery was spectacular! Once at the winery, Daniele met us. This location serves as both his house and operations centre. Daniele's family has lived in the area since the 1700's, and he started formal operations in 1998.
We were invited into a stone lined chamber dug out of the mountain where we sampled local cuisine made at Azienda Agriocola Sorcasso by Daniele, Roberta, and their family.
Sylvia and Daniele gave us explanations on each course and answered our questions very graciously.
So, this is a key stone visit on the trip. I had previously visited this winery in 2008, and Daniele remembered me from that visit (hopefully for good reasons!). His family was gracious and hospital, and it opened up fantastic conversations with our participants. We were able to enjoy the company and scenery, and reflect on what we had experienced so far on the trip.
Tomorrow - Switzerland!
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