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Bolle in Vigna 2025 – Nicosia Estates
Bolle in Vigna 2025 – Tenute Nicosia: The Metodo Classico of high altitude, from Etna to the Andes
All set for Etna’s most effervescent event. Organized by Tenute Nicosia in collaboration with the Spumanti dell’Etna Association. by Francesco Chittari, Bolle in Vigna is now in its sixth edition. The traditional event dedicated to Metodo Classico will be held on July 23 in the beautiful setting of the Nicosia family’s historic vineyards in contrada Monte Gorna, Trecastagni.
Bolle in Vigna was born from the great passion for the Metodo Classico of Tenute Nicosia, which for more than 15 years has been producing sparkling wines on Etna with the area’s native grape varieties: nerello mascalese and carricante. Thanks to its long experience and expertise in the field of Metodo Classico, today Tenute Nicosia offers a range of labels with great personality, capable of expressing the terroir’s potential to the fullest with aging on the lees for up to 60 months. It was precisely from Tenute Nicosia’s sparkling wine vocation that the desire arose to create a moment of encounter and in-depth study to spread the culture of the Metodo Classico, through Etna’s versions and those made by producers from other Italian and foreign territories.
The Masterclass
Every year Bolle in Vigna offers an in-depth look at a particular theme related to the world of Metodo Classico. This year’s edition will be dedicated to the versions produced at high altitudes, a theme that is not only linked to the territory of Etna, but is also highly topical in relation to the consequences caused by the climatic crisis, which is driving the search for vineyards at higher and higher altitudes to ensure ideal ripening of grapes with high levels of acidity.
On Wednesday, July 23, at 6:45 p.m., the Masterclass “Bubbles between Heaven and Earth, the Classic Method of Altitude” will be held, led by Daniela Scrobogna, chair of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Sommelier Foundation. This year’s blind tasting will touch on some of the highest peaks of the Metodo Classico in Italy and the world, comparing sparkling wines from Etna (‘A Muntagna for its inhabitants) with others from various territories, even very different and distant from each other, but united by the high altitude of the vineyards and a viticulture that can be defined, in many cases, as “heroic”: 8 high-altitude labels characterized by the fresh and crystalline profile, typical of mountain wines.
Three Saints Party
At 8:30 p.m., the traditional welcome saber rattling will kick off the festivities of the “Sosta Tre Santi Party,” which once again this year features a program full of surprises, music, entertainment and prestigious guests, who will take turns in the living room among the vines curated by the editorial staff of Living in The City, this edition’s media partner. There will be no shortage of bubbles, with the tasting counters of the latest disgorgements of the Metodo Classico Blanc de’ Noir, Blanc de Blancs and Rosé Sosta tre Santi labels and the Etna Doc Bianco and Rosso wines from Tenute Nicosia‘s contrada Monte Gorna and contrada Monte San Nicolò, the prestigious Trento Doc Ferrari sparkling wines and the cuvées of the famous Champagne maison Palmer & Co.
In the food area, accompanying the kitchen team of L’Osteria di Cantine Nicosia, led by Chef Salvo Baudo, will be live preparations by some of the protagonists of the Etna gastronomic scene. Uzeta Bistrò and Bavetta, interpreters in Catania of the new-generation osteria formula; the pizzeria Crescenzio in Giarre, one of the best pizzas in Sicily according to Gambero Rosso; Forno Biancuccia with its bread made with whole-wheat flours from Sicilian durum wheat, included in the Slow Food Travel circuit and awarded for the third consecutive year with the Three Breads on the “Bread & Panettieri d’Italia” guide by Gambero Rosso; and then again a corner dedicated to cured meats of excellence with Mortadella ‘Favola’ Gran Riserva from the historic Salumificio di Modena Palmieri and Prosciutto cotto from the renowned Turin-based brand Lenti.
Also enlivening the evening is a mixology corner with Amaro ‘Amara‘-based cocktails. Entertainment is assured with live music by the Dammen Quart et (first all-female string quartet in Sicily). Plus the final DJ set, to close in beauty a rich program organized thanks to the collaboration with Francesco Chittari’s Spumanti dell’Etna Association and the support of main sponsors Comer Sud, Meccanismi and Natale Nicotra Gioielli 1923.
Useful information
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