Welcome recognition for our “Spina di Rosa” to the XXXV National Exhibition of the Tratufo di Citta di Castello, 1st place in the rose wine category as part of the IV Regional Wine Competition I.G.T category.

(The typical geographical indication, the third of the five classifications of wine transposed in Italy, indicates wines produced in generally extensive areas but according to the specified requirements, the IGT is the first level of the pyramid that separates the wine from the wine without indication from the wine with indication. )

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From Friday 4th October to Sunday 6th October in Corciano wiil take place the third edition of “Corciano Castello di vino”. This year we will take part with our wines to this event which will enable the visitors to taste the wines made by local and non local wineries. Each winery will have its own space along the town streets. There will be also a tavern where you will be able to taste the local typical dishes.

We wait for you this weekend in Corciano in our stand in order to taste together our wines!

From September 14th, Cantina Donini will take part every Saturday morning starting from 8 o’clock in Mercato della Terra in Piazza Matteotti, Umbertide. This week we will be there until 5 o’clock p.m. on the occasion of the feast Fratta dell’800.

In Mercati della Terra, organized in Italy by Slow Food, is possible to buy direct from the producers, and this permits to eliminate the intermediaries and to reduce transports, shortening in this way the supply chain. We are pleased to participate to this initiative which permits to the consumers to have a leading role and which brings them nearer to the local producers. We wait for you in Umbertide!

Torcolo is the typical cake made in Perugia, a simple and delicious ciambellone (a ring-like cake), which isn’t too much soft, that’s why it is usually eaten drinking a glass of vin santo or milk. Today we would like to give you the recipe of the most “rich” version of this cake, the Torcolo di San Costanzo, which is traditionally prepared on January 29^th in honor of the Patron Saint of Perugia, San Costanzo.

Ingredients:

500 gr. Flour – ½ glass milk – 150 gr. Sugar – 3 eggs (separate yolk and white) – finely grated zest of ½ lemon – 100 gr. Butter – 60 gr. Candied fruit – 40 gr. Pine nuts – 40 gr. Raisins – 20 gr. Anise seeds – a sachet baking powder for desserts

Preparation:

Make a dough combining flour, milk, sugar, butter, yolk eggs, candied fruit, raisins, pine nuts and anise seeds together. Add the zest of lemon, the 3 beaten eggs white and the sachet of beaking powder. Butter a baking-pan with a hole in the centre, put the dough inside, and then brush the cake with a beaten egg yolk. Bake the cake for about 40 minutes.

Also this year we are going to take part to the event Calici di Stelle, which will take place in Piazza del Mercato in Umbertide on August 10, during the “night of the shooting stars”. We will wait for you there from 9 p.m. in order to taste together our wines. There will be also other wineries and norcinerie (typical name for butcher shops in the center of Italy) of the area for a night in which you will be able to taste the wines and the typical products of the territory.

The price for the wine tasting is of 5 Euros (free gift: glass and bag for the glass)

The 18th July we will be in Piazza Fanti in Città di Castello for the 4th edition of the event Piacere di… vino (Diwine pleasure). There will be wineries of Umbria, Tuscany and Marche. We’ll be there from 7 p.m. in order to taste together our wines!!

Donini winery takes care of your dinners with your friends, that’s why we have created the magnum bottle of Vernino.

Scented, with delicate flavours of apple, citrus and rose, it’s excellent with hors d’oeuvres, also of meat, salads, pasta and, obviously, with fish.

The event “Che gusto – L’Altotevere a porte aperte” has been a great success for the winery. Many people came to Cantina Donini on June 29 and 30 in order to taste our wines and the typical products of the territory as olive oil and cold cuts. On sunday morning many Vespa-riders of Vespa Club Fratta Umbertide came to visit us with their colorful Vespas, which are an important piece of our history, and they have brought a wave of happiness in the winery square. We’d like to thank all the people who came to visit us, see you soon!